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Chapter 20: I’m Not Picky
writer:can.xin.yue      update:2022-07-04 15:51
  Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio 

  Huo Jinyao called her name smoothly, “Qingsang.” 

  Su Qingsang glanced at his calm and relaxed expression. She was about to ask him not to call her by her own name, but she swallowed her words. 

  It was just a name so he could just say it. After all, this marriage wasn’t going to last. She saved her work and stood up. 

  After she left the room, Su Qingsang saw that there were four dishes and a bowl of soup on the dining table. She hesitated for a moment, then turned around to look at him. “You can cook?” 

  He didn’t seem like the question. Huo Jinyao’s face suddenly grew awkward. “I just ordered food.” 

  Su Qingsang walked closer and observed the dishes. It was delivery all right. After all, she didn’t cook much and there weren’t many ingredients in her fridge. 

  Huo Jinyao smiled and said, “If you want, I can cook for you next time.” 

  Su Qingsang sat down in the chair and looked at him. “Are you sure?” 

  “Of course.” 

  What’s so hard about cooking? Huo Jinyao thought to himself. 

  “Today is my first day here, so I don’t know how everything is organized in the kitchen.” This implied that he intended to find out where everything went. 

  Su Qingsang nodded her head, believing him. 

  She had no idea how to cook. Although the Su family wasn’t very nice to her, they didn’t torture her or let her be a maid. 

  Afterwards, in order to leave her family sooner, she only focused on school and basically lived there, and always ate at the school’s cafeteria. As for cooking, she could only make noodles. 

  “Although it’s takeout, it should still taste good. But if you don’t like it, we can order something else since I don’t know what you like to eat.” 

  Huo Jinyao’s behavior of fishing for compliments made Su Qingsang feel awkward. “It’s fine. I’m not picky.” 

  She was just an illegitimate daughter of the Su family, so what right did she have to be picky? Therefore, Huo Jinyao really didn’t need to act this way. 

  Huo Jinyao sat down next to her, filled a bowl with soup and placed it in front of her. It was way too polite. 

  Su Qingsang felt extremely uncomfortable, but Huo Jinyao didn’t seem to notice and continued talking, “Let me know if you have something that you love to eat. We can eat that tonight.” 

  “I already told you that I’m not picky.” She was very busy and really didn’t have time to spare on trivial things like food. 

  Huo Jinyao looked confused as he stopped talking and looked at her cold expression. He tilted his head to look at her observingly. “Are you unhappy?” 

  “No.” She was the one who wanted to get married; she didn’t have an excuse to put a slap to Huo Jinyao’s face. But she wasn’t used to having another person by her side. 

  She didn’t do these things even with Wei Lenan, despite the fact that they were going to get married in a few months. 

  “But you clearly look unhappy,” Huo Jinyao pressed on. 

  Huo Jinyao’s careless behavior gave Su Qingsang a headache, and she replied, “I’m not unhappy.” 

  She saw that Huo Jinyao was a bit startled by her, so she made her voice sound a bit gentler. “You’re a grown man. You really don’t need to do all of this.” 

  She had lived with the Su family ever since she could remember. With her existence, it was clear that Su Chenghui and Li Qianxue’s relationship wasn’t the best. 

  It wasn’t just the Su family. Su Qingsang had seen many couples who had relations with the Su family act all lovey-dovey in front of people, but in reality, their relationships weren’t what they seemed to be. 

  This was also one of the reasons why she agreed to marry Wei Lenan. She had no expectations for love and no expectations for men either. Her plan was to just live with a man, so it didn’t matter who the man was going to be. If it wasn’t going to be Wei Lenan, then it would be Huo Jinyao. 

  Did it matter who she was living with? 

  In fact, she thought that a cold and indifferent relationship between Su Chenghui and Li Qianxue was a normal one. 

  “You don’t have to do these things.” She thought for a second and added, “Huo Jinyao, we both know that we are only a couple on the surface. You don’t have to do these things.” 

  There would be no use in doing them.

  Chapter 21: It’s Easier to Welcome Him Home Than to Send Him Away

  Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio 

  Su Qingsang decided that it would be best to clarify what was on her mind. “Huo Jinyao, when I asked you to marry me the other day, I was out of my mind. You helped me get out of my predicament and I’m thankful for that, but we’re not right for each other.” 

  She continued, “If you want a woman who will spend the rest of her life with you, who will assist you, and raise your children, I am not the right woman for you.” 

  “You don’t have to do those things, because I don’t need you to,” Huo Jinyao said. 

  “I think that after some time, we can just get a divorce. After all, when we got married yesterday, we both knew that the marriage wasn’t going to last. We are nothing more than a……” Before the words “fake couple” came out of her mouth, Huo Jinyao placed his hand on top of hers. His fingers were slender and his hand was extremely warm. Su Qingsang was taken aback by his gesture and looked up at him instinctively. 

  “I won’t get a divorce,” Huo Jinyao stated firmly. His response left Su Qingsang speechless for a moment. 

  “You……” 

  “You are my wife and we are married. So, we won’t get a divorce,” Huo Jinyao interrupted. 

  Su Qingsang didn’t know how to respond to that. At that moment, Huo Jinyao looked like a completely different person; his eyes seemed sincere and he looked unusually serious, and…… 

  Huo Jinyao’s stare startled Su Qingsang a bit, but before she could pull her hand away, he let go of her first. “Besides, I’m unemployed now and I’m counting on you to be the breadwinner.” 

  Huo Jinyao couldn’t stay serious for more than a few seconds and his expression changed back to a playful one. “Besides, you said that I helped you out a lot. So don’t even try to drive me away.” 

  “You……” This man is just too much, she thought. 

  Su Qingsang had no idea what to say. She felt a little nervous under Huo Jinyao’s intense stare. Who knew this guy just pretended to be serious? 

  Su Qingsang was neither disappointed nor upset. She had calmed herself down, so now she felt content. She had never witnessed a happy marriage in her life and it seemed as though the love stories that she had read about only existed in books. Thus, if Huo Jinyao just wanted her for the money, she had nothing to worry about. To Su Qingsang, that kind of relationship felt safe and secure. She just hoped that he wasn’t serious about her. 

  After calming down a little, Su Qingsang went back to enjoying the delicious meal on the table. She had lived in the Su family since she was a little girl. Her whole life, she had been an honest person, so she had developed a habit of eating quietly. However, Huo Jinyao did not seem to care about that. Every so often, he kept pouring soup into her bowl. 

  Su Qingsang felt very uncomfortable. She was a doctor and a neat freak, so she hated sharing food. The thought of exchanging saliva was unbearable to her. 

  “I can serve myself. Just eat your own food,” Su Qingsang said. 

  “You are my wife, of course, I have to serve you food.” That playful look remained on his face. 

  Su Qingsang slightly wrinkled her eyebrows. She wanted to tell him that she thought it was unhygienic, but decided to keep it to herself. 

  “I finished my dinner. Enjoy your food.” She put down the bowl and intended to go and finish up her essay. However, Huo Jinyao reached out his hand to stop her. 

  “What?” Su Qingang asked. 

  “I need the key and the entrance card.” Huo Jinyao looked at Su Qingsang as if he was stating the obvious. “I still have some luggage left at the hotel I want to bring it over here. So shouldn’t you give me the card and the key?” 

  Su Qingsang moved her lips to say something, but then she suddenly realized one thing: it was easier to welcome him home than to send him away. At the moment, it would be hard for her to get rid of Huo Jinyao; it was clear that he wouldn’t leave her alone. 

  After this realization, Su Qingsang once again chose to keep her thoughts to herself.