Chapter 3 A Pushover

Ye Shu had always been articulate. Initially, if it hadn't been for her mother's intervention, she would have pursued a career as a lawyer. Instead, she followed her mother's wishes and studied business management.

Fortunately, it was through studying business management that she met Huo Shenting. Otherwise, she might never have encountered such a stunning man in her lifetime.

However, the beautiful beginnings she had once imagined had been completely destroyed by her from this moment forth.

The relationship between her and Huo Shenting was probably a doomed fate.

Yet, she would rather be despised by Huo Shenting than be manipulated by her own father.

She absolutely would not live her life according to their arrangements.

If she hadn't been pushed to this extent, how could she have done such a disgraceful thing?

Things had progressed to this point, and there was no turning back.

After Huo Shenting had freshened up, he stepped out of the suite.

Seeing this, Ye Shu immediately followed him out of the suite.

As she exited the elevator, Ye Shu noticed that Huo Shenting had cleared out all the staff downstairs.

It seemed as if he was worried about being caught in some issue.

Ye Shu followed behind him with her head down, not saying a word.

After bending to get into the car, Huo Shenting saw Ye Shu still standing outside the car door and immediately said with a stern face,

"Don't want to go to the civil affairs office?"

Huo Shenting's tone revealed no emotion. Ye Shu clenched her teeth in silence, and immediately got into the car.

Many years later, when Ye Shu took out her marriage certificate again and saw the joy written even in the eyes of Huo Shenting in the photo, she realized that she had been the one manipulated from the start.

Holding the marriage certificate made Ye Shu feel complex emotions. Yesterday she was still a single girl, but today she had become a married woman.

Yesterday she thought she would never be with Huo Shenting in her lifetime, but today she had become his wife. Fate really does play tricks on people.

Sometimes, indeed, without trying hard, one never knows if they can succeed.

After leaving the civil affairs bureau, Huo Shenting received a phone call. It seemed there was some problem at the company, and he needed to deal with it immediately.

Seeing this, Ye Shu, to avoid embarrassment, hailed a taxi and returned to the Ye family home by herself.

"Why is it so noisy inside? Is that woman bringing over some disreputable people again?"

Ye Shu handed her coat to the maid and walked forward leisurely.

"Miss, it might be better if you see for yourself."

The maid, not wanting to say more, took Ye Shu's coat and walked into the living room.

Ye Shu's stepmother, Tian Tian, saw Ye Shu return and immediately introduced her to Huo Wenrong, who was sitting on the sofa.

"Mr. Huo, look, this is my youngest daughter, Ye Shu. You've probably heard of her reputation. In City G, our Ye Shu can certainly be described as a debutante of exceptional upbringing."

As Tian Tian spoke, she stepped forward and grasped Ye Shu's arm tightly, as if afraid that Ye Shu might run away at that moment.

Seeing Huo Wenrong sitting in the Ye family's living room, and seeing him smile and nod approvingly at her upon her entry, "Indeed, very impressive."

"I've long heard of Miss Ye's renowned name."

The Huo family members are all quite attractive, and Huo Wenrong was not exceptionally ugly either; it was just that he had not managed his figure well, sporting a noticeable belly. His gaze resting on Ye Shu made her very uncomfortable.

Tian Tian, seeing that Ye Shu looked relatively fine, felt secretly proud of herself.

"Ye Shu, let mom introduce you. This is Mr. Huo, from the esteemed G City Huo family."

Ye Shu offered a faint smile, and when Tian Tian tried to push her next to Huo Wenrong, she immediately grabbed Tian Tian's hand.

"My mother is already dead."

"You've just married into our Ye family, and now you want to be my mother?"

Tian Tian's expression turned ugly, and she swept Ye Shu an annoyed glance.

"Besides, I also know this uncle."

Huo Wenrong's face turned ashen upon hearing Ye Shu call him "uncle".

Seeing how terrible Huo Wenrong looked, Tian Xin immediately rose from the sofa and awkwardly apologized to him with a smile.

"Mr. Huo, please don't be angry. My younger sister is young and doesn't understand much. I hope you don't mind, Mr. Huo?"

Inside, she wished dearly for Ye Shu to marry Huo Wenrong, dooming her to never turning her fortunes around.

Ye Shu inwardly sneered, finding Tian Xin's smiling face extraordinarily disgusting.

Since she wouldn't have to live in this family anyway, she decided to speak her mind bluntly.

"If you're so sensible, then you marry him. I certainly won't."

Tian Xin, realizing Ye Shu was shifting the responsibility onto her, looked visibly upset and couldn't maintain her composure.

"Ye Shu, what nonsense are you spouting? I would be with someone like..."

She stopped herself on realizing she almost misspoke and quickly added, "Of course, the good stuff should go to my younger sister first. I am well aware I'm not a Ye family member and wouldn't dare compete with my sister."

As she spoke, she glanced at her mother, feeling very reluctant. How could she possibly not be a Ye family member, being Ye Wenzhao's daughter?

It was only because when her mother was pregnant with her, the Ye family hadn't yet relied on Ye Shu's mother, Sun Qian, so she had been hiding her identity all these years.

She had had enough of living like that. She was also a Ye family daughter; why should Ye Shu monopolize everything?

Now that she was back, she was here to reclaim everything that belonged to her.

"Ye Shu, even if you're upset that your father didn't speak with you beforehand, you shouldn't have such an attitude. Mr. Huo is still here, and this is simply too disrespectful. When your father gets back, he will punish you."

Huo Wenrong was very pleased with Ye Shu; her slight impetuosity seemed extremely endearing to him.

"Mr. Ye should have at least mentioned such a big matter to Miss Ye before. It's natural for Miss Ye to be upset."

Huo Wenrong now played the magnanimous one, believing that once he married Ye Shu, he would have no trouble molding a young girl to his liking.

Upon hearing Huo Wenrong's defense, Tian Tian immediately said in a flattering tone, "Mr. Huo is truly magnanimous. Ye Shu, see how considerate Mr. Huo is of your feelings. With him, aren't you assured of good days ahead? Be sensible, and Mr. Huo will surely dote on you. Don't disappoint your father's kind intentions."

Ye Shu's expression remained the same; she lightly smiled and said, "If you want me to marry, that's fine, but I'm not sure if Huo Shenting will let me marry."

Huo Wenrong's expression changed when he heard what Ye Shu said, and he started to weigh things in his mind.

"What is your relationship with Huo Shenting?"

Indeed, the Huo family of G City were a distinguished clan, but when the Huo family split into seven branches, Huo Shenting became the heir of the main branch while Huo Wenrong belonged to the least influential seventh branch, usually just following the other branches' lead and scraping a living. Compared to the main Huo branch, the seventh branch was truly insignificant.