Chapter 3

I really want to curse Cheng Kang, but I know his character well. The more I explain, the more he thinks I'm hiding my love for him.

So I forcefully pushed him aside and walked out the door, where Jiang Shaonian was waiting for me.

Seeing me use the medicine Jiang Shaonian gave me, Cheng Kang's face turned a little sour. Standing at the door, he sarcastically remarked, "I wondered why you were so eager to call off our engagement. Turns out, you've hooked up with the factory's big technician!"

Jiang Shaonian immediately shielded me behind him and said coldly, "Just based on what you said in the store earlier, you have no right to judge Niannian."

With that, he took me and left the pharmacy.

I looked dazedly at the man standing up for me, and at that moment, a wave of emotions surged in my heart, compelling me to speak, "Brother, would you be willing to marry me?"

I thought of many ways to phrase it, but I didn't expect him to agree without even asking why.

"Okay, I'll marry you."

Jiang Shaonian wasn't joking.

An hour later, we received our fresh marriage certificate.

And only then did I feel half assured.

The other half would only be settled after I finished the urban residency procedures.

Jiang Shaonian seemed to know what I was thinking and took me directly to the Youth Office.

Halfway through the procedure, Cheng Kang came dragging Xiaowan, and upon seeing me, he loudly shouted, "Su Niannian, do you have any shame?"

He turned to the staff and said, "Officer, don't be fooled by Su Niannian! She doesn't even qualify to stay in the city, and I'm not planning to marry her!"

The lady officer, with good temper, tried to explain something, but Cheng Kang had already stepped forward and grabbed my arm, growling, "Su Niannian, this is too much!"

"I've already decided not to marry you, and yet you still want to use my fiancée's title to process an urban residency!"

"Why do you have such a pampered, bourgeois attitude, unwilling to contribute to the beautiful frontier development? You really disappoint me!"

The officer finally couldn't hold it in any longer and slapped the table forcefully, "Shut up!"

I didn't expect that Cheng Kang would disregard years of feelings and utter such reactionary words in this era, seemingly wishing for my death!

The officer wanted to explain that I was qualified, but Cheng Kang dismissively waved his hand, "I know you all think she's a poor orphan, but I will never use my precious marriage to help someone who no longer has anything to do with me!"

The officer couldn't hold it any longer, directly took out the marriage certificate from under the registration form.

"See for yourself if she needs you to bestow her the status of a wife!"

Cheng Kang took it and instinctively muttered, "Jiang Shaonian, Su Niannian, become husband and wife... What??"

He looked at us with a full face of incredulity, and I sneered as I snatched the marriage certificate from his hand, fearing he might tear it in a fit, but Cheng Kang grab my wrist!

"No, this can't be, are you kidding! Su Niannian, I'm warning you, I have no time for your nonsense!"

"You like me so much, you could die for me, how could you marry someone else?"

He clearly remembered how pathetic I was in my past life, and his expression became more assured, "Stop fooling around. Do you know fake marriage would lead to a prison sentence?"

He always casually pushed me towards death.

When I remained silent, Cheng Kang assumed he hit a nerve and, with a pained look, demanded the officer thoroughly investigate, "This exploits the policy loophole, and if others follow suit without consequence, how will things be managed?"

The officer was so angered she laughed!

She slammed the table, "If the marriage certificate is real, the marriage is real! Nationally certified, you dare call it fake?"

Cheng Kang still wanted to argue, but she impatiently cut him off, "Are you two proceeding with the urban residency or not?"

He quickly stepped forward, "Proceeding."

In the past life, Xiaowan was forced by her family to go to the countryside for her brother, and with no way out, she could only marry someone randomly to avoid it.

Unexpectedly, the husband who seemed kind before marriage turned into someone who domestically abused her for decades; only until Xiaowan's children grew up did she finally get a divorce.

This time, he doesn't miss a single opportunity; he returned and immediately pulled Xiaowan to register for marriage!

After the officer stamped it, I pulled Jiang Shaonian to leave.

Cheng Kang suddenly spoke up, "Jiang Shaonian, don't think this woman really wants to marry you."

"Have you thought about it? You were a lapdog for Su Niannian for nearly ten years, and she remained indifferent; how is it that right after I dumped her, she clung to you desperately? She's only doing this for the urban residency qualification..."