0p0 Chapter 74 How about we get married!
Chapter 74 How about we get married!
Li Xi left a bunch of witty remarks and returned to the training car.
Gu Zhen had already ordered lunch from the restaurant. Seeing Li Xi sit down, he said, "It's still early, let's go to the restaurant to eat."
"Is it far?"
"A 20-minute drive."
"Well."
Gu Zhen peeled and ate candy while driving.
After Gu Zhen ate five mints in a row, Li Xi suddenly reached into Gu Zhen's coat pocket, took out all the remaining mints, and put them into her own bag.
She discovered that Gu Zhen liked to eat candy when he was in a bad mood.
"Peppermints, so refreshing! You've already eaten five. Are you still going to keep sulking?" She knew Gu Zhen was unhappy because she had gone to see Xie Xingyun.
Gu Zhen said, "I'm not holding a grudge."
"Hmm." Do you think I'm okay?
"I'm jealous," Gu Zhen said frankly.
Li Xi looked at Gu Zhen in surprise, almost laughing, "You're so honest."
"My grandfather said that you have to be sincere when pursuing someone you love. If you can't even be sincere, you're destined to fail from the start."
Li Xi exclaimed, "Looks like Grandpa is a philosopher."
"Yes, Grandpa is indeed very wise."
Gu Zhen asked her, "When you're ready, I'll take you to meet my grandfather."
Meeting the parents?
It hasn't come to that yet.
Upon hearing Gu Zhen mention his grandfather, Li Xi realized that Gu Zhen had never mentioned his parents before.
"By the way, your father..."
Gu Zhen suddenly said, "What did Xie Xingyun say to you? He seemed very agitated."
It's like a guard dog that has been deliberately abandoned.
Li Xi had no intention of hiding anything from Gu Zhen, and said succinctly, "Xie Xingyun told me that Xie Mingzong made a deal with a man named Wells to sell me to him as his bride."
"On the day of the engagement banquet, he deliberately stayed in the same room with me, trying to frame me for seducing my adopted brother and ruining the marriage between our two families, so as to force Xie Mingzong to kick me out of the Xie family."
“When I’m free, Xie Mingzong’s plan will fall through.”
Li Xi then told Gu Zhen about the information she had found about Wells's identity: "This Wells is the Duke of O Continent, whose ancestors have accumulated hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth over several generations."
"He was a sadist who had both wealth and power."
After saying that, Li Xi asked Gu Zhen seriously, "Being targeted by someone like this, I'm surrounded by danger. Professor Gu, are you still going to pursue me?"
Just as Gu Zhen was about to answer, Li Xi said again, "Tell me your answer in ten minutes."
"Gu Zhen, I'm serious about you, and I hope you'll consider it seriously too."
"Don't try to coax me into saying nice things."
Li Xi shook his head and said, "What I need is sincerity, not deception."
She had heard Xie Xingyun's lies for three years, but now that he had a different man, she wanted to hear the truth.
"it is good."
Gu Zhen was indeed in no hurry to give an answer.
Ten minutes passed, and Gu Zhen still hadn't given a reply.
As they arrived at the restaurant and Li Xi unbuckled her seatbelt to get out of the car, Gu Zhen's voice suddenly came from beside her: "Let's get married."
"..."
Li Xi suddenly looked up, staring at Gu Zhen in disbelief: "What?"
She suspected she had heard it wrong.
Gu Zhen, with his seatbelt fastened, leaned back in his seat and pointed to the time on the car's display screen. "23 minutes have passed."
"For the first ten minutes, I was seriously considering whether or not to continue pursuing you. My answer is..."
"want!"
Gu Zhen looked down at Li Xi and said, "For the next thirteen minutes, I've been seriously thinking about how to solve this problem."
"After much thought, I believe marriage is the best solution."
Gu Zhen was serious, more serious than ever before.
"By entering into marriage, we become each other's legal guardians."
"From this day forward, you are my wife. Anyone who dares to lay a finger on you is committing bigamy and challenging the laws of our country!"
Li Xi remained silent for a long time.
Is she the one who's gone mad, or is Gu Zhen the one who's gone mad?
"Let's eat first. We must be starving to have such an absurd idea." Li Xi decided to eat first before discussing this matter.
Watching Li Xi dart out of the car like a rabbit, Gu Zhen felt somewhat annoyed.
Was he too hasty and scared her?
*
This is a farmhouse restaurant hidden in the forest. The owners are a middle-aged couple. They raise chickens and ducks in the back mountain, and you can fish in the lake in front of the house.
This restaurant must be very famous, because every table was occupied, and there were several rich kids who had skipped work to go fishing on the boardwalk by the lake.
Gu Zhen led Li Xi upstairs, where they ate stone pot fish.
The fish meat was delicate and the fish soup was delicious. Li Xi specially asked the owner to send a takeaway box and bring Xie Jian a serving of fish soup.
The delicious food washed away all her worries, and Li Xi even forgot about what Gu Zhen had mentioned earlier.
After finishing her meal and paying the bill, Li Xi picked up the takeout box and got into her car.
The moment his bottom touched the seat, he heard Gu Zhen ask, "Marriage?"
Li Xi was shocked.
Are you so full you feel bloated?
Before, he was talking nonsense because he was starving; now, he's just bored and has nothing better to do. Gu Zhen understood; these were all excuses from Li Xi.
Gu Zhen said sullenly, "You don't want to marry me."
Why are you still feeling wronged?
"Let me think about it one more night."
"Row."
Gu Zhen said, "Then give me your answer tomorrow morning."
"Ah."
During the afternoon driving practice, Gu Zhen didn't ask about marriage again.
Since it was on the way, Xie Jian got into Gu Zhen's car after finishing her driving practice.
Gu Zhen escorted Xie Jian directly to the entrance of her residential compound.
"Thank you, Coach Gu." Xie Jian thanked Gu Zhen and was about to get out of the car when she remembered something and said, "Oh right, I'm not going to driving practice tomorrow. I'm going shopping with my sister."
"it is good."
Back at Lanting Apartment, Li Xi pressed the button for the 22nd floor.
Gu Zhen pressed the button for the 23rd floor.
When they were almost at the 20th floor, Gu Zhen suddenly said, "Want to come to my house to see Patrick Star?"
"...OK."
Li Xi followed Gu Zhen back to 2301 and found a strange male nanny in his kitchen.
The man looked to be in his forties, wearing an apron, and was preparing dinner.
Patrick Star was clearly very close to him; when the uncle was cooking, Patrick Star would lean over the cupboard and watch him chop vegetables.
Hearing the door open, Patrick Star dashed out of the dining room and headed straight for the entrance to greet his owner.
Upon seeing Li Xi, Patrick slammed on the brakes and rolled to the ground.
Gu Zhen bent down and touched Patrick's belly.
"Meow."
The master is back.
"Meow meow."
The master also brought a woman back.
Seeing that Li Xi was staring longingly at the chubby Patrick Star, Gu Zhen generously handed Patrick Star to Li Xi.
"You two play, I'm going to change my clothes first."
"it is good."
Gu Zhen went to the kitchen first and patted the uncle who was cooking.
The uncle seemed to be a little hard of hearing. Gu Zhen patted him on the back before he put down the cleaver and turned to look at him.
The middle-aged man called out to Gu Zhen, "Brother Gu."
Li Xi was so shocked that she almost dropped Patrick Star from her arms.