Was it really the right time to announce their marriage?
Lu Xinyi wondered, but before she was able to decide, the news of her marriage to the young master of the Shen family had already been leaked out to the media.
The next morning, the sun finally showed itself, pus.h.i.+ng the gray clouds aside; but it wasn’t enough to stop the chilling wind. Lu Xinyi came down to eat breakfast with the twins, still in her nightgown.
As the twins busied themselves with their breakfast, Lu Xinyi remembered the conversation she had with Sun Feiyan yesterday. Her eldest cousin wanted her to move back to the Sun Estate as soon as possible, which she vehemently declined.
“Do you think I care if the old man dies or not?” she told Sun Feiyan, filled with contempt.
It was impossible for the old man not to know what was happening between his children. If he knew what Sun Mingai did to her mother and turned a blind eye on it, Lu Xinyi would never consider forgiving him.
“His health has been deteriorating and is constantly asking for your presence. Lu Xinyi, won’t you consider and visit him at least once then?” Sun Feiyan said.
Lu Xinyi could tell that her cousin was only giving their grandfather some face by asking her when, in truth, Sun Feiyan’s eyes revealed what was on her heart. She didn’t want her to step within the Sun Estate.
She took a step forward, closing the distance between them. For other people that could see them, the impression they gave was that one was greeting a relative Lu Xinyi hadn’t seen for a long time. However, her eyes flashed with mischief as she whispered to Sun Feiyan’s ear.
“Sun Feiyan, I have to commend you for trying to use me against the Sun family. Aren’t you tired of pretending? You lured me out using Meng Jiao, and you leaked Sun Qiushan’s whereabouts for me to rescue her. I must say you played me well.” Her voice was almost a whisper but enough for her cousin to hear her clearly.
Sun Feiyan smiled smoothly back to her, betraying nothing of her annoyance. She knew she couldn’t use Lu Xinyi for too long anyway.
“Ah, how can I resist when you’re so willing to dirty your hand to save them?”
Lu Xinyi’s expression darkened. If they weren’t in a public place, she would’ve slapped her cousin’s face.
At that moment, Shen Yi showed up, halting whatever words she wanted to say to Lu Xinyi. Lu Xinyi left her at once, striding towards the imposing man who looked at his wife with such rare gentleness.
“Miss, we’ll need to leave in an hour. You have morning cla.s.ses to attend today, and you have a scheduled meeting with Miss Xia this afternoon. You’ll be free to do anything after that.” Jiao Jiao reminded their boss as she stood at the corner, waiting for Lu Xinyi to finish her meal. She subconsciously looked at the empty seat next to Lu Xinyi and chewed her lip. She didn’t know how Lu Xinyi would react once she heard the news outside.
Lu Xinyi seemed to have not heard what she said at all, but with her slight nod, Jiao Jiao knew her mistress understood her.
Her boss picked up today’s newspaper next to her and read the headlines. For the past two weeks, she’d been paying attention to the trends on the stock market and Sun Corporation’s latest scandal.
“Where’s my husband?” she asked. It wasn’t new to her to wake up alone in their bed, but Shen Yi always leaves her a note before leaving. However, this morning, there was none. She only sent him a quick good morning text but didn’t receive any response.
“Daddy left after we woke up,” Shen Zichen answered her instead. “He said Grammie summoned him for a talk.”
“Grammie?” Lu Xinyi was stunned. Why would the Shen Matriarch call for her husband at this time?
“It’s okay, Mommy.” Little Yuyan patted her leg as if the girl could see her distress. “Daddy said he has to prepare early because Uncle Xue will be back soon.”
Lu Xinyi said nothing. She folded back the newspaper after checking the business and finance sections when her eyes widened. There at the front page was a picture of her and Shen Yi from their marriage certificates.
She took her phone and opened her WeChat, surprised to see several messages from different people. On the top was Xiao Lan, whom she hadn’t seen for months now because of her delicate pregnancy, congratulating her for announcing her marriage to Shen Yi in an unorthodox way.
Indeed, she was actually expecting that the Shen family would issue an official statement over their marriage and not to announce it on media, but it was said that the informer was from the Civil Registry Bureau. According to the entertainment news, the two had been married for more than six months now and been secretly seeing each other before that.
Lu Xinyi laughed at that. She didn’t know that spending a week together with Shen Yi at the cruise s.h.i.+p could be considered ‘seeing each other’.
She then opened her browser to check the entertainment news. Just as she’d expected, it was flooded with articles about her and Shen Yi again.
[Business Tyc.o.o.n marries the rising star of Silver Leaf Academy]
[Exclusive: Third Miss of the Sun family following her mother’s steps, leaving fiance, marrying another man]
[ShenLu couple ties the knot: Secret or Contractual Marriage?]
Lu Xinyi read a few and fought hard not to roll her eyes from their exaggeration. Did they really think she crawled on his bed and forced him into marriage? Why couldn’t it be the other way around?
Would they believe that it was Shen Yi who’d listed several reasons why she should marry him? Lu Xinyi shook her head at that. No, they wouldn’t probably be going to buy it. Surprisingly though, the so-called fiance of hers was never mentioned in any published articles.
Well, who would dare to namedrop Li Yuren’s name anyway, unless they’re already tired of living? Lu Xinyi also thought that the Tang family had been aware of it and did nothing to stop the news.
The netizens went wild when the news broke out. Some congratulated the couple while the others speculate that they married for convenience.
The reporters had made a ruckus as to how the couple chose to keep their marriage secret and requested the couple’s official marriage photos and reception.
The news not only exploded on social media but also within the business community. Some were surprised that the demon king had married an heiress of the Sun family.
“Miss, should I cancel your appointments today?” Jiao Jiao asked, trying to gauge her mistress’ mood over the issue.
Lu Xinyi shook her head, folded the newspaper, and placed it back on the table. It couldn’t be helped. The more she tried to hide from the public, the more people would talk about her.
“No, we’ll proceed as planned. We’ll just have to avoid creating more issues,” she said as she sipped from her teacup, wondering what would change after the announcement of their marriage.