He paused. Looking into Ye Zhen’s surprised gaze, he continued, “Perhaps, you won’t believe me, but I’ve been planning our future together since the first time that I saw you. Will you believe in me and entrust me with your life? Will you marry me?”


  Although he hadn’t said the word “love”, the love he felt for her was self-evident and could be heard in his words.

  Ye Zhen looked at him. Her mind had gone blank.

  She was truly stunned.

  Such tenderness and romance. There was no trace of the great villain in the novel that was so extortive and forceful. Shouldn’t he have forcibly put the wedding ring on her finger, then announce to everyone that she was his wife?

  Moreover, he was such a calm man. And yet, he had knelt down in front of everyone to propose to her.

  “If you’re not willing, I won’t force you. But in this lifetime, I won’t let you marry anyone else. I’ll keep pursuing you until you agree.”


  “.……” Ye Zhen murmured under her breath, “This is coercion.”


  Lu Beichuan chuckled. He took out the ring that Ye Zhen had once worn and held it in front of her. “I’ll take care of you forever. I’ll never let you suffer, not even slightly. I’ll make you the happiest woman in the world.”


  Perhaps, Ye Zhen wasn’t aware. During that period of time when he couldn’t move, even though everyone else had seemed like they cared about his condition, they had carelessly overlooked and neglected his physical condition and comfort. Ye Zhen had been the exception. She would thoughtfully notice when his pillow was too low. She would willingly sit at his bed and tirelessly massage him. She would constantly talk to him because William had told her this would help a coma patient wake up.

  After experiencing a series of treacherous people, he felt that Ye Zhen’s kindness and simplicity was so rare and precious.

  He wasn’t willing to let this rare and precious person slip away from him.

  At that time, he had been thinking that once he officially woke up, he would definitely protect her. He wouldn’t let her suffer even the slightest amount.

  Ye Zhen was silent for a short period of time. In her mind, it wasn’t a question of willing or not. But, when she looked at this person, she felt a stirring in her heart that she had never felt before.

  “Can you promise me something?”


  “I’ll agree to anything you want.”


  Ye Zhen whispered, “You have to listen to me.”


  Restricting a great villain wouldn’t be easy, especially in the havoc that would start once the mini villain was born.

  Although it was a bit early to have unnecessary worries, it was better to plan ahead and take precautions.

  Lu Beichuan slipped the ring onto Ye Zhen’s ring finger. Chuckling, he said, “Okay, you’ll have the final word on everything.”


  Looking at the diamond ring on her hand, she felt a bit dazed. After many twists and turns, she had still become the great villain’s wife.

  However, her previous dread was gone now.

  “Why didn’t you propose earlier? Why did you insist on doing it at the wedding?”


  Lu Beichuan stood up and hugged her. He kissed her forehead and whispered, “I don’t have any experience. This is my first time getting married.”


  Ye Zhen thoughtfully smiled. “That’s okay. You’ll have experience next time.”


  Lu Beichuan: “.……?”


  Chapter 99 – And now, someone was treasuring that grit as if it was a diamond while the pearl was tossed away like it was trash. How satisfying! (1)

  The guests didn’t know why the bride had suddenly changed from Ye Qing to Ye Zhen, Perhaps, it was a case of mistaken identity because the two sisters were identical twins? But, could a mistake of that magnitude happen at a wedding?

  “Shen Ru, what’s going on? Isn’t today supposed to be Lu Beichuan and Ye Qing’s wedding? Why did it suddenly become Ye Zhen that’s marrying Lu Beichuan? How could a bride be casually switched?”


  The person asking this question was Shen Jing, Ye Qing’s mother’s cousin. Shen Jing had always seemed like forthright person that spoke what she thought without deliberation. But, most of the words she said weren’t pleasing to others. People that didn’t know her well thought she had a sharp tongue and a soft heart. They thought she was an upright and warm-hearted person that disguised her good intentions with harsh words. They thought she wasn’t the type to scheme. It was only that she was always blurting out unpleasant-sounding words and ending up offending people. To put it simply, they thought she had low EQ.

  However Mother Ye had known her cousin for a long time. How could she not know what she was thinking?

  If those words weren’t said out of thoughtlessness, then it had to be from malicious intent. She knew that Shen Jing was very clever. Her cousin wasn’t stupid at all.

  In front of Mrs. Lu, Shen Jing put on the act of speaking boldly in defense of justice and as if she wanted to right the wrong for Ye Qing. “At the very least, I’m Ye Qing’s little aunt. Seeing that our Ye Qing has been bullied, don’t we need to clearly know what happened so we can demand justice from the other party for her sake?”


  Mother Ye’s expression wasn’t good. With a gloomy face, she answered, “Enough. Don’t meddle in this matter.”


  “Shen Ru, you’re so good at keeping your temper.” Shen Jing was next to Mother Ye. She whispered, “Lu Beichuan abandoned our Ye Qing in front of everyone and brought Ye Zhen here to go up on the stage instead. This is clearly the same as slapping Qingqing in the face. If we don’t demand an explanation today, how will Qingqing show her face in public in the future? You can’t just let them get away with bullying her! Who do they think our Qingqing is? They go from saying Ye Qing will marry into their family to the groom leaving her at the altar without a word. There’s a line of boys chasing after our Qingqing. There are many people that want her.”


  “Enough, I know how to handle this matter. You can go back.”


  Mother Ye was very unhappy right now. Shen Jing was right. After what happened at this wedding, her Qingqing would become a laughingstock in the eyes of others. Thus, she wasn’t in the mood to argue with Shen Jing.

  “Cousin, how can you have this attitude? You’re Qingqing’s mom. How can you swallow your anger like this? No, this won’t do. If you won’t go to ask, I will. Even if you can swallow this grievance down as her mother, I can’t bear to do the same as her little aunt!”


  After saying this, she fiercely went towards the Lu family to settle accounts.

  Ye Qing grabbed Shen Jing to stop her. Apprehensive because of the Lu family’s other guests, she hastily whispered, “Little Aunt, we’ll handle this matter on our own. You don’t have to worry about it.”


  Since no one had said anything, the guests could only make random guesses. Without evidence, there might even be people that would think Ye Zhen had shamelessly snatched her older sister’s husband in order to marry into a rich family. As time passed and gossip spread, who knows what the story would change into?

  As long as nothing was revealed to the public, Ye Qing wouldn’t suffer from harm and only benefit from today’s incident. But, if the truth was revealed to everyone, then she really wouldn’t be able to show her face in public again.

  Shen Jing looked at Ye Qing’s red eyes. “Look at our Qingqing. She’s been so wronged. If you guys don’t dare to say something, I’ll say it for you. A person with nothing to lose has nothing to be scared of. You guys are scared of the Lu family, but I’m not!”


  After saying this, she pulled her hand out of Ye Qing’s hand, Ye Qing repeatedly tried to pull her back to stop her.

  Keeping her voice at a low volume, Ye QIng said, “Little Aunt, never mind. You don’t have to go.”


  At this moment, Mother Ye wanted nothing more than to have someone throw her cousin out of the venue. But, she was the bride’s mother. Everyone was looking at her, so she couldn’t take any drastic actions.

  Chapter 100 – And now, someone was treasuring that grit as if it was a diamond while the pearl was tossed away like it was trash. How satisfying! (2)

  “Shen Jing! Sit down! Stop meddling and drawing attention to yourself!”


  Mother Lu, who was also sitting at the main table, seemed as if her attention was focused on the two main people on the stage, Lu Beichuan and Ye Zhen. But, she was actually listening to Mother Ye and her cousin’s conversation. She pretended to not hear or notice anything. Her expression didn’t change as she clapped.

  After the applause died down, Mother Ye’s cousin broke free from Mother Ye as well as Ye Qing and rushed towards the stage.

  On the stage, when Father Ye saw Shen Jing approaching, he knew that this woman was probably coming here to cause trouble. He quickly grabbed her and said, “What are you doing?! Go back!”


  “Cousin-in-law, a kind-hearted person has been deceived. Ye Zhen is your daughter, but isn’t Qingqing your daughter too? Parents can’t be biased towards their children!”


  “I’ll explain the matter to you later. Go back to your seat. Stop embarrassing us!”


  “Embarrassing? How is this embarrassing? How is demanding an explanation for their behavior embarrassing? I’ve never seen parents like you!” She pushed Father Ye away. Looking at Lu Beichuan, she shouted, “Mr. Lu, I have a question for you. The invitation that I received said this was Qingqing and your wedding. Why did it become Ye Zhen going up on the stage? How could you put our Qingqing to the side?”


  The venue music stopped. The master of ceremonies smiled and tried to smooth things over, but Lu Beichuan stopped him.

  He had originally intentioned to make this matter clear. The guests’ discussions and gazes below the stage were too much, and it was displeasing to him.

  Ye Zhen didn’t seem like she minded, but he couldn’t not care about this.

  Lu Beichuan casually glanced at Shen Jing. “Originally, I didn’t want to talk about this because I didn’t want to make your family look bad. After all, today is suppose to be a happy day. Zhenzhen and I got married. Saying these things would only ruin everyone’s good mood.”


  He wrapped his arm around Ye Zhen’s waist and held the microphone with his other hand. He said to the audience, “Everyone, I want to introduce someone. The person next to me, starting from today, she’s my wife. Her name is Ye Zhen.”


  Lu Beichuan looked at Ye Qing. His gaze was like sharp arrows. Ye Qing couldn’t help but lower her head. She didn’t dare look him in the eyes.

  “Everyone should know that I got into a car accident a year ago, and I only woke up from my coma half a month ago. A month before I woke up, Ye Zhen was the one by my side taking utmost care of me. I can say that if it wasn’t for my wife’s round-of-clock care, it would have been impossible for me to regain consciousness so quickly.” Lu Beichuan lowered his head to look at Ye Zhen. “I’m very grateful towards my wife for this.”


  “However, at the time, my wife came to the Lu’s under Ye Qing’s name. For a long time, this made me and my family think the person taking care of me was Ye Qing instead of Ye Zhen. I don’t know why Miss Ye Qing would claim credit for taking care of me, but even if Ye Qing looks exactly the same as her twin, there’s no one that can replace Ye Zhen as my wife!”


  Lu Beichuan’s words weren’t straightforward. They were even a bit euphemistic. But, there were no idiots in the audience. Everyone could understand the implied meaning of his words.

  In the end, didn’t it just mean that Ye Zhen had taken care of Lu Beichuan for a month, but she was replaced by Ye Qing at the end. She wanted to take credit for Ye Zhen’s hard work and marry into the Lu family. She was just another person coveting wealth.

  Shen Jing obviously didn’t know the truth would turn out to be this. For a moment, she was too surprised to react. Embarrassment colored her face. “This…… Something like this happened……”


  Lu Beichuan expressionlessly swept his gaze over the audience. My wife, Ye Zhen, is a kind-hearted and gentle person. I hope that no one maliciously makes conjectures about her. I don’t want to hear gossip about her later.”


  Everyone’s gaze flitted back and forth between Ye Zhen and Ye Qing. The Lu’s guests were still okay. They were people of wide knowledge and experience. They had seen all types of people before, so they weren’t shocked by Ye Qing’s behavior. They merely looked at her without showing anything in their voices and expressions and quietly noted this information down.

  Instead, it was the Ye’s relatives and friends that couldn’t keep quiet. Ye Qing had always been outstanding since childhood, so it was inevitable that people would want to talk about her when her image had fallen to ruins in the span of a day.

  Chapter 101 – And now, someone was treasuring that grit as if it was a diamond while the pearl was tossed away like it was trash. How satisfying! (3)

  “How shocking. This Ye Qing was willing to rob her younger sister of her husband in order to marry into a rich family.”


  “Truly, I wouldn’t have been able to see through her myself. Ye Qing is normally such an outstanding woman, but she did something like this because of her greed for wealth. What a disgrace!”


  “You can say that again! I think Zhenzhen is quite good. She’s been an honest and kind-hearted since she was a child. She’s blessed with good fortune too!”


  “I knew something had to be wrong. Zhenzhen has always been an honest person. How could she do something like steal her older sister’s husband? We almost misunderstood Zhenzhen. Ai, I watched Ye Qing grow up too. She didn’t seem like this type of person either. How could she have turned out this way?”


  “You can know a person a long time without knowing her true self! Look at how unfairly Shen Ru treats her two children. Anything that’s good, she’ll give it to Ye Qing first. She acts like Ye Zhen isn’t her daughter. Now that Zhenzhen has achieved success in life, it’ll be fine if she doesn’t want such a biased mother like Shen Ru!”


  “How can she break free from her mother? Ye Zhen married into the Lu family. I’m sure there won’t be any lack of Shen Ru and her husband trying to curry favor with their daughter in the future!

  “Even if they want to curry favor with Ye Zhen, they won’t be able to. In my opinion, this is baseless.”


  “.……”


  Listening to the surrounding discussions, Ye Qing was so angry that her entire body was trembling.

  She hated Ye Zhen to the death! If it wasn’t for her, she wouldn’t be the target of everyone’s ridicule today!

  Even though Lu Beichuan’s words were only partially true, she couldn’t refute him. If she dared to stand up to refute him, she would never be able to have any sort of relationship with the Lu family for the rest of her life!

  Mother Ye obviously knew the value of this relationship too, so the only comfort she could offer to Ye Qing was to hold her hand.

  Her favorite daughter had been bullied to such a point. Mother Ye felt as if her heart was trampled and bleeding.

  In a flurry, Shen Jing got down from the stage. When she sat back down in her seat, she was admonished by a beautifully dressed young woman that was seated next to her. “Mom! What are you doing?! I’m going to die of embarrassment.”


  “Embarrassing? Can it be any more embarrassing than Ye Qing?” There was no trace of blushing from shame on Shen Jing’s face. She scoffed, “Wanwan, mom is getting revenge for you. Think about how much you’ve suffered since childhood because of Ye Qing. Now that Ye Qing’s true face has been exposed, we can hold our heads high. There’s no one that will dare to marry Ye Qing in the future!”


  “Mom, you humiliated Ye Qing in front of so many people. You’re not afraid that Uncle and Aunt Ye will……”


  “Why would I be scared of them?” Shen Jing sneered. “Now that Ye Zhen married Lu Beichuan, she’s the one that everyone will pay attention too. Ye Qing is a nobody. Besides, with how biased Shen Ru treated her daughters, Ye Zhen is sure to hold some sort of grudge. The human heart is made of flesh. People know who’s good to them and who’s bad to them. Let’s just watch the show.”


  Who didn’t know how the Ye parents had treated their daughters unequally?

  Mother Ye had given birth to two perfectly good daughters. One became outstanding and prideful, and the other one became mediocre and timid. It was the difference between a pearl and grit.

  And now, someone was treasuring that grit as if it was a diamond while the pearl was tossed away like it was trash. How satisfying!

  On the stage, Ye Zhen silently pulled Lu Beichuan’s sleeve and quietly said, “CEO Lu, your actions will make her even more jealous of me.”


  She looked at Ye Qing’s fierce gaze that looked as if she wanted to swallow her whole.

  Looking at the widening gap between her soft, red lips, Lu Beichuan narrowed his eyes. He leaned over and gently kissed her. “It’s okay. You have to get used to it. In the future, there will be even more people jealous of you.”