Chapter 74: Getting the Marriage License
The air was silent for a long while. Fan Xia could only hear the whistling wind blowing past her ears.
After a long time, she heard Rong Xiu’s cold voice trembling: “…Is what you said true?”
“Of course it’s true. You’re carrying my child, I can’t not give you a proper status,” Fan Xia said with a smile.
“…….” Rong Xiu’s breathing was heavy as if panting. Rapid thumping sounds came from the other end of the phone. The servant called out anxiously: “Young master, slow down! Be careful of your body. Don’t go down the stairs so quickly!”
“What are you doing?” Fan Xia asked.
“I’m coming to find you.” Rong Xiu’s voice was filled with uncontainable joy, as if she could feel his heart pounding.
“I’m already home.” As soon as Fan Xia got out of the car, she saw Rong Xiu hurriedly walking out wearing a large coat.
She hung up the phone and went forward to embrace Rong Xiu. The large black coat wrapped around his thin frame, still carrying the chill of the cold wind. The servant who had chased after him quietly retreated.
“Why did you come out? It’s cold outside.” Rong Xiu raised his exquisitely curved chin to look at her, the light glinting off his slender eyes beneath gold-rimmed glasses: “Aren’t we going to get the marriage license?”
Fan Xia smiled and pulled him towards the house: “It’s already 6 o’clock now, the civil affairs bureau is closed. Did you forget?”
Rong Xiu was stunned for a moment, then a flash of frustration crossed his eyes. He said in a very low voice: “I lost my head and forgot about the time.”
The fading winter light fell on the two of them. Fan Xia’s eyes held a smile: “It’s alright, we’ll go tomorrow.”
Rong Xiu’s hand curled slightly in her palm. His fair face reddened a bit: “Okay.”
After entering the house, the servant brought up freshly washed grapes: “Young master, Miss Fan, have some grapes. I washed them very clean.”
Fan Xia voiced her thanks.
The servant continued: “Young master, you should eat more grapes. I’ve heard that eating more grapes during pregnancy will make the child’s eyes big and round, black and bright like grapes when they’re born.”
The redness that had not yet faded from Rong Xiu’s face flushed up again.
Although Gu Jin Yi had always relied on Fan Xia’s financial support for his studies and knew she had bought a house in the imperial capital, he had never been there. Fan Xia didn’t let him go, and his father Li Zhou wouldn’t let him go either.
So even though the internet was in an uproar, Gu Jin Yi didn’t know where to find Fan Xia.
He returned home in a daze. When he opened the door and saw the announcement Fan Xia had posted about being unmarried, his mind became even more chaotic, and his legs went weak.
Sister Fan isn’t married? How is that possible? But the proof of being unmarried in the photo couldn’t be fake. What exactly was going on?
“Jin Yi? Why aren’t you coming in?” Li Zhou came forward and asked with concern when he saw Gu Jin Yi standing blankly at the door.
They no longer lived in that old dilapidated house. He had signed with a football team, and his monthly income was almost that of a high-level white-collar worker. The house they rented was spacious and bright in the city center, with nice decor inside. Although the house wasn’t bought, their life was no longer as tight as before.
“Dad-” Gu Jin Yi put down his phone dejectedly and asked: “Did you know that Sister Fan didn’t marry Wen Lan Sheng?”
Li Zhou’s hand paused as he was helping him take off his shoes, then made a sound of affirmation.
“You knew?” Gu Jin Yi asked in surprise: “How did you know?”
Suddenly, Gu Jin Yi’s expression changed as he remembered the mysterious words Li Zhou had told him long ago: ‘They will never be together’.
“Dad, you know the inside story, don’t you? Tell me? Why did Sister Fan have an affair? She had been with Wen Lan Sheng for so many years, why didn’t she marry him? Dad, I beg you, please tell me.” Gu Jin Yi pleaded.
Li Zhou sighed: “Actually, you shouldn’t know about this. But since Fan Xia has already dealt with the Wen family, there’s no harm in telling you.”
AD 9“The person who killed Fan Xia’s mother in that car accident was Wen Ming Yue, but she fled the scene. The whole Wen family helped her cover it up, indirectly causing Fan Xia’s father to commit suicide. I was the only witness to that accident back then. I told Fan Xia about this, so the reason she’s been dating Wen Lan Sheng all these years was to take revenge on the Wen family. Now Wen Ming Yue has been sent to prison by her.”
After hearing this, Gu Jin Yi’s eyes widened in shock. He cried out in disbelief: “Sister Fan has been living under the same roof with her enemies’ family all these years?!”
“Yes, she’s had a very hard time these years,” Li Zhou sighed. “It’s not that I didn’t want to tell you, but Fan Xia asked me back then not to let a third person know. The fewer people who knew the secret, the higher the chance of Fan Xia’s revenge succeeding.”
“You were too young at that time. I was afraid you might accidentally let something slip. Fan Xia had suffered too much. I didn’t want the information to leak and ruin everything for her,” Li Zhou said earnestly.
Gu Jin Yi sat numbly on the sofa.
Li Zhou sat beside him and continued: “But now Fan Xia has succeeded in her revenge. She’s cut ties with Wen Lan Sheng completely. Fan Xia is a good woman, not like your mother. If you’re looking for a wife-master, you should find someone like her. I know you like her. Now that Fan Xia doesn’t have a man by her side, you should make your move quickly, grab hold of her tightly.”
Gu Jin Yi lowered his head dejectedly and mumbled: “Dad, it’s too late. She already has a man by her side, and that man seems to be carrying her child.”
“What?” Li Zhou was shocked.
“I heard it when I was on the phone with Sister Fan,” Gu Jin Yi said hoarsely.
If only he had known earlier.
“She already has a man carrying her child?” Li Zhou couldn’t believe it.
Although Li Zhou’s mental state had improved a lot over the years, it was still difficult for him to integrate into modern internet society. He only watched TV dramas and listened to the news every day. The affair that was causing an uproar online wouldn’t be broadcast on TV, so he had no idea about it.
Originally, Li Zhou had thought that after Fan Xia succeeded, he could bring the two children together to live a fulfilling life, and he would be content. But he never imagined that another man would suddenly appear halfway, and even be carrying Fan Xia’s child.
For a moment, he was even more shocked than Gu Jin Yi, as if seeing the third party who had stolen his wife-master back then, coming to their door with a big belly.
If they didn’t fight for her, it would be hard for his Jin Yi to find another woman like Fan Xia. Even though Li Zhou hated women, he didn’t want his child to be lonely and helpless for life.
But if they fought for her, how would they be any different from that third party with the big belly back then?
Li Zhou slumped onto the sofa.
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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Author: Eggshell Striving Upwards
Synopsis:
Fang Chuning considers herself a very ordinary student.
The only reason she could become the student council president is that her family has a bit of money.
In her opinion, Xu, the top student and all-around good student, is the best candidate for the student council president.
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Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
Author’s Warnings:
1. This is a female-dominant male childbirth novel, a mindless sweet story. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
2. The female lead has a constitution that makes her loved by thousands. Except for being good-looking, wealthy, having status, a good figure, being good at sports, fighting, having some talent, and not bad at studying, she has no other outstanding qualities. Although ordinary, she is just loved by thousands. It can’t be changed. If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
3. (Important) The male lead is not a good person. He has bad intentions and incorrect values. If you can’t accept it, don’t enter! The story’s values do not represent the author’s values. If you can’t stand it, don’t scold. Please quietly click out.