Hello, Comrade. I'm Here to Marry You!

Su Zhaozhao hadn’t even had a chance to warn Li Chunhong not to mention Xu Jiaxin and her brother before the words were already out of Li Chunhong’s mouth.

The man beside her stiffened, and the air around him grew colder.

"Jia Ming?"

’Please don’t let it be the Jia Ming I know...’

Li Chunhong said, "Huai Zheng, do you know him? He’s one of Zhaozhao’s friends. He and his sister came to Jiang City for a visit. You could tell just by looking that their family is loaded. Goodness, the gifts they bought! Each one must have cost tens, if not hundreds, of yuan!"

Li Chunhong still remembered opening one of the boxes and finding a ginseng root inside.

She had been stunned by this for a long time.

She had been so embarrassed at the time that when Xu Jiaxin and her brother were about to leave, she bought a pile of return gifts for Xu Ziyang and Su Zhaozhao to deliver.

But in the end, they only accepted the homemade pastries she made and refused everything else.

This showed her that they had a very good upbringing.

Her own family was also well-off, so she had met many arrogant rich people before.

But for them to be so rich and yet so polite was truly rare.

Li Chunhong hadn’t met Xie Huaizheng back then. She’d even secretly wished that Su Zhaozhao wasn’t married at the time.

She would have definitely tried to set Su Zhaozhao up with Xu Jiaming.

But now that she’d met Xie Huaizheng, Li Chunhong had changed her tune. Xie Huaizheng’s family might be ordinary, but he was incredibly handsome, with a fine personality and an eloquent way of speaking. In fact, he was so handsome that his other circumstances could be completely overlooked.

But she didn’t know that Su Zhaozhao and Xie Huaizheng were both lost in their own thoughts.

Xie Huaizheng pressed his thin lips together, trying his best not to let his true feelings show in front of the older woman.

"Grandma, I know him. I met him back in West State."

As for Su Zhaozhao, she lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look at Xie Huaizheng.

But even so, she could feel his gaze on her, filled with a hint of suspicion.

The real reason she hadn’t told Xie Huaizheng was that she felt there was nothing worth mentioning. They were already gone, and Xu Jiaming had promised he wouldn’t pursue her anymore.

But she never expected that Xie Huaizheng would find out now.

Even without looking up, she could feel his terrifying gaze on her.

After dinner, they cleaned up and returned to their room.

The man immediately pinned her against the wall, grabbing her chin and forcing her to look up.

"Zhaozhao, why did you lie to me? Are you in love with Xu Jiaming?"

Xie Huaizheng suddenly felt he had a lot of people to worry about.

People like Xu Jiaming and Lin Shumo.

And all the other men who liked Su Zhaozhao...

That friend of his...

’Back then, if she hadn’t mistaken me for her childhood fiancé, she probably wouldn’t have wanted anything to do with me, would she?’

’She’s so exceptional. She effortlessly attracts the attention of countless men. So many men are fond of her.’

’And me?’

’I’m just the most ordinary one of the bunch.’

At this thought, Xie Huaizheng suddenly felt a pang of panic.

Su Zhaozhao sensed the panic in his eyes and quickly explained, "No, no, it’s not what you think. I just happened to run into Jiaxin by chance, and then I didn’t expect Xu Jiaming to show up too..."

Su Zhaozhao told Xie Huaizheng all about her interactions with Xu Jiaming and Xu Jiaxin over those few days.

She suddenly realized that Xie Huaizheng seemed to have become incredibly insecure.

’Was it just because I lied to him?’

’Or is it something else?’

But no matter what, Su Zhaozhao still felt extremely guilty.

’Oh god, Xie Huaizheng must think I’m a terrible woman, mustn’t he?’

’He likes me so much, and what do I do? I keep secrets from him.’

Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but reach out, wrap her arms around Xie Huaizheng’s waist, and bury her head in his chest.

"I’m really sorry. I didn’t say anything because I thought it was all in the past. Xu Jiaming also said he wouldn’t bother me anymore. I felt that bringing it up would only make you unhappy, so I just decided not to."

’I never meant for him to find out about this at all.’

Xie Huaizheng wrapped his arms around the woman in his embrace, taking in her soft form and the scent of jasmine.

This helped him relax a little.

He could tell his anxiety was making her anxious, which was why she was recounting every single detail of her days with Xu Jiaming.

’She just wants to reassure me.’

But she even told him about the hug she shared with Xu Jiaming at the end.

’Isn’t she being a little too honest?’

Although her honesty did make him feel a little better.

But when he thought about how Xu Jiaming had tricked her into that final hug...

Even if it was just for a moment, a wave of jealousy still washed over Xie Huaizheng.

His jealousy flared.

Xie Huaizheng simply scooped Su Zhaozhao up by the waist and sat down on the bed.

Taken by surprise, Su Zhaozhao gasped as he picked her up.

However, Xie Huaizheng just sat down on the bed with her in his arms. He didn’t let go.

And so, Su Zhaozhao ended up sitting on Xie Huaizheng’s lap.

At that moment, the distance between them became extremely intimate.

The man’s dark, deep eyes stared at her like black holes.

Su Zhaozhao’s heart pounded with unease.

"Honey, please forgive me. I promise... I’ll never lie to you again."

"And you can’t hug any other men in the future."

’Even though I’m married to her now, which gives me an advantage and a bit more luck than that punk Xu Jiaming...’

’I still won’t allow her to hug him.’

"Okay. From now on, I’ll only hug you."

Su Zhaozhao wrapped her arms around Xie Huaizheng’s neck, a wide smile on her face.

Looking at her carefree smile, Xie Huaizheng pressed his lips together and then kissed her.

’I just hope she’ll always be like this. As long as I can always be the source of her happiness, that’s enough.’

’But... what if she finds out the truth? Won’t she be upset?’

’Will she think I deliberately deceived her?’

Xie Huaizheng barely dared to think about these things.

He held her down and kissed her deeply before finally letting her go.

Her eyes were hazy now, a seductive gleam at the corners, making her look for all the world like an alluring nymph.

Xie Huaizheng swallowed hard. ’It’s not enough. It’s really not enough.’

’I want more.’

However, he knew the old house wasn’t soundproof. If things got noisy, Li Chunhong and Xu Yingmin would surely know.

’Better not.’

Xie Huaizheng hugged Su Zhaozhao tightly.

Su Zhaozhao felt him holding her as if he were about to lose her.

’Why has he been so gloomy these past few days?’

But she couldn’t bring herself to ask, so she could only wait for him to tell her himself.

To lighten the mood, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but say, "Oh, right. Xu Jiaming even asked me what I would do if you weren’t my childhood fiancé."