Amnesiac Fiancé Married Another, So I Married His Brother - Chapter 9

Wen Yunshang had just been thinking that Huo Xuanye might have had a secret crush on Li Su for years, but now, hearing her son’s words, she felt there was some truth to them as well.

After all, Huo Zhenzhou and Huo Xuanye were blood brothers, family.

For a moment, the gazes of all three members of the Li family were fixed on Huo Xuanye’s face.

Wife, save me!

But Li Su didn’t appear at the staircase. Even the Li family’s butler stood at a distance, watching him.

Huo Xuanye took a deep breath and answered calmly, “From what I know of her, she’s not the type to cling desperately to someone. So, the idea that I married her in a rush just to help my brother is baseless. Our marriage is purely between the two of us, it has nothing to do with anyone else.”

Li Chen’s expression remained stern, far from friendly.

Li Su’s parents, however, softened slightly.

Huo Xuanye ventured cautiously, “May I go upstairs to see her now?”

“No need, I’m already here.”

Li Su was genuinely surprised, Huo Xuanye had arrived much faster than she expected.

“Wife!”

My savior!

Huo Xuanye immediately walked toward her. “Heading to the dance studio now? I’ll drive you.”

Li Su waved at the others. “Mom, Dad, Brother, we’ll be going now~”

“Wait.”

The moment Li Chen spoke, the two stopped.

He stood up, his eyes locked on them. “Are you both certain about this marriage? No divorce?”

Huo Xuanye firmly grasped Li Su’s soft, delicate hand. “No divorce.”

He had deliberately posted their wedding photos online to make it clear to everyone, Li Su was his wife now.

Li Su wasn’t yet used to such intimate contact with Huo Xuanye. After all, they had slept separately the night before.

Now, standing before her parents and brother, she smiled. “They say the best way to get over a breakup is to start a new relationship. I’ve decided to begin a new chapter with A’Ye, marriage first, love later sounds perfect.”

Marriage first, love later?

Was Li Su serious?

Most likely, she was just placating the elders.

But…

She had once loved his brother so deeply, and he resembled him. Could she really keep him as a substitute forever?

No, no!

A stand-in was only temporary.

“Huo Xuanye, I’ll be watching you. Always, always…” Li Chen’s eyes burned like fire as he pointed two fingers at him.

Huo Xuanye smirked. “Brother-in-law, I won’t give you the chance to hit me.”

Once they stepped out of the hall, Li Su shook her wrist. “Not letting go?”

Huo Xuanye released her hand. “So stingy.”

Li Su: “???”

What did that have to do with being stingy?

Huo Xuanye rubbed his fingers nostalgically before opening the car door for her.

Only after the car had left the Li family villa did Li Su speak leisurely. “Huo Xuanye, why did you post our wedding photos online? Don’t you have anything better to do?”

“What? Is the second young master of the Huo family not good enough for you?” Huo Xuanye steered with one hand, driving at a relaxed pace.

Li Su: “That’s not what I meant.”

“If you wanted a secret marriage, you should’ve said so earlier. It’s too late now, the whole world knows Li Su is my wife. You and my brother are officially exes.”

He glanced at her and teased, “Tsk, tsk, tsk~”

Li Su mimicked him. “What’s with the ‘tsk tsk’?”

Huo Xuanye couldn’t help but sulk. “This morning, when you left with my brother-in-law, you didn’t even glance at me. Walked away so carefree~”

Li Su chuckled. “Are you mad? If I hadn’t left, my brother’s fist might’ve landed on your face the next second.”

“So, my dear wife, you ignored me because you care about me and wanted to protect me.” Huo Xuanye curled his lips in satisfaction. “I should care for you too. Tonight, you’ll sleep on the bed.”

“What about you?”

“I’ll sleep on the bed too.”

Li Su thought about that dark gray bed. “Forget it. That bed of yours would probably give me insomnia.”

Huo Xuanye didn’t believe her. “You slept just fine on our wedding night.”

“I was drunk that night~”

“Then tell me, why would you get insomnia? Because I’m not my brother?”

Huo Xuanye was met with a long silence.

Damn his big mouth!

Why did he have to bring up his brother?

Huo Xuanye carefully recalled Li Su’s words. “You mentioned the bed just now. You don’t like it? Is it too big or not princessy enough?”

Li Su replied weakly, “The colors are too gloomy.”

Lately, her mood had been low, and the dark gray might only deepen her melancholy.

“Then we’ll change it! Easy fix.”

The car stopped outside Li Su’s Pear Dance Studio. Huo Xuanye unbuckled his seatbelt, ready to open the door for her, but Li Su had already stepped out.

“Bye~”

So cold.

Huo Xuanye remembered once when he hitched a ride with his brother, who had dropped Li Su off at the studio. Her attitude back then was nothing like this, she had smiled sweetly at his brother and even said things like, “I’ll miss you, and you’d better miss me too.”

But with him? Just a “bye,” and that was it!

Comparisons are infuriating!

Before even reaching the studio upstairs, Li Su could already hear the chatter. By the time she arrived, the gossiping crowd scattered like startled birds.

As a public figure, she couldn’t avoid having her private life dissected, especially since her dance colleagues were particularly nosy.

And she was their boss, for heaven’s sake!

Li Su walked into her office, only to be greeted by a fair, dimpled face.

“Su Su!!!”

Li Su patted her chest. “You scared me.”

Chi Qingche excitedly pulled her into the office. “I rushed back just for the gossip! Tell me, what’s really going on?”

Li Su lazily walked further in, dropping her bag on the desk. “My fiancé lost his memory and married someone else. In a fit of anger, I eloped with his younger brother. That’s all there is to it.”

Chi Qingche froze. It was actually true. “Huo Zhenzhou loved you so much, how could he marry someone else? Is that woman stunningly beautiful?”

Li Su pictured Zhou Motang’s face. She wasn’t a great beauty, but not ugly either slender, with darker skin, likely from living on an island for years. But her features were decent; with some makeup, she could pass as pretty.

“Whether she’s pretty or not doesn’t matter.” Li Su sighed. “Huo Zhenzhou has disappointed me.”

Chi Qingche was indignant. “He’s disappointed me too! Even if I lost my memory, I wouldn’t just fall for someone else in three months! You two knew each other for six years, were engaged for one, that woman only had three months!”

She collapsed onto the sofa. “I was looking forward to being your bridesmaid, with Brother Chen as the best man.”

“You can still be a bridesmaid.”

Chi Qingche immediately sat up. “Are you and Huo Xuanye really getting married???”

“We already have the marriage certificate.”

Chi Qingche’s expression twisted as she tilted her head, scrutinizing Li Su’s face for any hint of “just kidding.”

There was none.

Li Su’s face gave nothing away.

“Ex-wife and former brother-in-law, how scandalous, how thrilling, how intense! Huo Zhenzhou could marry her, and once she enters the Huo family, she’d flaunt her love with Huo Xuanye right in front of him every day, provoking him to regain his memory…”

“Wow, wow, wow…”

Li Su rubbed her ears. “Strange, when did my office start keeping a frog~?”