My Clingy Fiancée Is Forcing Me to Marry Her Again - Chapter 9

Hearing Li Fangge say that,

Guan Xiaoyu suddenly looked up. Her face was soaked with tears, and a few strands of hair were completely wet and tightly stuck to her left cheek. Her eyes were red and watery, and her nose was also red. She didn’t bother to wipe away her tears and sniffled, saying, “Sister Li, I’m even hungrier now.”

Li Fangge almost couldn’t hold back a laugh. So, she cried because she was hungry?

“Eat. There are so many dishes. If it’s not enough, I’ll ask Xiaoyou to make more.”

“Sister Li, did your dad ever say such… heartless words to you?”

Guan Xiaoyu directly used the thenar eminence of her right hand to wipe her upper and lower eyelids.

It seemed she wasn’t embarrassed at all about her earlier fit of crying.

Li Fangge couldn’t watch anymore and pulled two tissues to hand to her.

Guan Xiaoyu took them and haphazardly wiped her small face, staring at Li Fangge without blinking.

“I don’t believe it. Sister Yi and Xiaoyou wouldn’t have told you nothing.”

Li Fangge shifted her gaze away from Guan Xiaoyu, looking down at the steak she had just started cutting.

“Is it really as Sister Yi and the others said?”

“Yes. Are you scared?”

If you’re scared, then hurry up and break off the engagement with me.

Li Fangge lowered her head slightly and continued cutting her steak with an air of indifference.

“Sister Li, compared to being scared, I’m more worried about you. Why didn’t you look for me?”

“Why should I have looked for you?”

Guan Xiaoyu clearly knew why she is the A – scum Alpha hadn’t looked for her—

Li Fangge felt stung and subconsciously retorted.

After speaking, she realized her reaction was excessive and her tone was a bit harsh.

“I don’t understand, how can there be parents in this world who kick their child out for making a mistake?”

“I’m not a child anymore.”

Yes, the scum Alpha, no matter how young, is already twenty-three.

Li Fangge was stung again by Guan Xiaoyu’s words.

According to her nature, she wanted to retort: How can there be a father in this world who would sever his relationship with his daughter because she wants to freely date?

But thinking of Guan Xiaoyu’s personality, she held back and changed it to something irrelevant.

“Sister Li, if it’s just about the debt, that’s too simple.”

“Did Sister Yi and Xiaoyou not tell you how much debt I owe?”

“They did. What’s the big deal about that?”

Guan Xiaoyu said, gently wiping her nose.

Her slightly upturned nose became even redder.

This woman who claimed to be hungry hadn’t eaten a single bite of rice or a piece of dish.

Li Fangge chuckled softly. She liked the straightforward Guan Xiaoyu.

This confident and capable version of her reminded Li Fangge of her former self.

If it had been before, this debt truly would have been “what’s the big deal.”

“Second Miss Guan, do you know what you are doing right now?”

“Sister Li, please don’t call me that. I don’t like it.”

“What would you like the older sister to call you?”

Remembering her unfavorable current situation, Li Fangge was willing to be led astray by Guan Xiaoyu.

“I don’t want to call you ‘Senior’ anymore, Sister Li. So, I also don’t want the older sister to call me ‘Junior’—”

“Guan Guan—how about that?”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Li Fangge regretted it a little. She shouldn’t be acting so close to her.

“That’s great.”

“Eat. You need strength for the fight after you’ve eaten.”

“Who are you going to fight, Sister Li?”

“My creditors.”

“If I go resolve the situation with them, will Sister Li blame me for meddling?”

“Yes, I will.”

“Why are you being so distant! Can’t you just let me lend it to you?”

“Do you often lend tens of millions of dollars to people without batting an eye?”

“Sister Li, Sister Yi and the others said your debt is more than just tens of millions.”

“Can you save some face for me?”

Li Fangge turned her face away.

Her entire face felt hot again.

Yes, tens of millions was the principal. But everyone should understand that usury rolls much faster than a snowball.

“So, Sister Li, what are you waiting for?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Li Fangge’s face felt even hotter.

She couldn’t bring herself to accept Guan Xiaoyu’s help.

“Sister, let’s go get the marriage certificate immediately. Once we’re married, what’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is mine—”

Li Fangge withdrew her gaze from the empty space and looked at Guan Xiaoyu, “Do you really think things can be that simple?”

Guan Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, “As long as we’re in love, everything becomes simple.”

“Is that so?!”

“Yes.”

Li Fangge envied Guan Xiaoyu.

She was so confident and certain about her own feelings.

It was as if being forced by her father to sever their relationship wouldn’t shake or confuse her.

This reminded her of herself when she was determined to sing back then. At nineteen, she was also this confident and utterly unfazed.

“Hurry up and eat. If I can’t even solve this matter, then I wouldn’t dare marry you.”

“Sister Li, you can do it.”

In all her days since transmigrating into the book,

This was the first time Li Fangge had heard such warm words.

Even though there was no practical help,

Having someone firmly standing by her side still made her feel very comforted.

Before tonight’s dinner,

Li Fangge felt that Chen Qiaoyi’s daily refrain of, “Miss Heguo, an Alpha, eats less than an Omega. This won’t do,” was an insult to her.

Tonight, she had a real-life observation: Guan Xiaoyu really ate more than she did!

So, that very traditional butler was indeed just stating a fact.

“Sister Li, I’m sorry, I was too sad tonight, and I ate a little too much.”

Guan Xiaoyu put down her spoon and picked up a napkin to wipe her mouth.

“Are you still sad now?” Li Fangge looked at her straightforwardness and felt inexplicably relaxed.

“My stomach is full, and I feel much better.”

“That’s good.”

“But—Sister Li, are you really full?”

“Of course.”

“For an Alpha, Sister Li eats very little.”

Now with the scum Alpha’s memories,

Li Fangge had accepted the fact that her appetite was very small.

“Alphas don’t necessarily have to eat a lot, do they?”

“My dad and my sister both eat a lot. They often say my appetite is like a small bird, but compared to Sister Li, I—”

“I’m just not hungry today.”

“Sister Li, shall we go for a drive by the seaside?”

“Maybe not. Didn’t Sister Yi tell you—”

“Sister Hong Tao will protect us—”

It would have been fine if Guan Xiaoyu hadn’t stopped talking, but her stopping made Li Fangge even more embarrassed, so she self-mocked: “Now you know. I can’t protect myself, and I can’t protect you either. Going out for a concert or a meal requires wearing a wig and fake beauty marks. For a long time, I can only live within the scope of Lord Pu’s vision.”

The scum Alpha always referred to her father as Lord Pu.

No matter how arrogant the debt collectors were,

They wouldn’t dare trespass into the Chief Executive’s mansion.

Just now, when Li Fangge wore a blue diamond necklace to pick up Guan Xiaoyu,

Chen Qiaoyi even kindly reminded her, “Miss Heguo shouldn’t be so flashy.”

In the past, many jewelers vied to give Li Fangge necklaces of this value to wear,

But now, she was reduced to the awkward situation of having to guard against the risk of a necklace being snatched for debt collateral just by wearing it to the door.

“Then let me protect you, Sister.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It’s time to add a few more bodyguards.”

“What if your father really severs ties with you?”

“Sister Li, you don’t think all my money comes from my father, do you?”

“Otherwise?”

“I won’t tell you, unless you go get the marriage certificate with me right away.”

Li Fangge gave a wry smile. The delicate flower sure knows how to seize the opportunity whenever there’s a gap.

“Sister, let’s go look at the moon.”

“Okay, I’ll walk around with you.”

They got up and left the dining room, one after the other.

It was almost eight o’clock, and the nearly full moon had risen high into the sky.

In the past, Li Fangge also thought about looking at the stars and moon with someone she liked on such an ordinary night.

But now, looking at Guan Xiaoyu beside her, her heart was quite complex.

She had a false sense of having achieved her long-cherished wish, and also a feeling that, even if it was just an illusion, this delicate flower genuinely and truly liked her—oh, the scum Alpha.

It didn’t matter anymore; they were already one.

Li Fangge could feel this real small moment of happiness.

When they reached the edge of the water feature,

The moon’s reflection lay quietly on the water’s surface, emitting a faint orange light.

The two of them stopped on the wooden bridge built over the middle of the pool.

Li Fangge lazily turned around, leaning her back against the wooden railing and looking up slightly at the night sky.

Guan Xiaoyu also followed her gaze, looking up at the moon in the sky.

The sky was beautiful; the moon shone brightly, and the stars twinkled.

After a long silence, Guan Xiaoyu broke it, “It’s the same moon, but looking at it with Sister Li, the moon seems more beautiful.”

“That really is—”

“Really what?”

“—said without thinking.”

“Sister Li, you don’t know, a thousand, ten thousand such things are piling up in my heart. Do you want to hear more?”

“No—”

Suddenly, Guan Xiaoyu’s phone rang.

She took the phone out of her bag, apologized, and then walked to the banana tree below the bridge to answer the call.

Li Fangge guessed that Guan Xiaoyu was annoyed that the caller had spoiled the moment, so her voice sounded a bit agitated. Li Fangge heard everything she said.

After a while, she walked back,

Stopping in front of Li Fangge. The silvery light fell on the side of her face, and the soft moonlight danced lightly on her long eyelashes.

Li Fangge felt that she seemed to be building up to something.

“Can I sleep next to you tonight, Sister Li?”