Chapter 316: Chapter 316: I Don’t Want to Get Married
But Qin Jiao wasn’t just bragging—her parents were both very good-tempered. Plus, they had always gotten along well with the Du family. And even though they had only just met Beidou, he was very enthusiastic. ’No matter how you look at it, they shouldn’t be fighting.’ she thought.
So what could it be?
Xiao Shi had been sitting with Mr. Du on the veranda. When she saw her sister return, she immediately ran over, cautiously glancing at Shen Yi as she did.
Completely baffled, Qin Jiao handed the fried chicken to Xiao Shi. Just as she was about to whisper a question, she saw her mother, Su Yun, walk over. "Xiao Jiao, come inside," Su Yun said. "I need to talk to you."
As Su Yun spoke, she completely ignored Shen Yi.
Shen Yi’s brow furrowed slightly. He turned to look at his mother, Du Liya, who was learning how to plant vegetables. Du Liya looked away guiltily.
Meanwhile, Su Yun had already pulled her daughter into the house. She suddenly felt something was amiss and realized her little shadow, Xiao Shi, had followed them inside, still clutching the fried chicken.
Su Yun said, "Xiao Shi, go outside and help your dad. I have something to discuss with your sister."
"I know what you’re going to talk about. I heard everything this morning."
Su Yun was speechless. It was true; she hadn’t known that morning what Du Liya was going to discuss, so she hadn’t sent Xiao Shi out to play.
But this wasn’t the time for that. Su Yun glanced around before whispering to her daughter, "Xiao Jiao, you remember Shen Yi’s father, Shen Zhengfeng, right?"
"I remember."
"He’s a real piece of work. When he and Du Liya divorced, they agreed that he would give a clothing factory to Shen Yi. In return, Shen Yi would sever all ties with him—it was essentially a buyout of their father-son relationship. But now, he’s exploiting a loophole in the written agreement. He’s arguing that since Shen Yi is still in school, he can’t take over the factory yet. So, Shen Zhengfeng will manage it ’on his behalf’ for the time being and supposedly save up all the profits for him."
Qin Jiao was rendered speechless. "That’s so shameless. He probably just regrets it and doesn’t want to give the factory to Shen Yi anymore."
"Sigh, that’s exactly it. But he also said there’s another way—Shen Yi doesn’t have to wait until graduation. He could get married. Once he’s married, he can take back the factory immediately. So... your Aunt Du was thinking... she wants you to marry Shen Yi."
"What?!"
Qin Jiao’s eyes flew wide.
In her last life, she and Shen Yi had been forced into marriage, which was why they became such an estranged couple. ’Are they going to be tied together again in this life because of something else?’
Qin Jiao frowned. "I don’t want to get married! Besides, Shen Yi can just marry someone else!"
"Your Aunt Du said it would be a fake marriage. They don’t trust outsiders. But ultimately, you have the final say. If you don’t agree, then we don’t agree. I’ve already talked to your dad about it, too. We’re going to find a house as soon as we can and move out. We can’t keep troubling them."
Su Yun sighed.
If it were any other favor, she and her husband would have endured any hardship to help. After all, Mr. Du and Du Liya had truly helped their family so much.
But not this.
This was about Xiao Jiao’s entire future. It couldn’t be used as a bargaining chip for anything.
Xiao Shi sat on a nearby stool, nibbling on a chicken leg. She frowned slightly. ’It seems like Sis doesn’t want to marry Brother Shen Yi.’
Meanwhile, Qin Jiao spoke up. "Mom, this whole fake marriage thing... was it Shen Yi’s idea?"
’Their life together had been so miserable in my past life. What is Shen Yi trying to pull now?’
’If this really was his idea,’ Qin Jiao thought, ’I’m going to march right over and slap him!’
