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âSince this is your ultimate dream, Iâve decided; Iâll give you a wedding gown even if I canât marry you in the future. Iâll get a well-known designer to custom-make one for you. What do you think of that?â
She did not respond right away. Instead, her face dimmed in apparent disappointment.
That expression was firmly etched into his mind, and he could not help feeling heartache for her as he recalled it now.
Her ultimate dream had probably nothing to do with wedding gowns but rather with him being her groom.
âIf I do end up tying the knot with you, I bet Iâll break down in tears at the wedding venue.â She once told him this dejectedly.
Pulling back from his thoughts, he retorted with a smirk, âFive gowns? How interesting you are, Song Enya.â
He lifted his head at that. âYou know full well the reason behind us getting married. Just stick with a basic wedding ceremony. Thatâs enough of an account to your family. As for those custom-made gowns you mentioned earlier, you can get them yourself if you really want to and just put them on the Mu Groupâs tab.â
The missy blandly commented, âYou donât seem to care about our wedding.â
âPardon?â In an equally cold tone, he replied with a cock of his brow, âYou, on the other hand, seem to be pouring a lot of attention and effort into our wedding, so much so that Iâm getting this idea that you resorted to all those dirty tricks because youâre truly after getting hitched with me!â
âYou!â
Rendered momentarily speechless, she eventually spat, âAfter getting hitched with you?! Haha! Dream on! This joke ainât funny at all! I just donât wanna lower my status and suffer a grievance! Given our familiesâ social standing, we canât be slipshod about the wedding! It needs to be grand and lavish! You, on the contrary, have been anything but lackadaisical about it as though itâs got nothing to do with you. You donât look like a groom-to-be!â
Mu Yancheng lifted a corner of his lips in a cold smirk. âIâve already done my part!â
His words, although softly spoken, were firm and practically forced out through gritted teeth.
Just as the missy was taken aback by his words, she heard him continue saying, âItâs on account of your family that I chose to suffer this disadvantage, even though you used such unscrupulous means to get married to me. The cheek youâve got to talk about holding a glamorous wedding! Be clear on this: Marrying you and giving you a legal title is already a great favor bestowed upon you! You donât have the right to request this and that from me! Just stick with the basic requirements for the wedding and stop with all your requests. Thereâs a limit to my patience!â
âThereâs a limit to your patience? Am I the only one youâre so impatient with, or do you treat all other girls this way, too?!â
âThat has nothing to do with you!â
Song Enyaâs eyes grew wide and round in anger. âWhat about Meng Qingxue then?!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
The unexpected mention of Meng Qingxueâs name stunned him, and he stared wide-eyed in puzzlement at the missy.
She continued questioning him. âDo you treat her the same way you do to me?!â
Anxiety replaced bewilderment. âHow do you know about her?!â
âThatâs none of your business!â
âHow did you know her name?!â A possibility hit his mind right there and then, and he asked askance, âDid you run a background check on me?!â