Two-faced President, So Hard to Placate (55)

Su Qiao blinked and gestured for him to speak.

"Could you... not go to the law firm?"

Afraid she might misunderstand, Zhang Jingyu hurriedly explained before Su Qiao could answer:

"Don't misunderstand. It's not that I'm afraid this will affect the Zhang family's reputation. I just... I just..."

"Just what?"

Given his somewhat cautious and old-fashioned personality, Su Qiao wasn't surprised at all that he had said this.

She wanted to see what his attitude really was.

'Ahem, ahem.'

Zhang Jingyu coughed awkwardly twice. "He said that you... you agreed to marry him."

Even he found the words awkward to hear.

After all, no matter how one looked at it, the other personality was actually still him.

So it was basically the same as asking, Have you agreed to marry me?

Su Qiao frowned slightly. "What? You don't want me to?"

If he truly didn't want it, this would be difficult to handle.

"No! That's not it!"

Afraid she would misunderstand, Zhang Jingyu hurriedly denied it.

Then, realizing that his reaction had been a little too strong, his face suddenly flushed red.

The words he had rehearsed several times in his head became stammered and incoherent when he finally said them aloud.

"I... I mean, this lawsuit for your divorce... this matter will definitely cause a huge uproar. In the future... if you... if you marry me, I'm worried that people will gossip behind your back."

"Um, isn't there... isn't there out-of-court mediation?

"What I mean is... I mean, I'll make that brat publish a confession and apology to you in the newspapers and compensate you for the emotional damages. What do you... what do you think?"

Not far away, Steward Lu, who had been standing guard, turned his head aside.

His master... was being far too cowardly.

Wasn't he