I Got Together With the Fake Heiress - Chapter 37

The continuous failures struck a blow to Wen Yunqing’s confidence. She had never imagined that she would be completely played by a mere claw machine!

Darn it! She would absolutely not lose to a simple machine!

“Calm down. Don’t smash it; you’ll have to pay for the damages,” Wen Yimeng reminded her, having likely discerned Wen Yunqing’s internal thoughts.

Wen Yunqing slowly exhaled. “I’m fine. I’m perfectly alright.”

After speaking, Wen Yunqing pulled out twenty game tokens and threw them all in at once. At the same time, behaving just as dishonorably as the machine, Wen Yunqing discreetly stuck two “Lucky Charms” to herself.

Then, Wen Yimeng’s eyes widened again as she watched Wen Yunqing transform from someone who couldn’t grab anything into someone who succeeded every single time. In the last try, she unbelievably grabbed two dolls at once, completely emptying the machine.

The stunned one was not just Wen Yimeng; the staff member watching from the side was also dumbfounded. After the play count was used up, the employee immediately pulled out their key and began debugging the machine.

What was going on? He had already adjusted the claw’s settings here. How was she still able to grab the dolls?!

“Um, did you cheat?” Wen Yimeng whispered.

“Did I cheat?” Wen Yunqing raised an eyebrow. “I simply restored this claw machine to the way it ought to be.”

Seeing the staff member constantly adjusting the machine, Wen Yunqing couldn’t help but click her tongue. “Look, these data settings are all manipulated by people. It’s clearly capable of grabbing a doll every time, but they deliberately adjust it to be this way.”

She really couldn’t understand why so many people still played these obviously rigged claw machines.

“Claw machines in other places aren’t like this,” Wen Yimeng explained. “Generally speaking, you can still grab things with skill, but this one…”

It seemed that the claw’s grip strength and movement direction had been intentionally adjusted, probably setting the probability to the absolute lowest. An average person might only win once every hundred attempts.

“Alright, that’s enough dolls. Let’s go play something else,” Wen Yunqing’s anger flared quickly and dissipated just as fast. Looking at the trolley overflowing with dolls, her mood instantly recovered.

Putting the deceiving claw machine aside, there were still many purely entertaining facilities here, especially the cooperative two-player VR games, which gave Wen Yunqing a very nice experience.

On Sunday evening, Wen Yunqing and Wen Yimeng returned home just in time for dinner. Compared to their light departure earlier, they now carried an extra suitcase.

“Why is there an extra suitcase?” Mother Wen asked curiously. “If you bought things, you could have just had them delivered by express.”

“These things aren’t convenient for express delivery. It holds the surprise we brought back for Dad,” Wen Yunqing said with a smile, then produced a small pendant from her pocket. “This is a gift for you, Mom. You can hang it on your phone or your bag; either way is nice.”

The pendant in Wen Yunqing’s hand was a very ordinary jadeite piece. Due to its small size, it had only cost one thousand yuan. However, Wen Yunqing had already nurtured it with her spiritual energy, making its value difficult to measure in concrete monetary terms.

Mother Wen accepted the small pendant, but her gaze lingered on the suitcase. “Your gift to me is so small, so why is the gift for your father so big?”

Wen Yunqing chuckled. “Naturally, we hope Dad will look favorably upon this gift and give us a generous return gift.”

“And what about me?” Mother Wen likely understood Wen Yunqing’s meaning, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

“Giving a gift to Mom is simply our duty, so of course, no return is required!” Wen Yimeng smoothly continued the praise. After spending more time with Wen Yunqing, she had become much more skilled at flattery.

By the time Father Wen returned, the hour hand had already pointed to nine o’clock. The gift-giving went much as Wen Yunqing had guessed. When Father Wen heard this was the first piece of jadeite Wen Yimeng had cut, he accepted the gift very happily.

“Your idea of wanting to establish your own career is very good, but right now, you must prioritize your studies,” Father Wen said, smelling faintly of alcohol, suggesting he had just returned from a business engagement.

“Once you come of age, I will allocate some of my shares to you—5% for each of you—and at the same time, give you thirty million yuan each in start-up capital. You can go and develop whatever you wish,” Father Wen said, his eyes a little unfocused.

“When you, Yimeng, graduate from university, you can marry that boy from the Luo family. That will be the time for our Wen family to enter the capital’s development scene,” Father Wen said, unable to stop himself from smiling. At that point, the Wen family of Anshi City would firmly be the city’s number one enterprise.

“Wait, Dad, what did you just say?” One moment, Wen Yunqing was happy about the thirty million yuan in liquid capital, but the next, her eyebrows were tightly knitted together. “Who is Yimeng supposed to marry?”

“The youngest son of the Luo family. Didn’t you meet him during the New Year’s Eve dinner, Yimeng? Didn’t you have a decent impression of him?” Father Wen wasn’t truly drunk, so he quickly realized he had let something slip.

“I don’t think I’ve told you about the Luo family yet. The Luo family is one of the four major families in the capital, and their condition is many times better than ours,” Father Wen explained. “Besides, the youngest son of the Luo family is handsome, and his academic performance is good.”

“That’s right, Yimeng. Don’t you also hope to get into Jingda University’s law department? Once you go to college, you two can spend some time together. Maybe you’ll develop feelings for each other,” Father Wen said.

In his view, a few years of college time would be enough for them to fall in love through daily interaction, and they could naturally marry upon graduation.

However, his words, upon reaching the ears of Wen Yunqing and Wen Yimeng, carried a very different meaning. Connecting it to what Wen Han had said on New Year’s Eve, their first reaction was that Father Wen wanted to send Wen Yimeng into a marriage alliance—and for the development of the Wen family, he was sending Wen Yimeng to ally with the Luo family, whose conditions were superior to their own.

“Absolutely not! I oppose this matter! Yimeng doesn’t like anyone from the Luo family. Why should she marry him?” Wen Yunqing was furious. Yimeng belonged to her; no one could take her away!

“Dad, is this a decision you discussed with Mom?” Wen Yimeng was relatively more rational. After all, for a wealthy family like the Wens, marriage alliances for the betterment of the company were common. She had always had this suspicion.

Father Wen rubbed his nose. He hadn’t expected such a strong reaction from the two of them, and he instantly regretted letting this matter slip out, as it was only his own current idea.

“I was just saying it; this matter hasn’t been finalized yet,” Father Wen’s head cleared completely. “I really like this jadeite. I’ll transfer one million yuan to each of you later. If you like it, continue to cut more stones next time.”

After paying the financial price, Father Wen finally managed to appease the two of them and sank onto his chair, breathing a sigh of relief.

Wen Yunqing was not swayed by the one million yuan and immediately sought out Mother Wen to ask about the situation.

“Nonsense! The most we have with the Luo family is some business dealings, absolutely no marriage contract!” Unlike Father Wen’s vague attitude, Mother Wen’s stance was firm. “We are not about to go bankrupt and cannot afford to live, so why would we need a marriage alliance? In the future, you will marry whoever you like. Don’t worry about anything Wen Deming says!”

Mother Wen outright called Father Wen by his full name, indicating her genuine anger. She had clearly told him many times that future marriage decisions should be up to the children, yet he was still fixated on a marriage alliance.

Normally, if he mumbled about it to her, it would just go in one ear and out the other, but now! The children were not even eighteen yet! And he was talking about such things in front of them.

“Alright, you two go back to sleep. I will sort this matter out. Whether it’s Yimeng or Yunqing, no messy marriage contract will appear without your consent,” Mother Wen guaranteed.

“Good! I believe Mom!” Wen Yunqing nodded, her eyes full of trust as she looked at Mother Wen. “Then, Yimeng and I will head back first?”

Mother Wen gently nodded. “Go ahead. You still have school tomorrow.”

Wen Yunqing could guarantee that as she and Wen Yimeng walked up to the third floor, she could clearly hear Mother Wen’s furious voice, interspersed with Father Wen’s hurried explanations.

“What if I really am forced to enter into a marriage alliance with the Luo family?” Wen Yimeng asked. “Even if I love you, Dad and Mom wouldn’t agree to our relationship, would they?”

“What? You love me?” Wen Yunqing was consistently good at grasping the main point, and she gripped Wen Yimeng’s hand, her eyes sparkling. “My dearest Yimeng, have you finally understood your feelings for me?”

“…No! I was just giving an example. If we really got together later, how would we tell Dad and Mom?” Wen Yimeng asked. Given their awkward and delicate status, was it really appropriate for them to be together?

“Why do we need to ‘come out’? We can just say it,” Wen Yunqing said. She had never felt there was anything wrong with their relationship. “We are not actual sisters. We have no blood relation, so there’s no need to worry about anything.”

“But…” Wen Yimeng still felt something was amiss. “In the eyes of most people, we are still seen as sisters.”

“Then we’ll just clarify it. At worst, we’ll mass-send the results of the paternity test. That way, they won’t misunderstand,” Wen Yunqing said, her highly upturned mouth showing that she was in a very good mood.

Her dearest Yimeng had only confessed a tiny bit of affection, but she was already planning for their future together. Didn’t that mean she had tacitly agreed that they would be together later on!

“There’s no way to prove it like that,” Wen Yimeng said, slightly exasperated. She was talking about something serious!

“Don’t worry,” Wen Yunqing said with absolute certainty. “As long as the two of us stand tall enough, no one will say anything. Even if they do, it will only be out of envy for us.”