Chapter 6 Men's Thoughts Are Even Harder to Guess

"Come on, smile…"

"Groom, tilt your head a little towards the bride… Ah, perfect!"

"Here is your marriage certificate. I wish you a happy marriage, growing old together, forever and ever!"

Not until she exited the civil affairs office and got into the car, did Ye Li feel like she hadn't quite snapped back to reality.

Looking back, she saw Fu Yanci hand over the two red marriage booklets to Xiang Yang, along with the marriage agreement they had just signed, all grouped together.

"Uncle Fu…"

The car started.

Turning her head to look at Fu Yanci, Ye Li cautiously said, "Can I make a request?"

"Speak."

"Can we… not hold a wedding ceremony right now, and not announce our marriage to the public?"

Her words had barely left her mouth when she saw his face darken.

Ye Li quickly explained, "It's not that I'm preparing a way out for myself. I haven't graduated yet, and, my mother's illness is very serious, I…"

Ye Li was a junior at Imperial University.

Had the Ye Family not fallen into trouble, she would have been attending classes at Imperial University as usual during this period.

But due to her family's debt and her mother's illness, she had been running around everywhere, and it had been over a week since she last attended school.

After the company went bankrupt and her husband passed away, Li Xueqing couldn't withstand the blow and became mentally unhinged.

At such a critical juncture, she couldn't withstand any further shock.

If she found out that Ye Li had gone to such lengths for a debt of one billion, she would probably...

Fu Yanci's expression softened slightly, "Okay."

Ye Li let out a sigh of relief.

When her phone rang, Ye Li instinctively glanced at Fu Yanci.

Seeing him engrossed in the emails on his tablet, Ye Li moved towards the window and answered the call in a low voice, "Chu Chu…"

"Lizi, what's going on with you? What are you doing with your household registration book? Don't tell me you and Uncle Fu have registered your marriage!"

"I…"

"What you? Although the original plan was to seduce Uncle Fu and successfully receive Old Mrs. Fu's gift, dating is one thing, and marriage is another! Lizi, it's just one billion, let's think of another way, I will never allow you to gamble your lifetime happiness as a chip!"

"I'll call you back later!"

Fearing that Qin Chu would say something earth-shattering, Ye Li quickly hung up the phone.

The silence in the car was deafening.

With her head down, Ye Li's gaze fell on the fingers of Fu Yanci holding the tablet.

Fearing that in the next moment, he would toss the tablet aside and grab her by the neck to throw her out of the car.

A flicker of amusement passed through the depths of Fu Yanci's eyes.

He looked at the girl beside him, who was curled up like a quail, with an interest barely noticeable in his voice, "If I hadn't called you back yesterday, how… were you planning to seduce me?"

Ah!!!

I'm dead, I'm so dead!

Chu Chu, you're going to kill me!!!

With an inward cry of despair flooding her thoughts, Ye Li didn't dare to lift her head, "I, I…"

The pink on her cheeks spread to her ears, even her fair neck turned a shade of pink.

Fu Yanci had no doubt that if they weren't in the car at this moment, the girl would bolt like a startled rabbit to hide in a corner or a crevice of some sort.

After all, she had done something like this before.

When they first met, a single "Brother Yanci" caused everyone to roar with laughter.

That day, she hid behind Zhou Hecchen.

Only her bright eyes peeked out to survey him.

The image surfaced in his mind, and the amusement in Fu Yanci's eyes suddenly vanished without a trace.

Ye Li almost immediately felt it.

Looking up, she saw the man who had returned his focus to the email, his eyes and brows suffused with a faint anger.

It was as if he was angry about being used.

With the oppressive atmosphere in the car, Ye Li glanced at Xiang Yang in the driver's seat, begging for help.

She met Xiang Yang's identical plea for help.

Ye Li: …

Xiang Yang: !!!

"Boss, to the company, or back to Lishan Mansion?"

Xiang Yang mustered his courage and spoke up.

"I'll go back to the company, you take the lady home."

Fu Yanci looked at Ye Li, "From now on, you'll live in the Lishan Mansion. Rest well over the weekend, and go back to school on Monday, attend your classes properly."

"Okay."

"The roads are slippery with snow, don't drive yourself! Have the driver take you if you need to go somewhere."

"Okay!"

"And another thing..."

Indeed, the girl was just as she had promised in the Fu Mansion, very well-behaved.

But Fu Yanci felt inexplicably annoyed inside.

He had seen the Ye Li by Zhou Hecchen's side, flamboyant, willful, soft, and capricious.

However, the Ye Li beside him now was docile, gentle, as if all she would ever say to whatever he said was "okay."

Snap!

Picking up his tablet and closing it, Fu Yanci ultimately said nothing.

The car stopped steadily outside of the Fu Group headquarters, and he pushed open the door and got out.

Ye Li was a bit stunned.

Her instincts told her, he was angry!

But could someone tell her why he was angry?

Ah ah ah!!!

They say don't guess at a woman's thoughts, a man's thoughts are even harder to guess, right?

"Lady, shall I take you home?"

Xiang Yang was also a bit stunned, watching the Boss's figure disappear into the company doors before he came back to his senses and asked Ye Li.

Ye Li shook her head, gave him an address, and then sent a WeChat message to Qin Chu.

Some ten minutes later, the car stopped by the roadside.

"Special Assistant Xiang, you should hurry back. Uncle Fu definitely can't do without you."

With Fu Yanci absent, Ye Li regained her usual liveliness; she waved to Xiang Yang as she got out of the car, "I've arranged to meet my bestie for coffee, she'll take me back later."

Watching the car disappear, Ye Li looked up at the bright sunlight above her head and stomped on the snow at her feet, still feeling the unreality of a dream.

The rich aroma of a latte entered her mouth.

Just as the hurried Qin Chu pinched her,

Ye Li finally came to her senses.

Everything was real!

She!

Was married to!

Fu Yanci!!!

"The moment I handed over my household registration book, the apartment and car I had sold... came back..."

Qin Chu looked at Ye Li with indescribable feelings, "Lizi, before yesterday, I dreamt that you would be chosen by Uncle Fu. But now that you really have been, I don't know if it's a good or bad thing!"

Marrying Fu Yanci to become Mrs. Fu was definitely the prime dream of the ladies of the Imperial Capital's rich families.

But Ye Li being Mrs. Fu brought no joy to Qin Chu.

On the scales, one side was a billion, the other was a lifetime of happiness.

Was it really...worth it?

"Of course, it's a good thing!"

Ye Li smiled and sipped her coffee, "Chu Chu, in my past life I must have saved the Galaxy, to have such a good sister like you and to meet Fu Yanci when I was most helpless."

If it wasn't for Fu Yanci, whether it was a billion or her mother's illness, either could have crushed her.

How else could she sit like now, light-hearted, chatting and drinking coffee with Chu Chu?

"Let the past be the past, from now on, let's all be well..."

Raising her coffee cup to Qin Chu, Ye Li said with an anticipatory look, "To our future happiness, cheers!"

Clang!

The clear sound of glasses clinking rose, Ye Li's smile bright.

Then she saw Qin Chu's expression suddenly change.

"Xiao Li..."

A call came from behind her, and the smile on Ye Li's face gradually faded.