I Woke Up and Got Married Chapter 37

Chapter 37

In that moment, Chi Suinian felt completely dumbfounded.

Thinking back on what Lu Zhiyue had just said, he felt like every hair on his body was standing on end.

Lu Zhiyue was confessing.

To who?

To him.

Damn it.

Was there anything more terrifying than this?

Why?!

Was it just because they had gotten drunk and ended up sleeping together?

Impossible. Lu Zhiyue liking him? That would only happen if knives started falling from the sky.

“…”

Chi Suinian’s mind was a total mess. He walked aimlessly, almost crashing into a tree in his panic.

Just as he was about to hit the tree, the sound of familiar footsteps followed closely behind.

Lu Zhiyue grabbed his shoulders and turned him around, his tone a little surprised: “Was what I said really that scary?”

Don’t you know if it was scary or not?

Who confesses to their nemesis like that?

“Bullshit. I’m just heat-stroked,” Chi Suinian shook off his hand, expression numb.

“Oh.” Lu Zhiyue looked at his dazed expression and chuckled. “Then did you hear what I said clearly?”

“Nope.”

“Then I’ll say it again,” Lu Zhiyue said, “and you can think about it?”

“…”

Chi Suinian turned and walked off immediately.

Who the hell wanted to hear this nonsense again?

In the distance, a few foreign tourists came out of the restaurant, backpacks on, chattering while pointing at a map.

Looked like they were going to be there a while.

Afraid that Lu Zhiyue might say more outrageous things in public, Chi Suinian darkened his face and turned back.

But maybe his movements were too big, or the tourists had sharp eyes — a tall Western man started following behind him, yelling, “Ni Hao!”[mfn]”Ni hao” (你好) in Mandarin Chinese translates to “Hello” or “Hi”. I kept it original for the flow of the story. [/mfn]

Chi Suinian, annoyed by the shouting, stopped in his tracks. “What?”

The tourist jogged up, pointed at a very abstract dot on the map, and started speaking animatedly in a language he couldn’t understand.

Chi Suinian didn’t understand a single word.

Just as he was getting irritated, a familiar presence appeared beside him. Lu Zhiyue stepped in to speak with the foreigner.

Lu Zhiyue’s foreign language skills were fluent, his pronunciation precise, and his voice deep and smooth — what was he thinking about again?

Chi Suinian’s heart dropped, and his expression turned even darker.

A few minutes later, the two finished their conversation, and the tourist gave Chi Suinian two big thumbs up with a grateful face.

Chi Suinian: “…”

I wasn’t the one who helped. What are you giving me a thumbs up for?

After the tourist left, Chi Suinian glared at Lu Zhiyue with pitch-black eyes, face tense. After a few seconds, he spoke stiffly: “What did you two talk about?”

“Nothing.”

Chi Suinian gave him a don’t-BS-me look.

“If it was nothing, why did he give me thumbs up?”

“Oh, that.” Lu Zhiyue’s smile widened with a “please-hit-me” expression.

“I told him you’re my husband, and that I listen to everything you say. He probably thought you’re really good at ‘managing’ your spouse.”

“…”

Chi Suinian clenched his fists. Even though he knew this guy was probably joking, his cheeks and ears were burning.

“Alright, I was teasing.” Lu Zhiyue took his hand and pried his clenched fingers open one by one. “But I’m serious about liking you. Will you think about it?”

Chi Suinian snatched his hand back and turned his face away with a blank expression: “…Then I’ll seriously reject you.”

“I expected that,” Lu Zhiyue said. “But I’m not going to give up.”

Chi Suinian’s brows twitched.

Then Lu Zhiyue suddenly said his name: “Can I pursue you?”

“…”

“Okay?”

Chi Suinian gritted his teeth: “…No!”

Lu Zhiyue pressed on: “Why not?”

There didn’t need to be a reason!

Chi Suinian: “We’re not compatible!”

“I think we are,” Lu Zhiyue said. “Our personalities, how we get along… even in bed—”

Chi Suinian widened his eyes and cut him off: “Shut up! You shameless bastard!”

Lu Zhiyue was about to continue when his phone suddenly rang. He frowned slightly and stepped aside to take the call.

Chi Suinian stared daggers at the back of his head.

Expression blank, he thought:

If Lu Zhiyue dared to spout any more nonsense, he was going to dig a hole right there and bury him.

On the phone, Lu Zhiyue’s expression turned serious. “…Hold on.”

He covered the microphone and walked back to Chi Suinian. “I have something to take care of. It’s too hot out here. You go back first. Let’s talk later, okay?”

“…”

Chi Suinian snapped back to reality.

Why was he obediently standing here waiting?

So stupid.

Chi Suinian darkened his face, turned, and stormed off.

As he walked away, Lu Zhiyue’s expression turned cold. “Is the intel reliable?”

“Very,” said Jiang Ying on the other end. “Chi Mingyao’s movements have been strange lately. He’s gone to Ping City seven times this month, and brought a lawyer with him four of those times.”

Lu Zhiyue frowned. “Why would he bring a lawyer?”

“That part isn’t clear yet. Chi Mingyao is extremely cautious. Even his wife and son don’t know. He’s been doing everything privately.”

Lu Zhiyue paused in thought and said, “Leak this to Qin Sui Tian. He’s one of the elders’ trusted aides and knows Chi Mingyao better than we do. Keep an eye on the Chi family — don’t let them affect Chi Hao.”

“Got it.”

Ten minutes later, Lu Zhiyue returned to the hotel.

The elevator was still on the top floor and hadn’t come down yet. He waited quietly.

“Miaomiao” came a familiar voice nearby. “Don’t run so fast. The floor is slippery. Be careful not to fall.”

Lu Zhiyue frowned and turned to see a little girl toddling toward him. She tripped and fell right at his feet.

Her ice cream smeared all over his pants leg.

“Miaomiao!” a young woman cried, hurrying over with flowers in her arms that trembled with each step.

“Are you okay?”

She picked the child up and looked at Lu Zhiyue apologetically. “I’m so sorry. She’s just a kid. Your clothes are dirty — I’ll get them cleaned for you.”

“No need,” Lu Zhiyue glanced at the stain on his pants. It probably wasn’t coming out.

“Miaomiao, hurry and apologize to the uncle.”

Lu Zhiyue looked down. In yesterday’s chaos, he hadn’t noticed — the child was a girl. She looked up at him timidly. “Uncle, I’m sorry.”

“Really, I’m very sorry…” The woman lifted her eyes, and when she saw Lu Zhiyue’s face, she paused in surprise. “You’re… the one from the stables yesterday…”

Lu Zhiyue rubbed the little girl’s head gently and said softly, “It’s okay.”

 

 

 

 

 

“It really is you!” The woman exclaimed with surprise. “I’m Miao Miao’s mom. Thank you so much for what your friend did yesterday—he saved my child. I was wondering if you could tell us where he’s staying?”

Lu Zhiyue replied, “It might not be convenient. What do you need from him? Maybe I can help instead.”

Five minutes later, Lu Zhiyue, holding a bouquet of flowers and enduring the wetness on his pants, walked into the public restroom on the ground floor.

Just after cleaning the stain on his leg, he looked up and saw Lin Weixing standing stiffly in the mirror.

The man’s face was pale and full of anger—clearly here to pick a fight.

Lu Zhiyue’s expression remained unchanged. He dried his hands, walked around Lin Weixing with the flowers in hand, and headed out.

“Wait!” Lin Weixing called out. “What’s your relationship with Chi Suinian?”

“You don’t know?” Lu Zhiyue replied with a question.

Lin Weixing’s face darkened. “How would I know?”

Lu Zhiyue gave a cold chuckle. “Then why would you expect me to tell you?”

He turned and walked away, in no mood to talk to someone with eyes on Chi Suinian.

“Are you scared?”

“Of what? You?”

“Of course,” Lin Weixing lifted his chin. “One day Suinian will see through you, and I’ll help him do it.”

Lu Zhiyue sneered. “Then you’d better be patient.”

·

Chi Suinian returned to the room with a splitting headache. Whatever Lu Zhiyue just pulled off was more disorienting than ten bottles of bad booze.

Getting confessed to by a mortal enemy—what even was this situation?

He lay on the bed for half an hour and still couldn’t calm down. So he dragged out his suitcase to start packing—he needed to do something to distract himself.

But he had barely packed halfway when the door was swiped open from outside.

—There were only two key cards to this room, and the other one was with Lu Zhiyue. So who it was, no need to ask.

Chi Suinian froze at the edge of the bed.

The door swung open, and the first thing he noticed was the big, obnoxiously colorful bouquet of flowers, wrapped in pink paper with ribbons and gauzy streamers hanging from the bottom.

“…”

Was Lu Zhiyue not done?

“Packing already?” Lu Zhiyue walked in, the bouquet giving off a faint fragrance.

“What’s it to you?” Chi Suinian glared at the flowers as he spoke.

“You don’t like lilies?” Lu Zhiyue looked genuinely surprised.

Chi Suinian turned away. “No.” Just don’t like them when they’re from you.

“But you looked at them like you wanted to kill them.”

“Then you’re blind.”

Chi Suinian stood up. “Move.”

He could feel Lu Zhiyue watching him, but after everything, even looking at the guy made his skin crawl.

A few seconds later, the gaze disappeared, and Lu Zhiyue shoved the bouquet into his arms.

“I don’t want—”

“They’re not from me,” Lu Zhiyue pressed his hands down to stop him from tossing the bouquet.

Liar.

Seeing Chi Suinian still about to throw them, he quickly added, “That kid you saved yesterday wanted to thank you. This is her gift.”

Chi Suinian paused. “…Really?”

“Why would I lie about this?”

Still, Chi Suinian was skeptical—Lu Zhiyue had zero credibility.

He lowered his head and inspected the lilies. Hidden among the petals was a small pink card with neat, elegant handwriting.

He’d seen Lu Zhiyue’s handwriting before—no way it was this nice. That finally eased his mind.

Downstairs, Lu Zhiyue carried the suitcase, and Chi Suinian held the bouquet.

The two walked side by side, drawing a lot of looks.

People kept glancing between the flowers and the luggage, their gazes suggestive and full of assumptions.

Chi Suinian shoved the bouquet at Lu Zhiyue and quickly put distance between them. “You carry it.”

Seeing him finally talk again, Lu Zhiyue teased, “Don’t want them anymore?”

Chi Suinian ground his teeth. “Throw it and I’ll take your life.”

That familiar tone made Lu Zhiyue finally feel at ease. Hugging the flowers and leading the way, he felt completely satisfied heading home.

·

On the way back, Chi Suinian sat in the passenger seat pretending to be asleep. No matter what Lu Zhiyue did to provoke him, he refused to respond, dead-set on giving the silent treatment.

The drive back to the city took about an hour and a half, but Lu Zhiyue drove at a ridiculously slow pace.

Chi Suinian was fuming.

But remembering Lu Zhiyue’s tendency to get carsick, he opened his mouth—then shut it again.

Fine. Crawl along. Crawl until sundown, for all I care.

Fortunately, Lu Zhiyue wasn’t that much of a wimp. Despite his snail’s pace, they still got back shortly after 3 p.m.

Chi Suinian didn’t know when he’d fallen asleep. When he woke up, everything around him was dark except for the faint glow of a phone screen in the driver’s seat.

“Where are we?”

“The garage,” Lu Zhiyue switched on the cabin light. “We’re home.”

Chi Suinian mumbled sleepily, then realized what he just said and quickly shut up.

Then he felt the guy next to him tilt his head.

Chi Suinian narrowed his eyes. “What are you smiling at?”

Lu Zhiyue chuckled. “You’re cute.”

“…”

Great. Just great.

Because of that one sentence, Chi Suinian couldn’t sleep well the entire night.

At 10 p.m., water was running in the bathroom, and he lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling wide awake.

Only two thoughts filled his mind:

—Lu Zhiyue is taking a shower.

—After that, they’ll sleep together.

The thought was mortifying.

Chi Suinian was convinced Lu Zhiyue had some kind of brain damage.

Who lies in the same bed as the person they just confessed to? No space at all—no wonder he got rejected.

Someone like that deserved to stay single for life.

Wait a sec?

Chi Suinian suddenly sat up in bed.

Back at the resort, Lu Zhiyue said he had someone he’d liked since their student days—someone he loved deeply but couldn’t have.

“…”

Chi Suinian stared at the bathroom in frustration.

…And this guy still dared to confess to him?

Damn it.

He was just being messed with again, wasn’t he?