"Start over? Since you agreed to let develop my career in the entertainnt industry, why must I leave Xingyue?"
Su Haoyang frowned and said, "My mom is doing this for your own good! No matter how great Xingyue is, it can’t even squeeze into a second-tier company! Splendid Culture is top-tier! Do you think it’s so easy to get in there? If it weren’t for my mom’s networking, you’d never even dream of reaching Splendid’s doorstep in your lifeti!"
"You’re looking down on ?" Xu ngjie’s vision blurred with tears. "Do I need a chance that treats as a bargaining chip? Su Haoyang, what did you say to back then? You said your mom had thought it through, wanted us to be together! You said marriage! You said you’d give a ho! And now? There’s not even a shadow of a ho, and you’re all eagerly trying to ’arrange’ elsewhere! Is this the ho you’re giving ?! A ho that treats as a cash cow, a stepping stone?!"
"It’s not like that, ngng!"
Su Haoyang knew she was upset and quickly grabbed her shoulders, urgency in his eyes trying to make her believe.
"Of course, we’ll get married! Of course, there will be a ho! Mom said we’re holding the engagent ceremony next month! Really! We planned to do it at ho, but my mom felt that wasn’t respectful enough, so she booked a venue and even started making invitations to give you a grand event. How could I lie to you?!"
"Venue? Invitations?" Xu ngjie was shaken by him, her chaotic emotions shattered by this sudden promise.
She looked at Su Haoyang’s handso and anxious face, and the humble longing for love and the future that lingered in her heart began to stir.
"...Really?"
"Absolutely!" Su Haoyang saw her waver and imdiately let go of her shoulders, took out his phone, and quickly swiped on the screen, "Look! Look here! The preliminary design of the venue! In the garden at the foot of the mountain, a glass house decorated with string lights at night... And the invitation design! I specifically chose pink and gold, with our nas printed on it..."
He pushed the phone screen towards Xu ngjie.
On the screen, several exquisite renderings—
A nightti garden, a transparent glass house adorned with warm yellow string lights, dreamy and surreal, and a preview of an electronic invitation, with embossed gold writing saying "Su Haoyang & Xu ngjie Engagent Ceremony."
"My mom’s been busy with this for days, arranging everything! Taking you to see Mrs. Liu today was also to pave a smoother path for your future, so after the engagent and marriage, you can have a decent and satisfying career, not completely dependent on the family’s whims! She may be a bit hasty, and the thod might have led to a misunderstanding, but her intentions are definitely good! It’s for the future of our little family!"
He watched as the anger in Xu ngjie’s eyes gradually got replaced by confusion and a faint glimr of hope, his heart silently mocking, yet his face appeared more tender and affectionate.
He knelt on one knee, held Xu ngjie’s cold hand, and looked up at her with sincere eyes, "ngng, I love you. I swear to you, the engagent ceremony next week will definitely happen as planned! You will beco my rightful fiancée! If you really don’t want to join Splendid Culture, then we won’t! At worst, I’ll earn money to pay back that five million penalty to my mom myself, so you don’t feel indebted to us! As long as you stay by my side, be my bride! Okay?"
Imnse grievance and a sense of "finally being understood," "finally reaching happily ever after," surged in Xu ngjie’s heart, and she could no longer hold back. She squatted down, hugged Su Haoyang, and burst into tears.
"Haoyang... sob... I’m sorry... I was just... I was too agitated just now... I’m just... so scared... I’m afraid of losing you... afraid all this is fake..."
Su Haoyang held her tightly, gently patting her back, his voice so tender it could drip water, "Silly, it’s all real. Next week, you’ll be my fiancée. Don’t be afraid, I’m here. As for Splendid Culture, if you want to sign, sign. If not, then don’t, it’s all up to you."
He skillfully shifted the narrative, emotionally binding "signing with Splendid" to "engagent," as if refusing to sign was a betrayal of this "true love."
Leaning in Su Haoyang’s arms, Xu ngjie was washed over by a massive wave of "happiness," her rationality long defenseless.
She sobbed, her voice thick with a nasal tone, "I... I’ll sign... for you, for our future... I’ll sign..." At this mont, she only felt that signing with Splendid was a way to prove her "maturity," that she was worthy of the Su Family and this "love," and was a return for her "sacrifice" for Su Haoyang.
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