10 A proposal
Hou Yi, realised the two minutes he thought he needed to quickly read the documents was not enough.He needed to slowly re-read them to actually see what was in them.
Hou Yi therefore went back to the start of the documents and slowly, deliberately and carefully read through them again.When he reached the end of the letter, he realised that Lu Jinhu's name was not mentioned in either the paperwork or the letter.The letter asked that the officials at the Civil Administration Bureau forgive the absence of Anna's fiancé's details, and noted that the official had met the fiancé, he was a trusted businessperson, but due to commitments he could not remain with the official until the paperwork was completed.
Hou Yi, knew the official who signed the letter well, and their opinion of him.It was also interesting that he had a meeting with same official earlier on the day that the paperwork was being completed.Hou Yi realised that Anna was not kidding there was something in those documents, and that she could be of assistance.Was she thinking about offering to marry him to thwart the Lu's and get back at Lu Jinhu for what he did?Well the only way that he would know was to simply ask the question.
"What are you thinking Anna?" asked Hou Yi softly, hoping that she was thinking about marriage to him, to derail whatever Lu Jinhu and Yang Lin had planned.While it most likely for her was about, at least this time, revenge, for him he wold be able to protect the family business.While, deep down he knew that he wanted to be the one to propose to his wife, he was realistic that here the proposal really needed to come from her, particularly as of what she had just been through.Hr though went back to the initial thought and that Anna definitely was the woman that he fell for six months ago, as she looked so like her.
"Well….." started Anna, realising what she was about to say."The documents are what I need to marry here, even mentioning City T as the place of marriage and today's date, but not my fiancée's name.It means that I do not have to marry Lu Jinhu.Some oversight in the paperwork, but it does give freedom."
Anna paused for a second and took a deep breath, continuing "I could marry you, instead, without a problem."
Hou Yi, while having figured out what she said before it was said, still responded in surprise "What!", as he was concerned that she might be joking.He then turned and looked into the face of this woman, who had just proposed marriage to him, and realised that she was serious about her proposal, not joking.Despite that, he had to as "Are you serious?" so he cold be certain to her proposal.
Anna looked Hou Yi in the eye, and clearly and firmly said "Yes.Lu Jinhu has made it clear that I never meant anything to him, and it is clear that he is not only out to ruin my life, which I would hope despite appearances at the moment I could have dealt with in the long term, he is out to mess with your life, and potentially the lives of others with the employees of your company.I cannot let him get away with that.I will do what I can to stop him."
Still somewhat in shock, Hou Yi needed to confirm Anna's proposal and asked "You are certain?".
"Yes I am.He is not going to get away with ruining my life, and if that means to get my revenge I have to look to someone else that he is trying to ruin I will do so."
Hou Yi looked at her carefully and realised that she still was serious.He, however did not know what to say.
"Well what do you say, Mr Hou.I'm sorry, Yi, will you and I go and get married?"
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