My Groom Ran Away

bined weight of the man’s weight and gravity.
The delicate inlaid white beads had cracked open.

Cheng YueLin: “…”

Ruan ZhiYin: “Did you see? They’ve split open.”

Cheng YueLin: “…”

“Don’t worry.
Five thousand yuan.
I accept bank transfers.”

Just like that, she had rightfully and willfully extorted a sum of money from him.
Cheng YueLin was simply so angry he could almost start laughing.

His shiny leather shoes slowly moved away from the pair of flats that had sacrificed themselves.
He lightly laughed.
“Ha.
I was kind enough to come over.
But you really don’t have a kind heart.”

“Likewise, likewise.”

TL Note: The idiom used here would be “we’re both in the same boat, but I don’t think it fits.”

Cheng YueLin slightly raised his brows and then he understood.
So she was holding a grudge for his “metaphor” during their phone call.

He looked at Ruan ZhiYin with a smile that was not a smile.
He carefully considered her expression: “What is it? You aren’t pretending to be obedient, anymore?”

Ruan ZhiYin paused when she heard these words and then she suddenly remembered what he would often say in senior high.
It was also with this same silly tone.

— Ruan ZhiYin, isn’t it tiring to pretend to be obedient?

During senior high, the personality that Ruan ZhiYin had exhibited was obedient, dull, and inconspicuous.

After staying at the orphanage for a long time, she knew clearly that children who were obedient and harmless were unlikely to be hated and would be able to have an easier time.

In school, this rule was even more applicable to girls.
If a girl was too outstanding, than trouble and gossip would easily follow.

Arrogance required confidence.

Ruan ZhiYin knew the attitude of the Lin family.
She could only rely on her grandpa.
But she was not willing to give her grandpa trouble and did not want to spend energy dealing with the problems.
So she was like a snail and desperately reduced her sense of existence.

She was so obedient that she would meekly smile and accept everything.
This perfectly stepped on Cheng YueLin’s landmines.
He could not accept it at all.

In an unexpected turn of events, his most favourite thing to do was to try and tear away her facade of a good temper.

This was also the reason why Ruan ZhiYin and Cheng YueLin had become archenemies.

After being stunned, Ruan ZhiYin collected her thoughts and looked at the man’s eyes that was filled with scrutiny.
But she did not answer Cheng YueLin’s question.

Instead, she pointed at him and then she turned to look at Kang Yu who had been frozen in place.

“The groom has arrived.
We can start the wedding.”

That’s right.
Cheng YueLin had always known that she was not someone who would just meekly accept things people throw at her.
She was also not particularly “obedient”.

Right now she is no longer who she used to be.
She really no longer had to pretend.
Especially… In front of him.