Chapter 1 Substitute Bride

"Su Fanxing, if you don't want your foster parents to be harmed, you'd better follow my demands! From today onwards, you are Su Xinuo, my daughter, and Su Fanxing no longer exists in this world! You can only be Lin Tianyu's wife, Su Fanxing."

These were the last words she heard from her biological father, Su Weisen, when she met him.

Su Weisen was her biological father, and like her mother, he came from an orphanage.

During their university years, they fell in love. Unexpectedly, on the eve of their marriage, Su Weisen called off the wedding and turned around to become his boss's live-in son-in-law.

After hearing the news, her mother left heartbroken, but unexpectedly, she was pregnant. Due to health reasons, she couldn't have an abortion and was compelled to keep the child.

However, news of the pregnancy got out before the child was born, and Su Weisen's current wife found out. She caused a commotion at the hospital, and after a difficult delivery, the newborn Su Fanxing was abandoned in an orphanage to fend for herself.

Fortunately, at the age of six, she met her adoptive parents.

Over the years, she lived well abroad until a few days ago, someone approached her, threatening her adoptive parents' lives, forcing her to impersonate another and marry in place of her.

Ironically, the reason for the substitution was that the man she was to marry was a cripple, a man who could never stand! No one wanted to marry him!

Being someone's stand-in, controlled like a puppet, who would want that?

But under the dire circumstances, she had no choice but to agree.

"Su Weisen... Su family..."

Using human lives to threaten and intimidate.

Just wait, wait until she found her footing, then… oh!

Sitting in the car headed to the Lin family's house, she scoffed coldly.

They were quickly approaching the Lin family's villa.

The car stopped in front of the villa, which was styled in the era of the Republic, magnificent and luxurious, unique in the entire city of A, and also representative of the Lin family's status.

The car slowly drove into the villa and stopped next to the steps at the front door.

A row of people stood outside, silently, without a word.

Su Fanxing scoffed coldly, thinking: Ah, a show of force, it seems my future days here will be eventful.

"Miss Su, the gentleman has been waiting for you inside the villa, please get out of the car," the butler said politely, making no move to open the car door for her, but watched. This display of "diligence" probably wasn't without motive.

The Su family thought that by controlling her adoptive parents and marrying her into the Lin family, all would be well, but even a cornered rabbit will bite, and Su Fanxing was far from being a docile, easily bullied little white rabbit.

She composed her emotions, regained her initial calm, and stepped out of the car under the watchful eyes of the butler and others.

"Miss Su, hello, I am the butler of the Lin family, you can call me Uncle Lin. Please follow me, the gentleman is waiting for you inside," the butler said.

Su Fanxing didn't respond right away but gave him a meaningful smile and followed.

It was said that there was a living tyrant in city A, a cripple, not only ruthless in his methods but also physically unattractive, and showed no hesitation in how he dealt with his own father.

This was the first time she felt intrigued by the Lin family.

The more she learned about this man of legends in city A, the more curious she grew.

Having just returned from abroad, confined by the Su family, she didn't manage to gather much useful information, but she knew that her new husband, Lin Tianyu, was immensely notorious in city A. Of course, this notoriety was not for good reasons.

Lin Tianyu was ruthless, and his reputation was almost entirely negative, but despite that, he appeared to have a Midas touch that made people in the business world both fear and desperately flatter him, hoping to share in the spoils, even if it meant picking up what others had discarded,

Unfortunately, this man was disabled, which turned many people away.

The Su family, wanting to please yet not wanting their own daughter to suffer, thought of her.

Originally, it was their daughter, Su Xinuo, who was slated to marry, but the person who ended up being registered was her, interesting indeed.

She loved a challenge, and this time, she wondered what interesting thing would happen next.

The butler ahead stopped, and Su Fanxing also withdrew her assessing gaze, pretending to be quiet and calm.

Feeling a sharp gaze on top of her head, Su Fanxing instinctively looked up, only to meet a pair of eyes cold as frost, utterly indifferent.

In the hall, where the light was dimly shining, the clearly defined cheeks paired with those cold eyes, and his arched eyebrows and starry eyes, were strikingly handsome.

Click, click...

The sound of a wheelchair sliding came through, bringing with it an overbearing and aggressive cold fragrance, causing her to momentarily be in a trance.

The man rumored to be so ruthless unexpectedly made her feel not so afraid.

As he drew closer, Su Fanxing could see her future husband more clearly.

The man was dressed in a tailored suit which, perhaps because he was at home, had the top two buttons undone, casually open on one side, the perfectly straight long legs enveloped in dark trousers, strikingly handsome and immensely restrained.

He really was a devilishly handsome man!

But... thinking of his legs, Su Fanxing shook her head, clicking her tongue in pity. It was a shame about his good-looking face.

Su Fanxing sighed to herself.

She wanted to keep looking, but suddenly felt a chill rise from her spine under the man's gaze, as if she had been targeted by a fierce beast, her instincts telling her to avert her eyes, only to be interrupted in the next second.

"Mr., this is Miss Su Xinuo," Uncle Lin suddenly introduced.

"Su Xinuo?" the man spoke as she pondered.

His deep voice was as captivating as a cello.

Listening to it, Su Fanxing's heart stirred. Lin Tianyu, a man of such beauty, was just her type.

"Yes," she responded demurely, lowering her gaze. The most important thing right now was to stabilize the Lin family, especially since her foster parents were still in the hands of the Su family.

"Look up at me."

The man suddenly closed the distance.

Caught off guard, Su Fanxing was seized by the chin, left utterly astonished, "Mr... Mr. Lin, you..."

Su Fanxing accidentally bit her tongue, her speech stumbling.

"Seeing me, you seem disappointed? What, were you hoping to marry Lin Tianze?"

It seemed her reaction had infuriated Lin Tianyu, his grip tightening, only to be released in an instant as he laughed to himself.

Su Fanxing was speechless. Was this man insane?

"Su Xinuo, even if you're unwilling, you can only marry me, this cripple," Lin Tianyu said coldly, staring at her, "I don't care what your relationship with Lin Tianze was in the past or what you felt coming here. As long as you are Lin Tianyu's wife, I expect you to keep yourself pure. You must remember, the Lin family only has widows, no divorces."

What?

What did she just hear?

Su Fanxing could hardly believe it, feeling foolish for her previous sympathy.

Her silence was taken by Lin Tianyu as acquiescence, his expression turning even colder, "Uncle Lin, arrange it."

With that, a strong hand pushed the wheelchair, ready to move away, displaying an attitude as if he was regarding a tiny ant.

Su Fanxing was fuming with anger.

But being under someone's roof, she had no choice but to bow her head, since her foster parents were also in the hands of the Su family. She must endure.

Thinking of the Su family, she remembered the orders Su Shixiong gave before leaving, and she hurriedly spoke up, "Mr. Lin, wait a moment!"

For now, she needed to secure her position with the Lin family, as she couldn't gamble on the conscience of the Su family.