Lu Man curled her lips. “If it’s a fortunate thing…”

 Pei Xiuyuan laughed again. His wife was indeed adorable!

 His attractive smile dazzled Lu Man. “Why do I feel like you’re nothing like Pei Xiuyuan?”

 From what she had gathered from the magazines, she learned that Pei Xiuyuan was a cold and shrewd person. He did not like to laugh. He was always serious and calm. He was the man who could decide everyone’s destiny. But, that man was laughing happily at her. Where did his coldness go? He had even married the woman he met for the first time and had no idea about who she was or where she came from. It had nothing to do with his shrewdness, did it?

 Pei Xiuyuan handed his identification card to her. “I’m the real Pei Xiuyuan.”

 Lu Man was speechless.

 “Why didn’t you ask me the reason why I’m looking for a powerful husband?” She knew that it was inappropriate to ask that kind of question now. But, the time was up and she could not help but be frank with him.

 “Why?” He asked her naturally.

 “It’s because I’m facing some difficulties now. I need a strong and powerful background!” Lu Man grabbed onto her bag, instinctively. She was worried.

 2“Fine, I’ll be your powerful guardian.”

 Lu Man was shocked by what he had said. “You…”

 What kind of a man was he? How could he not ask her any more questions when he had heard that kind of thing? He did not even show any anger.

 “Why?” Lu Man asked him naively.

 But, he soon understood her meaning. “It’s because you’re my wife. Your business is my business. You don’t have to worry about anything anymore from now on. I’m here with you.”

 He addressed her as his wife so naturally. It was as if they had not met for the first time that day but had actually been in love for many years and had gotten married because of the love they had for each other.

 2What he said was like a stone hammering at Lu Man’s heart. She could not remain calm anymore. What kind of feeling was that? She did not know. But, it did not disappear for long.

 Pei Xiuyuan answered a call when Lu Man wanted to say something more.

 “Something happened in Germany. I need to go there to deal with it. Let me see you home. We’ll talk when I’m back.”

 “If you’re busy, just go ahead with it. I can go home on my own.” It must be an emergency if he was needed there.

 “There’s time to send my wife home. Come, get in the car.”

 Lu Man did not waste his time when she saw how determined he was. He was on the phone the whole way when he was with her.

 She wanted to get off the car when they reached her neighborhood.

 Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and stared at her. “Wait for me to come back.”

 The way he looked at her was so intense that her face grew warm. She nodded. “Okay.”

 ***

 Finally, Hou Qingqing heard the doorbell when she almost lost her patience. She rushed to open the door.

 “Manman, what’s wrong? Where did you go with Pei Xiuyuan?” She asked Lu Man, impatiently.

 Lu Man had left with Pei Xiuyuan soon after she approached. She did not say anything back then. She just signaled to Hou Qingqing that she would be back and she asked Hou Qingqing to wait for her to return. She was so nervous while waiting for her return.

 Lu Man took out the small red book from her bag. “We went to register our marriage.”

 Hou Qingqing stared at the small red book, stunned. She stared at Lu Man in disbelief. Her jaws dropped and one could definitely fit an egg into her mouth.

 She stammered. “Register? Are you married to each other?”

 “Yes, the marriage certification is straight out of the oven.”

 Hou Qingqing was speechless.

 Hou Qingqing finally recovered her senses after she had drunk a few glasses of water.

 It was after she had made several confirmations by looking at the small red book that she realized that both Lu Man and Pei Xiuyuan’s names were there in the book. Their photographs were there too. She looked at it several times. Finally, she realized that they were indeed married to each other.

 “Manman, am I dreaming or what? Why does it feel so unreal?”

 “It feels unreal to me too.” Lu Man smiled. Although she had taken her first step with the determination to get married to Pei Xiuyuan in her mind, she still never thought that she would succeed just like that. She had become Mrs. Pei all of a sudden.

 Hou Qingqing suddenly screamed from great excitement. It frightened Lu Man.

 “What are you doing?”

 “We don’t have to be afraid of that slut anymore! She won’t be as powerful as our Big Boss Pei!” Hou Qingqing said, excitedly.

 Pei Xiuyuan was the CEO of the Pei Enterprise. They were the most wealthy family in Haicheng. Nobody dared to comment about him or criticize him no matter what he wanted to do in Haicheng. Nobody dared to annoy him either! They did not have to be bothered by that slut anymore. Big Boss Pei would surely get rid of her in no time!

 Lu Man smiled but did not say anything much. She had chosen Pei Xiuyuan because of that.

 However, Hou Qingqing was excited for a short while before she became worried.

 “What’s wrong now?” Lu Man pinched her face. Why did she look worried?

 “Is there anything wrong with Pei Xiuyuan?”

 “What about him?”

 “If he’s fine, why did he marry you?” Hou Qingqing felt that it was inappropriate to comment on her friend like that. She continued immediately, “Manman, that’s not what I meant. I’m just…”

 She wanted to speak her mind but she did not know how to voice them out.

 “I know what you want to say.”

 “Then, you tell me. Why did he suddenly marry you if he’s fine? That kind of wealthy man would surely label you as a crazy person if they heard of your proposal! Not only did he register his marriage with you immediately, he acted like you’ll be snatched away any minute. There must be something wrong!” Hou Qingqing felt that there must be something wrong. What happened to Lu Man was illogical.

 “Is he gay or ill? What if he’s a violent person?” Hou Qingqing had grown quite worried now.

 Lu Man found that funny. “You think too much. He just needs a wife and luckily he has me pleasing to the eye. That’s why we have gotten married. It’s nothing like what you have said.”

 “Pleasing to the eye…”

 Hou Qingqing’s face brightened suddenly. Her eyes became bright. “Then, he must have fallen in love with you at first sight!”

 Lu Man admired how her best friend’s emotions changed just like the waves at the sea. “Don’t exaggerate.”

 Lu Man felt that he did not fall in love with her at first sight.

 “You’re very beautiful and captivating. He must have fallen in love with you at first sight!” Hou Qingqing firmly believed her own assumption.

 Lu Man laughed but she did not retort what she said. It was much better if Hou Qingqing thought so rather than worrying about her.

 “Then, when are you going to hold your wedding ceremony? When did you plan to tell him about that incident?”

 “We could talk about it later. Regarding that incident, I told him a bit but he left because of an emergency. We’ll talk it over when he’s back.” Lu Man did not even think about the wedding ceremony. It seemed so far off.

 “Did he leave because of an emergency? When will he be back? When will he come and meet you?”

 “He went to German. He didn’t mention when he will be back.”

 2“Why didn’t you ask him?” Hou Qingqing was anxious.

 Lu Man kept quiet about that.

 How could she ask him?

 “Did you save his contact number?”

 Lu Man shook her head.

 “But, you’re going to court the day after tomorrow. What if he’s not back by then? Then, you…”

 “He definitely could save me when he’s back as long as I plead not guilty even though they are going to lock me up.”

 “But…it’s not good that way!” Even though he could save you from jail, you would have a criminal record by then.