《My Love for You Never Fails》 Chapter 1 Substitute Groom Chapter 1 Substitute Groom In the begging of summer, River City. In the Peony Hall, seven-star Dynasty Hotel. Thousands of people just witnessed an embarrassing event: In the highly anticipated marriage between Hua¡¯s and Xie¡¯s family, Danny Xie, the bridegroom, was absent. He escaped? And it kept getting worse. There came some news on the screen in the hall which is about Danny''s affair with a god-knows-who actress: He was caught making out with her in her apartment in the morning. The Xie¡¯s family, who hosted the wedding, was left in awkward astonishment, not knowing how to wrap it all up. Owned by N?velDrama.Org. And the bride in wedding gown on the stage had be no more than a funny story after dinner. Mrs. Hua on the VIP seats felt really anxious and asked her husband: ¡°Darling, what¡­what should we do?¡± Her husband, Josh Hua the Chairman, felt no less anxious than her but stayed silent. This is something that he had never seen, how could anyone treat a wedding like this? Hua¡®s in the east, Wang¡¯s in the west, Xie¡¯s in the south, Jiang¡¯s in the north, these are the four families in the River City that has the most renown and prestige. If it was a prank, the consequence is beyond anyone¡¯s imagination for sure. He just couldn¡¯t figure out why Danny just bail out like this. The took their fifth daughter, who had been living in the Mount green for more than ten years, back all for the wedding, and then there came such an intolerable embarrassment. Xia¡¯s family¡¯s master came near Josh, pat him on his shoulder. ¡°Josh, this is definitely my family¡¯s fault. If possible, could you please put this wedding off a few days? I¡¯ll inform you when I get Danny back.¡± No sooner did Josh gave his answer than the bride spoke, and everyone stayed silence, all ears to what she would say to deal with such a farce. Susie Hua, the bride, held the mic in her hands and looked around the hall after which her attention was focused on a man in the front VIP seats who was ying with his phone all the time. ¡°This is it, him, then.¡± Susie thought to herself. Her voice was low but graceful:¡± Fourth table of the first row, ck suit and ying with his phone, sir, excuse me?¡± That rang a bell in Leo Jiang¡¯s head. Phone¡­was it him? He looked up, staring at the bride, surprised. No one could see her face through the veil. Leo had met four daughters of Hua¡¯s family but not Susie. Story had it that she had been living in Mount Green with her grandmother since she was still a child, spending all the time living as a Buddhist ever since until she left there three days ago. The story also had it that Susie was, to say, far from beautiful, but she didn¡¯t sound like it. Susie continued as she had caught Leo¡¯s attention: ¡°As we all can see, we had an, incident, today. I don¡¯t want to ruin everyone''s mood today since it¡¯s a wedding. So, sir, do you daree up the stage and be my temporary groom and finish this marriage?¡± And everyone was booing. So, she waned a substitute groom? Isn¡¯t that something only happens in things like sports games and movie making? Both Xie¡¯s and Hua¡¯s families were left in worse astonishment, none of them had saw iting. So was Leo. Temporary groom, him? Why did she use ¡°dare¡±? Was it goading? Even though he found it awkward like everyone else, he started walking to the stage. He was more curious than confused, wanting to find out what she would do next. That was not something people could see every day, not to mention she was from such a famous family. His long-sealed heart was awakened. His mother was shocked, shouting to him hurriedly: ¡°Leo! Get back here! Back!¡± Chapter 2 Yes, You Chapter 2 Yes, You But it didn¡¯t stop Leo, he was way too curious to care about anything else. What he just witnessed somehow defy the story about Susie, all the things of she living as a Buddhist, looking ugly and stuttering when she speaks, he was told. Were they all just rumors? She just talked to him without stuttering at all. Leo walked up onto the stage quiet slowly, dying to see how things would go, while everyone else felt nothing but awkwardness. And there came Susie¡¯s voice again: ¡°We shall continue.¡± No way she has problem speaking, and her voice was like a nymph, Leo thought to himself. Owned by N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Well¡­¡± The priest was in a dilemma hearing the bride¡¯s demand since he was invited by Xie¡¯s family. ¡°It¡¯s all okay, just listen to her.¡± Leo smiled to the priest and said. ¡°May I have yourst name, sir? ¡°Clearly the priest knew not who Leo was. ¡°Jiang, Leo Jiang.¡± And the crowd went noisy again. Leo Jiang, that¡¯s hell of a big bell that rang in everyone¡¯s head. As the leading family of the four families, Jiang¡¯s family had been keeping a tradition that each generation of theirs would have only one child, and till then it was Leo. So how wealthy and powerful is Jiang¡¯s family? It outys all the wealth and prestige of three other familiesbined, and the boss of the Chamber of Commerce is also Leo¡¯s father, Zuwen Jiang. It was unbelievable for everyone in the hall that it was Leo who just stepped up onto the stage. But Susie seemed calm. The priest could do nothing but resumed the wedding. ¡°Leo, do you take Susie for yourwful wedded wife, to live together after God''s ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor,fort, and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?¡± Leo thought about it for a few seconds:¡±Yes.¡± ¡°How can he¡­¡± Leo ¡®s mother almost had an heart attack seeing her son messing around the wedding. It was unreasonable to Xie¡¯s family, but they didn¡¯t make any sound since it was all their fault. It was their child running away from the wedding anyway, not to mention the news on the screen. The priest turned to Susie and asked: ¡°Susie, do you take Leo for yourwful wedded husband, to live together after God''s ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor,fort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?¡± Susie¡¯s answer was immediate: ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Father, we pray for all married persons, that they may continue to give, be able to forgive, and experience more and more of the joy of the Lord with each passing day. Let¡¯s all make a toast and congratte the couple.¡± It took around three seconds for the apud toe, apparently everyone was still not sure what just happened. ¡°Darling¡­what¡¯s¡­¡± Mrs. Hua was nearly speechless. But Josh was surprisingly calm. Heforted his wife:¡± Easy, this is a great deal for us. Think about it, that Danny is just a spoiled silver-spoon youngster, and Leo is the only son of Hua¡¯s family who¡¯s going to inherit all the wealth. We hit the jackpot this time. Caring about pros and cons of the marriage instead of his own daughter¡¯s happiness, true it seemed unreasonable, but that¡¯s what people called the upper ss. And the priest spoke again: ¡°Leo, you may kiss the bride.¡± It sent shivers down Leo¡¯s spine even though he had seen iting: It was his first kiss, first kiss after more than twenty years having no intimate interactions with girls. Chapter 3 The Beauty of Susie Chapter 3 The Beauty of Susie As Leo was still hesitating about what to do, Susie took a few steps forward, lifted the veil, and gently laid a kiss on his lips. Then came the silence. ¡°Wait, was I kissed? That was it?¡± Leo didn¡¯t even get to feel it before Susie stepped back, nor did he see what Susie really looked like since she dropped the veil as she moved her lips away from his. It was like nothing more than a have- to-do mission for Susie. Eventually, the wedding¡¯s finished. The maids helped Susie back to the dressing room where Leo was stopped as he was following Susie. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Sir, stop here please.¡± ¡°I need to talk to her.¡± ¡°A moment please, Miss Hua is getting changed.¡± Leo had to stay outside. Five minutester, the door opened. He strode in, finding himself in arge suite where Susie had put on an elegant red gown. She was sitting at the dresser; Leo could only catch her profile from where his was standing. Susie spoke as Leo was walking up to her: ¡°My thanks, for what happened today.¡± ¡°That¡¯s it? To me it looked like a big favor I did for you.¡± True, it could¡¯ve ended up as a ridiculous farce without Leo. Even though Hua¡¯s family had lost quite much fame in the River City, they still held on to their dignity, which they would not allow to be ridiculed. ¡°I do understand. I shall visit you in person with a present which would be worthy enough for your help as my gratitude, your deed will be sincerely appreciated. If the daye when my help is needed, I would give all I have to assist. What say you?¡± She has a charming voice which Leo quite enjoys listening to. What¡¯s more interesting is that she spoke in an old-fashion way, nearly poetic, like a medievaldy of aristocracy. His curiosity escted: ¡°And what about us? The wedding meant nothing then? We just swore to be each other¡¯s only lover for the rest of our life, and there were thousands of people watching!¡± ¡°I wasn¡¯t left with many choices, and your intelligence should¡¯ve told you that the wedding was only pro forma and had led to no legitimate marital responsibilities. When this alle to an end, me and my family will file a divorce application and imed that it was caused by my abnormal personality thus the reputation of you and your family shall be preserved well. What say you?¡± There was an untold but heartwarming sensation running through Leo every time Susie finished her words with¡± What say you.¡± It felt amazing, and even though he doesn¡¯t judge women by their looks, Susie¡¯s profile was astonishingly beautiful to him. He smiled furtively as he covered his mouth with one hand and said: ¡°Reputation¡­I, a young and quite promising man would be someone who have already married once after all this, who would take that fall for me?¡± ¡°And I have made it clear that I will make it up with a present, worthy enough.¡± Susie sounded a bit indifferent. ¡°And¡­is it that you think my family is short of money? ¡°Barely holding back hisughter, Leo asked. Chapter 4 Make The Best of The Worst Chapter 4 Make The Best of The Worst It made Susie silent. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. Does Jiang¡¯s family need money? Of course no, their wealth could sustain for generations, and they were in the best of their days. Word had it that the jade bracelet on Mrs. Jiang¡¯s wrist worth at least tens of millions. Therefore, whatever present she may give, Leo would not be interested at all. She started regretting having made such a deal with Leo, it could¡¯ve been nothing more than an embarrassment which she wouldn¡¯t care at all. And Leo didn¡¯t seem like someone she could easily get rid of. ¡°Hello? I¡¯m still here, and your answer?¡± Sharp questions came down onto Susie one after another, Leo was either scheming or just too curious and hurried. Susie stayed calm: ¡°Then what is your suggestion?¡± ¡°Oh, so I can have whatever I ask for?¡± ¡°If it¡¯s within my capability.¡± Not wanting to waste any more time with Leo, Susie answered quickly. ¡°Well¡­I think I need, um, a wife.¡± Susie nearly fell off the chair, worrying about what Leo would say next. ¡°You know, I¡¯m already twenty-seven, all alone, no romantic tidbits, which made those paparazzies gossiping me of being a gay, well that was some damage on my reputation. Therefore, I need a wife to drive away all those rumors, and she can¡¯t just be ANY woman. You¡¯re from the Hua¡¯s, and you sure know that our families have been in close rtionship for a really long time, why don¡¯t we just turn this pro forma wedding into a legit one? What say you?¡± And the way Leo ended his request was clearly a mimic of Susie. Susie couldn¡¯t just throw a tantrum since Leo just did her a favor. She sighed and said: ¡°It¡¯s an honor that I¡¯m viewed as qualified to be your wife, but I don¡¯t think I have the potential or ability to be your family¡¯s only daughter-inw.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not up to you to decide.¡± Leo was certain. ¡°Your excellence can definitely give you much better choices in choosing your lover, and I¡¯m not the only one in the River City, why make me go against my will?¡± Against her will? Susie was clearly reluctant to Leo¡¯s demand. Leo chuckled: ¡°So you¡¯re kicking down thedder now?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not¡­¡± ¡°So, you think I¡¯m forcing you into something you don¡¯t want, huh? Well I didn¡¯t remember you asking about my feeling during the wedding, am I mistaken?¡± Leo winked. ¡°Well¡­¡± Susie took a deep breath and closed her eyes, and her regret couldn¡¯t grow any further. She so shouldn¡¯t have done it if she had known the ¡°ck suite, ying with his phone¡± man was Leo. She knew who Leo is and she had no intention of riding on his coattails, but now it seemed like it was possible to get rid of him. ¡°So, Leo Jiang, what do you want?¡± And that was a giveaway of her true color: She¡¯s not that kind of well-cultured and good-mannered noble princess, she¡¯s a wild cat that knows clearly when to show ws. Chapter 5 Till Death Do Us Apart Chapter 5 Till Death Do Us Apart Leo leaned on a pir in the room, replied drowsily:¡± Well, someone has to be responsible for me being kissed, isn¡¯t it?¡± Susie flushed; it was also her first kiss. But what else could she have done given that was the final step of a wedding? And who knew that Leo was holding so tight to it that she had to be, to quote Leo, responsible? ¡°Leo, that was my only choice, you can take revenge if you want to.¡± Susie exined, barely held back her anger. ¡°Revenge? What is it? Is it me kissing you? No can do, girl.¡± How can someone be so shameless like this? As much as Susie was reluctant, there was nothing she could do to Leo¡¯s gloating but tolerate. Leo continued as he noticed that the wild kitty was a bit pissed:¡±I know your family is going through financial crisis, otherwise you wouldn¡¯t rush this marriage with Xie¡¯s family. Susie, whatever they can do for you, I can do it better. I dare not say that I¡¯m excellent, but I can say I excel Danny in any aspects you can think of.¡± ¡°You are willing to help us?¡± It surprised Susie that Leo knew all about it. She left her family very young thus she had never really bonded with her parents and sisters, but she loved her granny, who¡¯s also worried about the crisis they¡¯re under. Hadn¡¯t her grannye down with illness, she wouldn¡¯t make such a sacrifice marrying Danny to help her family. It was just not her. Leo nodded. ¡°What¡¯s your demand, then?¡± ¡°Be my wife. This wedding was a deception, let¡¯s make it real.¡± Leo replied in no time. ¡°For how long?¡± And that got Leo, for he hadn¡¯t thought about it. To relive Susie, Leo gave an exact number: ¡°Three years, tops. If you grow tired of living in our family after that, I can set you free.¡± ¡°It could be your word against mine by that time.¡± Susie was prudent. ¡°We can make a contract, but it¡¯s only between you and me.¡± After five seconds of silence, Susie conceded. ¡°Deal.¡± And it brought a strange feeling into Leo¡¯s heart that it wouldn¡¯t end easily after years given there were still many things he didn¡¯t know about Susie. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°So¡­till death do us apart.¡± Leo said, half-jokingly. Susie slowly turned to him, corrected his words quite seriously: ¡°Three years.¡± But Leo stopped listening as he eventually got to know what Susie looked like as she turned to him. Neither did he see it in the wedding, for the kiss just happened too fast, nor during their talks just now since he could only look at her profile. Leo went speechless, there was not a word he can think of to present Susie¡¯s beauty. Damn all those rumors. They say she stutters when she talks, but she speaks like a diplomat; they say she look as far as ugly could describe, but her beauty defies the supetive of all the words that tell beauty. Leo¡¯s not a lecher, but still he couldn¡¯t moved his eyes from Susie. Chapter 6 Headline News Chapter 6 Headline News Three hourster. A piece of news caused a sensation in this quiet city. This news even made greater effects than the previous scandal that the second master of the Xie family should date the other woman on his wedding day. That was, the bride found another man as a substitute groom on the wedding. And the most interesting thing was that the substitute groom was actually the master of the Jiang family, which was the head of Hua Wang Xie Jiang Family of the Leading Consortium in the River City. So who on earth was this master of the Jiang family? Owned by N?velDrama.Org. He had great position not only because he was the only son born in the whole family after the same condition happened during five generations, but also because, it was said that he was extremely handsome and his IQ and EQ were both very high. Besides, he was also a top graduate from The University of Cambridge, and he returned to the country to take over his family business at the age of 23. Now, after three and a half years, he led the business of the Jiang family to make great progress by multiplying itspany performance several times. As one of the few young sessful entrepreneurs in China, he was destined to inherit his family business and make great sess. However, such a person should have sh marriage unexpectedly? And the bride he married should be the one who Danny broke an engagement with and abandoned? This was incredible...... In fact, the master of the Jiang family of course had much higher position than the second son of the Xie family. But he should be willing to marry a woman whom Danny even turned his nose up at? This... was totally illogical? But in these days, who cared about being logical or not anyway? So three hourster, this news had been dominating the headlines of all kinds of media and it even became the hottest top search. The title of the news was¡ª¡ªLeo Jiang and Susie Hua. The Huas came from a famous family and their ancestors also had enjoyed great riches and honour. But the condition of the family was declined a little in this generation. The couple Josh Hua and Lihua Xu of the Hua family had four daughters sessively. Thest time when Mrs. Hua was pregnant, the people of the Hua family were very delighted since she conceived a pigeon pair. However, after they were born, the boy was soon dead because of his bad development and only the weak little Susie survived. Because of that, Susie was considered as a ominous person, so she followed the olddy of Hua family to Mount Green not long after she was born. Since she hadn¡¯t gone down the mountain for years, her rtionship with her parents were not very good. Now, since the olddy of Hua family was seriously ill, the Hua family was in serious economic crisis again. Therefore, to improve the family situation, they had to choose another family to unite marriage with. By the time when they heard the groom was that notorious Danny from the Xie family, Selina and Susan who were both single frowned and refused to marry him while shaking their heads at the same time. Therefore, at that time, the people of the Hua family thought of Susie, who was invisible in the family. Susie was raised by the olddy of the Hua family, so of course she loved the olddy very much. The olddy, who was 84 years old had been in poor health for the past two years, especially in this year. She thought that if one day she died, then no one would take care of her poor granddaughter. Susie had always remembered what her grandmother told her in the hospital that day. She said, ¡°Susie, I can¡¯t take care of you for a lifetime. This is also a good chance. I have asked other people to investigate the Xie family. Although Danny has a bad character, he stilles from a famous family, so if you marry him, you will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life. Besides, Mrs. Xie also is very kind, if you are lucky enough to bear them a son or a daughter, I think Mr. and Mrs. Xie will definitely treat you well.¡± Finally, Susie agreed to marry Danny because she wanted to bring some joy to her sick grandmother, which was also one of her motives. Even if she divorced him atst, she could still return her grandmother¡¯s favor of raising her after all those years by letting the olddy see her marry when the olddy was still alive, which was also her wish. The other motive of hers was that although her grandmother had been practising abstinence from meat and saying prayers all her life, she still attached great importance to the business of the Hua family and didn¡¯t want it to decline. Therefore, she agreed to marry him by sacrificing her own happiness. However, she didn¡¯t expect that such a shameful thing would happen on her wedding day. Luckily, she found a substitute groom for herself...but...why did this substitute seem to be so hard to get rid of? ¡°Mrs. Jiang, Mr. Jiang asked me to send you back to the Jiangs¡¯ house.¡± Leo¡¯s driver came to her, driving a ck Bentley, which caught Susie¡¯s attention and she stopped thinking about other things at once. Chapter 7 The attitude of the Jiang Family Chapter 7 The attitude of the Jiang Family The bridegroom can temporarily be a substitute, but... the rest is provided by the Xie family after all. Leo did not want to take advantage of others, after agreeing on the conditions proposed by Susie, Leo went to deal with other things. He ordered someone to take Susie to the Jiang family first. In fact, Leo rarely lived in the old house of the Jiang Family. The apartment building next to the company, he had a 200-square-meter duplex. But that did not look like a home after all, so he thought he had to send her to his old house. In the reception room of the hotel Jiang¡¯s parents looked at their son in a daze, waiting for a perfect exnation. Owned by N?velDrama.Org. Leo loosened his tie and smiled first. "Dad, Mom, congrattions, you have a daughter-inw." After saying this, both the Jiang¡¯s parents were startled. "Nonsense...you''re really mischievous..." Jiang''s father pointed to his son and felt that it was very sudden, and very inappropriate. Mrs. Jiang also looked sad, "Son, nonsense! This is the marriage of the Xie family and the Hua family. Why was our family getting mixed in the thing?" "Did you know the little girl of the Hua family before?" Jiang¡¯s father was an elder, and had been doing business for many years. He always felt that this was abrupt and something was wrong. Leo sat on the sofa, looked at his father with his hands crossed on the legs, and shook his head. "Then you met for the first time today?" Jiang¡¯s father asked again. Leo nodded... "Ridiculous, the first time you met, you promise to marry her without knowing anything about her, and it is silly... Well, anyway, it does not count by mere oral promise. You go back and exin to the Hua and Xie families, saying that to save the faces of them. You have to do it, but you should know gentleman doesn¡¯t take the beloved of others, and let them clean up the mess.¡± "Understand? My opinion is the same as your father''s. Get out quickly, don''t mix it in. I saw that the news had started to spread. I have sent people to contact the media to exin the matter, we Jiang family haven''t had any negative news for many years, Don¡¯t get involved in because of a farce in someone else¡¯s family.¡± Mrs. Jiang agreed with her husband¡¯s idea. Just talk to the media and Hua and Xie families to exin it." At that time, the emergency rescue on site was only to save the face of the two families, but they had nothing to do with the fifth daughter of the Hua family, nor would they admit this absurd marriage. But... Leo didn''t think so. After hearing his parents'' opinions, he only said, "Mom and dad, I want to marry her. We agreed to get the marriage certificate tomorrow morning." The weight of the words was enough to shock the Jiang¡¯s parents... ording to their son, not only do he not want to exin, but he also want to marry the fifth daughter of the Hua Family, and to get a certificate? Mrs. Jiang was anxious and stood up to hold her son''s hand, "Leo, don''t be an idiot... What is your identity? How should marriage be so ridiculous and casual? You know that the fifth daughter of the Hua Family had never been to school; since childhood, she had followed her grandma to practise abstinence from meat and say prayers in Mount Green. She is the most unloved girl of the Hua family, and will not inherit the great cause of the Hua family in the future. She is just the chessman used by their family to create connections through marriage. What¡¯s more, that girl has been yed by the second son of the Xie Family. Think about who Danny is, so clever, how can he be easily tricked by a lover? Because he did not want to recognize the marriage? To put it bluntly, he looked down on the fifth daughter of the Hua Family. How can such a person who is so dismissed by the Xie family, deserve my son?" Leo had a high social status, to put it bluntly, he was high above the mass and the only heir to the Jiang family. How can a prince with such an outstanding identity marry a wild girl who everyone despises? Chapter 8 Xie Familys apology Chapter 8 Xie Family''s apology Mrs. Jiang''s words seemed to be within the expectation of Leo Jiang. He was not impatient, but held his mother''s hand. He replied very gently, "Mom, I''m not young, and I''m twenty-seven this year." Mrs. Jiang''s was short-tempered, and she blurted out immediately, "We can find any kind of woman as your wife if you want to get married. Not to mention the whole City, even in the whole country, we can pick the girl you want, and we can find better one instead of picking up what others discard." It was because of saving face, after all, they were all famous families. Even Danny dislikes her. It was normal for Jiang family to look down on her, given such a scandal at the wedding. Leo said again, "Mom, but she won my heart." Mrs. Jiang was stunned, "Didn¡¯t you just say that you are meeting for the first time today?" "Yeah, so it''s love at first sight, and this kind of thing can''t be treated as a joke. You just saw it at the wedding. All the guests present saw it. I swear to the priest at the banquet of thousands of people with the girl. And... kissing in public, so... If we cancel the marriage again, how can she maintain her face in the future as a girl ?" Jiang¡¯s father couldn''t help but interject, "Son, this is marriage, very important. We can''t put ourselves in this mess." Leoughed aloud, "Dad, I am not serious.. The reason why I am willing to marry her... is because I really like her."This is property ? N?velDrama.Org. The words left his parents speechless. Indeed, in recent years, their son rarely said he liked someone. Not even that one of those days... Never mind, things in those days were now taboo in the Jiang family, and no one mentioned it. Especially in front of Leo, so Jiang¡¯s mother can only think about it in her heart. Now hearing that her son took the initiative to say that he liked a girl, which was really surprising. "The first time you saw her, you liked her ? Would it be a trifling matter?" Mrs. Jiang was still unsure. In fact, she couldn''t recognize this daughter-inw who suddenly fell from the sky. In her eyes, the future daughter-inw should be a girl who is very good with good appearance and good family background. "So mom, do you think that the saying "love at first sight" is not true?" "Have you determined it?" Looking at her son being this way, Ms. Jiang vaguely felt that it was impossible for her to persuade her son to give up. Her son was good in everything, but too stubborn. If he had decided the thing, nobody could change it. "Yes I love her and I will marry her, so it''s decided, and I have asked my driver to take her back to our old house." Hearing that, the Jiang¡¯s parents fell into silence... At this moment, even if they disagreed, it was not good say more. He had taken the girl back to the old house actively, and also hit the media news. If send her back, it would be impossible to exin to the Hua family. On the other side, the Xie¡¯s parents kept on apologizing to the Hua family. Especially the head of the Xie family, Yun Xie. He lost his face today. The second child was not a fuel-savingmp. Since returning to China a few years ago, he has been spreading scandals with many female stars in the entertainment industry. Now they were considering to get him engaged, which was ruined by him. "Brother, I''m sorry today, I''ve ordered someone to catch my undutiful son. When getting him, I will definitely take him here to pay you off." And his wife added, ¡°Chairman Xie said it too seriously. Our Susie didn¡¯t have the good fortune. She is not good enough to be your daughter-inw.¡± Chapter 9 Clean up the mess Chapter 9 Clean up the mess After Mrs. Hua finished speaking, Danny''s parents looked embarrassed. Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org. But in terms of being facing such a case, it¡¯s useless to speak something bad. The Hua¡¯s parents left the hotel in a hurry with anger and dissatisfaction. "Daniel." Master Xie said coldly. "Dad." "No matter what method, just get that beast back to me, no matter he is alive or dead." After leaving the ruthless words, the master of the Xie family left. After an hour In the presidential suite of a seven-star hotel The second son of the Xie family, Danny, wobbling out after dressed his clothes. And that female star has long disappeared, perhaps afraid of the reporters in the door. "Danny, you are in trouble this time." Daniel looked at his brother with a worried look in his eyes. Master Xie has two sons and a daughter. The firstborn, Daniel, is very obedient and is currently the vice president of thepany. He has been working with the master for years. His wife was his ssmate while he was in university and was of Canadian nationality. After marrying him, she returned to China and settled down here. They already had a daughter. The second child, Danny, was naughty since he was a child. The legendary dude in the rich circle was him. His reputation was not good when he was in school. It is heard that he had also molested a female teacher, truly was full of evil. Master Xie had thought that getting married would bring his mind back and live a good life. Who knows, it brought him greater trouble. Actually Danny was tricky than anyone else, after all, he was still dissatisfied with the girl he was engaged at home, and he deliberately went to a female star''s ce and spent the wedding night there. This made the Xie family and the Hua family shameless, and also involved the Jiang family, which was really a scandal. Hearing the elder brother''s words, Danny sneered, "Brother, you didn''t know me the first day. Since you have grown up, you have made countless of troubles." ""Save your words, go home and see Dad!" , how can you make such a scandal. You leave Susie alone, but came to find that woman.." "Eh? Brother, don''t say that. I also read the news... That woman is not a good person. I heard that she even found a substitute groom on the spot to save her face; shame on her.¡± "Save your words, go home and see Dad!" Daniel was helpless. In fact, the follow-ups of Susie and Leo were not known to Xie family. After all, that was agreed by Leo and Susie privately, and had not been officially announced yet. It was estimated that they would be surprised when they knew the matter. "You should thank for me help, right? But I was surprised Leo kissed my bride in front of so many people, let''s see how he take care of the mess. " Danny and the Leo have always been at odds. Now that hearing Leo had cleaned up the mess for himself, he was looking forward to see what will happen next. He was a bit of gloating over the matter. Chapter 10 The undutiful son was punished Chapter 10 The undutiful son was punished Danny''s regret of marriage was premeditated, and the Hua family was not as good as the Xie family, so naturally he did not pay attention to the thing. But what he didn''t expect was that Leo was involved in, which was a windfall for him. It felt like that the thing he discarded was picked up by Leo. Cool! Daniel Xie knew his brother¡¯s trick; he didn''t say anything, but taking Danny back hone as his father ordered him. That night, Danny suffered his father''s whips. Master Xie was really angry, and he whipped Danny severely. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. In the end, Mrs. Xie worried about her son, and begged, so that Danny was saved. "You bastard, I should beat you to death." Master Xie held the whip, out of breath. Danny managed to survive, but obviously he was still stubborn. "Then kill me, so I will not be your eyesore." As a child, Danny used to live in aunt¡¯s house in Dragon City for a few years, so he identally popped out a few Beijing ents which worked people up. "Shut up! don¡¯t get your dad angry!" Mrs. Xie was angry and beat Danny''s shoulder with her fist. But the beating was mild, Leo was Mrs. Xie¡¯s most beloved child, of course, she was reluctant to beat him. "Mom, I should not be med for this matter. You said that you will get me a wife. But Without asking my opinion, you had arranged the banquet and invited guests. I didn¡¯t even know what the fifth daughter of Hua family looks like? You decided everything, especially my dad. Am I living in the old times? everything is up to you? Am I giant baby, an idiot ? Can¡¯t I have my own girl friend? I don¡¯t need you to choose one for me. The wife is chosen for me not for you " Yun Xie was even more angry hearing this, holding a whip and wanted to beat him again, but just now he was a little bit of dizzy. He suddenly fell on the sofa behind him... "Dad." Danny hurried forward to help. "Darling, what¡¯s wrong with you?" Mrs. Xie also hurried forward. "Look, you can¡¯t bear othersin ...no human rights." Danny continued toin. "Shut up, Danny, your dad is in poor health...If you don''t agree with the marriage, you can say it in advance. Why did you y such a trick, make such a big trouble, now our family and Hua family are on shame. It¡¯s your fault. You should apologize to your Dad, stopining." Danny lowered his head and said no more. Anyway, the whips have been suffered, putting this marriage to an end. At this moment, the old house of the Jiang family Both Jiang''s parents and Leo were sitting in a luxurious living room, and all of them said nothing. Susie changed clothes and walked downstairs. The three looked up. She changed to a long, light red dress, which was the new style. It had both modern beauty and ssic charm. There was a pair of very simple pearl earrings on the ears, which are in excellent fineness. The hair was simply curled up, which was ipatible with the young face. In fact, Susie was only 22 years old this year, and getting married was indeed very early for this age. Under everyone''s attention, she walked down step by step, extremely elegant. Then walked in front of the Jiang¡¯s parents and leaned over to salute slightly, "Uncle Jiang, Aunt Jiang." "It''s wrong, it should be changed." Leo reminded with a smile. Susie lowered her head and blushed slightly... Chapter 11 Becoming a new family member Chapter 11 Bing a new family member Susie hesitated, and finally called out, "Dad, Mom." She called not very loud, but Leo¡¯s parents, including Leo, heard it clearly. "Eh, good girl." Although Mrs. Jiang was reluctant, such being the case; besides, the girl looks really exquisite. Looking at her outstanding looks, the previous resistance in her heart faded away. Leo''s father also nodded slightly, after all, the girl called them dad and mom, whether it was reluctant or not, this was out of respect. What''s more, even if the Hua family has been declining now, they are also friends for generations, and everything should be well prepared. Therefore, Leo¡¯s parents took out the lucky money they had prepared before. For rich and powerful families such as the Jiang family, several thousands for lucky money would be stingy. Mrs. Jiang took out a ck gold card and put it in Susie''s hands. "There is a card here, as lucky money for you." Susie nced at Leo, and he gave a look, indicating that she could ept it. Susie did not refuse, nodded, "Thank you Dad, thank you Mom." "Sit down." Leo¡¯s parents had little prejudice against this daughter-inw, but just thought all of this was too sudden. They would like to ask, the two went to the wedding of Xie family and Hua family. How did they go empty-handed, but brought a daughter-inw when back? The daughter-inw of the Xie family was abducted, which... is indeed uneptable. Of course, the initiator of all this is their son Leo. Susie nodded and sat on the sofa, being seated in an dignified and elegant manner. Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. Leo stared at her carefully and found that she was not like a little girl in her early twenties. Instead, she acted moderately, with moderation and maturity which was not of her age. "Leo had told us about your marriage. It was too sudden. My wife and I were not mentally prepared; but since we recognized you as daughter-inw, we would not neglect you. Jiang family and Hua family were old friends for generations. We will make up for the bride-price as well as the wedding. We will not make you married wrongly. We have only one son, and we do not expect you to be excellent, but hope that you can live in peace and stability, and the family be in harmony." Leo¡¯s father was sensible person. After all, he is a man with rich experience. In fact, it is normal that he showed his attitude, but he did not do it at all. As the saying goes: the more powerful the person, the more modest and polite he is. Leo¡¯s father¡¯s words showed Susie a lot of respect, and also gave respect to the Hua family. She was also relieved in her heart, thinking that they were easygoing. "Dad,I always think that marriage is a matter for two people. I don¡¯t want to make our two families get shame for the scandal. I think it is better to deal with it in a low-key manner. If there is an opportunity in the future, we can talk about it further." Leo was a little surprised on hearing this, he didn¡¯t expect Susie to be so opinionated. Hearing Susie''s words, Leo¡¯s parents nced at each other. "Alright, then do as you say." After talking for a little moment in the living room, the two went upstairs for rest. As soon as she entered the bedroom, Susie handed the ck gold card to Leo. "So what do you mean?" He looked at her, smiling. Chapter 12 I was adopted as a son-in-law Chapter 12 I was adopted as a son-inw "This isn''t what I should get." Susie was very self-aware of this, since it was an agreement marriage, then...she felt she should not ept their money. Looking at this ck gold card, she knew that there will be a lot of money in it. Leo Jiang gave a nce at the card, and put it back in Susie''s hand. "Keep it. This is lucky money for new family members. There should be a million in it." Susie was pretty shocked. One million, It was a huge sum of money. "It''s too much, a little is enough. Or, you keep this card, you can give me several thousands as a token." "You think our Jiang family is short of money?" he asked again. Susie was silent... Well, the Jiang family had the most money, and all the world knew that the Jiang family was wealthy. Not being inclined to tangle the topic with him, she turned around, and sat in front of the dresser to remove the earrings. This bedroom in the old house, was originally prepared for Leo, because they got married so suddenly that there was not even a chance to prepare a new bedroom. So they can only make do for one night here. "I''m going to remove my makeup and get ready to take a rest. Aren¡¯t you going?" Susie said to the image of the man in the mirror. "Go? I am your husband, where do you want me to go?" Leo smiled. "But we are fake couple." Owned by N?velDrama.Org. "But after all, we have to be together for three years. You let me go on the first day, and how can my parents stand it; remember, we are now in the old house." Hearing that, Susie did not know what to say. This was indeed due to herck of consideration, but she should not be med. In the past two decades, she had lived with her grandmother in a yard in the Mount Green for the most of time. She seldom went down the mountain, and there were few men around, so every time thinking that they were going to sleep in a room, she was flustered. "What are Peach and Ginkgo?" She changed the topic to avoid embarrassment. "That two girls are your maids?" Leo also noticed. No matter where she went, the Hua¡¯s fifth daughter £¨Susie£© always brought along two girls. As personal assistants, and seemed to be pretty good. "One of them are cooking soup for you upstairs, and the other said she would go back to report on the completion of the task and was sent back to your Hua Family by my driver." Then there was silence again... Susie removed makeup quietly, Leo watched interestingly by the side. He had thought that after removing makeup, she would look not beautiful as now. However, he did not expect that Susie, after removing makeup, had surprisingly good skin, in glowing white, and she was in good age, the face was full of cogen. A pair of eyes, ck and shiny, as if there were stars in them. After removing makeup, Susie stood up and picked up the nightdress she had prepared before. She gave a calm nce at Leo, "Are you sleeping in bed or on the ground?" "Of course the bed." Leo said decidedly. Susie was curious, and was stunned for a moment. What a man! Leaving the girl sleeping on the ground, how should he be so ungentle. She was annoyed, but contained the temper. She nodded, "Then I will make a bed on the floorter." After saying that, she took the nightdress into the bathroom to change it. Leo leaned on the chaise lounge in the bedroom and squeezed his chin with one hand, only to find the scene just now interesting. After changing the nightdress, Susie came out and said, "Tomorrow I will move to Watery Attic in Spring Breeze Residence." "So, do I need to move with you too?" Leo asked her. "All right." She answered vaguely. "So to speak, it''s not that you got married, it''s that I was adopted as a son-inw?" He continued to tease her. Chapter 13 Returning home on the third day of marriage Chapter 13 Returning home on the third day of marriage Susie got a little angry for being asked about that. She directly responded: ¡°If you are unwilling, this is the end of our cooperation.¡± She thought that she had got to the old house of the Jiang Family with her parents as he told her and also showed her respect to him. But how could he describe the move as the adoption? Did he try to satirize anyone? Why did he say like that deliberately since he already knew that the Hua Family had declined and couldn¡¯t bepared with the rising Jiang Family? Actually, Susie misunderstood Leo Jiang. He just tried to amuse her because he thought she was a cute girl. Unexpectedly, she just became angry and dissed him. He made an apology quickly seeing that she was angry. ¡°I am joking. Look at your little temper¡­¡­I know the building. It is named Spring Breeze Residence, right? It was built by Hua Family five years ago with ancient Chinese style. I never thought that you such a youngdy should like the Chinese style. Fine, I just move there with you shamelessly since I just get tired of living in the old house.¡± Leo Jiang had noints about move. He thought that since they had got married, it was no matter wherever they lived as he had arge fortune and many houses. He just agreed since Susie said she wanted to live there. Susie prepared to get bed without talking with him because they didn¡¯t enjoyed their chat. The man just directly lied on the bed Susie made on the ground. ¡°You¡­¡­¡± ¡°I like to sleep on the ground, it¡¯s cool.¡± Leo Jiang said and closed his eyes directly. Susie was speechless. ¡°Is this man a hooligan?¡± ¡°Why does he sleep there since he said he would sleep on the bed before?¡± Susie thought then went to the bed,y down under the quilt and turned off the light without talking any more. That was the first time for her to sleep with a man overnight. Fortunately, Leo Jiang had no entricities and they were both quiet, so she slept well that night. The next morning, Leo Jiang went to the office and had a busy day, while Susie stayed in the old house and had a quiet day. Then it came the third day in an instant. In the morning of that day, they had their breakfast in the old house of the Jiang Family and went back Susie¡¯s home with the maid Peach. That was the so-called returning to biological mother''s home on the third day of marriage, a tradition in northern China. It is a traditional custom for the bride to visit the parental home with her husband and the gift on the third day of their marriage to acknowledge her parents¡¯ care and love for so many years. Leo Jiang had no feeling for the Hua Family but only remembered the olddy of Hua Family. Leo Jiang¡¯s driver drove them to the Jiang Family by a golden Rolls-Royce. Owned by N?velDrama.Org. What had been brought at the same time was the expensive returning gift which was prepared by Leo Jiang. There were wild ginseng worth million dors, Chinese caterpir fungus looked extremely pleasing, edible bird''s nest from Indonesia and the air-freightedmon bathing pool. The Hua Family was really hoping that day as Susie''s sisters all went back knowing she would return. ¡°Whoa, we were just talking about you. Youe so early.¡± The one who was talking was Susie¡¯s eldest sister Sara. She was the CEO of Hua Group. Three years ago, Susie''s father was hospitalized because of the mild cerebral infarction, then resigned from the leading post. Thereafter, the business were managed by the firstborn daughter and the second daughter. ¡°Sister Sara.¡± Leo Jiang greeted Sara warmly. Sara smiled and said: ¡°My fifth younger sister leads a charmed life. She was to be married with Danny Xie originally but such a thing happened. At longst, you have a perfect ending,living up to your destiny anyway.¡± The words contained a lot of meaning. Susie was not happy after hearing that but thought that was hypocritical and disgusting. ¡°Where is grandma?¡± She said with eyes flicking at those people¡¯s faces lightly and with undisguised detesting expression. Chapter 14 Cold by nature Chapter 14 Cold by nature ¡°Your grandma is having a rest in the backyard. No hurry. Just take a seat and chat with your sisters.¡± Mrs. Hua stood up and said smilingly. She didn¡¯t want the people¡¯s ardor to be cooled due to the way Susie talked. In fact, no one of them was disappointed as they had not strong connection with Susie. Selina the third daughter of the Hua Family took a look on her watch impatiently then started to leave with grabbing her coat and said: ¡°I can¡¯t have the meal with you because I am down for an interview this noon and should go to put my make-up after a while.¡± Selina is the superstar of the high-end,magnificent and ssy kind. She is in the the film industry and those who want to cooperate her are famous stars too, So she is a little arrogant and pushy. When she passed Susie by, she paused and said to her: ¡°Susie, we won¡¯t get over with the matter of Danny Xie. Is the coquette who hooked him up named Snow Liang? I will make her be unable to carry on in the entertainment circle. Such a shameless coquette.¡± Selina had left before Susie started to speak. She is always in such a hurry¡­¡­ ¡°Susie,e here to have a tea with Leo.¡± Mrs. Hua said smilingly. Susie looked back at Leo Jiang and asked him: ¡°Do you like to drink tea?¡± ¡°I am OK.¡± He said coolly. ¡°Then you just drink the tea with them, and I go to see my grandma.¡± Then, Susie left without looking back or showing regard for the families¡¯ face. Leo Jiang had heard that Susie was on bad terms with her families. It seemed that her rtionship with her families was extremely bad. She was even not willing to maintain apromised harmony. Leo Jiang as a junior couldn¡¯t definitely show no respect to his father-inw and mother-inw. Then he just sat on the couch unpleasantly and chatted with Hua Family members. Sophia the second daughter of Hua Family said coldly: ¡°Susie has been spoiled by my grandma and is not so courteous. She is cold by nature and has no feeling for our family. So, please get used to it.¡± ¡°Sophia, stop talking nonsense.¡± His father scolded her in a hurry. ¡°Dad, am I wrong? Didn¡¯t you see that just now? She never treats us as his sisters seriously¡­¡­She looks down upon everyone except grandma. Fortunately, she hasn¡¯t been married to Danny Xie, or he may hit her several times a day since he is so grumpy.¡± Text content ? N?velDrama.Org. Sophia went too far increasingly and became talking more and more emotionally. In fact, she felt psychologically unbnced and even jealous. She is good-looking and capable but in a lower position than her elder sister. She is also not satisfied with her marriage as her husband is a dull researcher working in a research institute. They haven¡¯t got a baby since they were married three years ago. While Susie could marry into the Jiang Family, the most wealthy family, though she is inferior to her in all aspects. Their parents even changed attitude toward Susie since her status got improved quickly. So she just said that in a mean voice¡­¡­ Susan the fourth daughter is a couple of years older than Susie. She is introvert and always was reading a history book without any interest in such ridiculous chat. Leo Jiang also felt uneasy as he heard what Sophia had said. Susie is his wife after all! So he retorted smilingly: ¡°Susie and I havepatible character and my parents also like her very much and don¡¯t think she is cold by nature. As for Danny Xie, he has nothing to do with Susie now and won¡¯t have the chance no matter what temper he has. Anyone who dares to touch Susie in the future is the one makes things difficult for our Jiang Family and me Leo Jiang.¡± The Hua Family members all became silent after hearing Leo Jiang¡¯s words¡­¡­How respectful he was to Susie! Didn¡¯t they know each other before? Did they just meet on the wedding? Why did Leo Jiang protect her like that? Chapter 15 Like a piece of in valuable treasury Chapter 15 Like a piece of in valuable treasury It was totally beyond the expectation of Hua family that Hua¡¯s fifth daughter, who had not caught any attention in the past, could win the preference from Jiang family, from its son. It was evident from these words that Susie had been not only free from being coldly treated , but also cherished as an invaluable piece of treasury by Leo Jiang. There are five daughters in Hua family, out of whom Sara the eldest one and Sophia the second one were both married and over thirty years old. Selina, the third daughter, despite having not married, was already 28, two years older than Danny Xie. Besides, giving the temper of Selina, a girl once awarded the title of the best actress would surely be in mood for Danny Xie, a typical good-for-nothing young man from a wealthy family, let alone his excessively intimacy with many female stars in the entertainment circle. Susan, a history teacher at college, was 26. Although she was also single, she had been in a close rtionship with her boyfriend, who was a police. That is why Susan and Danny Xie would never contact each other. Moreover, Susan¡¯s sex appeal ranked at the lowest mediocre level among her sisters, so it was uncertain whether Danny could be attracted by Danny Xie. Owned by N?velDrama.Org. After a sound consideration, Susie, the youngest daughter, who has been arranged to live on Mount Green for many years, turn out to be thest resort. Still, the reason for Susie¡¯s agreement with the marriage, was not her easily being persuaded or she had a weak character, but her consideration for the olddy of Hua family. In this backyard, the olddy was very relieved to see her granddaughter¡¯s return. While two elderly maids assisted her in sitting straight on the bed, Susie hurried to ce a soft pillow at the back of her grandmother to allow her to lean. "Susie are back?" The olddy clutch at her beloved granddaughter''s hand. "Grandma, any better these days?" "Well, better a little." "Good. What did you have for breakfast this morning?" Susie was concerned. ¡°A lot. Almost half a bowl of millet congee.¡± The olddy smiled merrily. Susie nodded and sat on the chair at the bedside. A sorrowful feeling stroke her when she observed her grandmother. "Dear Susie, I¡¯ve heard what happened in the wedding ceremony. You are right. We can¡¯t be teased even if our family is not so financially powerful as Xie family. " Susie tried to squeeze a faint smile. "What¡¯s that kid like? Did Jiang family treat you well?" Susie had been in the old mansion with Leo Jiang and never came back from the wedding day. The olddy could only inquire about it, yet failed to be clear about the details. So she was worried that the child had been wrongly treated in Jiang family. "Just rx, grandma. Jiang family...treat me extremely well." The word ¡°extremely¡± was used with the only aim offorting her grandmother. "Poor kid, you would not let me know the true situation even if you have been wrongly treated or abused. Dear Susie, you have grown up with me from a young age. As I said, it was not for the revival of our family at the cost of your marriage. I am already too old to care much about family¡¯s glory. It is you who are what I¡¯m truly worried. I worry about that you will be lonely and no one cares about you after I die." "Grandma, you are in a good condition and I bet your life expectancy will be a hundred years old," Susie responded busily. The olddy smiled and coughed a little time. Susie hastily passed on some tissues. "Grandmother is eighty-four, an age long enough for anyone. I cannot stay with you for too long... Anyway, I just hope that you can be kindly treated in the kid¡¯s family no matter whom you marry to." Before Susie replied, the olddy continued to ask, ¡°Where is the kid of Jiang family? He came along, right? Let me see.¡± "Grandma...there¡¯s no need to see. He, ...just an ordinary person." Susie was reluctant to allow Leo Jiang to present before her grandma in case he say anything wrong. After all, she and that guy was merely a nominal couple, so a formal etiquette was really unnecessary.. After all, they might get divorced someday. Maybe only within three years. These gentry are least likely to be of an unchangeable heart. When they were chatting away, a cool voice was heard in the doorway. "Honey, how could you spoke ill of me before grandmother?" Susie¡¯s body shook at the address¡±honey¡± He remained quite a stranger to her! The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!