Getting Married to Xu Mengyao!

"Was your English, French, and German at the same level as your Russian just now?"

Xu Mengyao asked incredulously.

"More or less."

"Russian was the last of those four languages I learned."

Xu Mengyao started chatting with Lin Chen in English. Lin Chen conversed with her effortlessly, speaking even more standard and authentic English. Even highly specialized vocabulary posed no challenge for him.

Lin Chen chuckled. "Don't worry. Teaching Xiaoqian won't be a problem for me. I won't lead her astray."

"Lin Chen, with your level, you could work as a translator."

Xu Mengyao said in amazement.

Lin Chen said with a smile, "I do take translation jobs online. Taking one job a day isn't a problem, and I can easily make seven or eight thousand from each one."

"Is that how you earned all your money?"

Xu Mengyao asked.

Lin Chen shook his head. "Some of it came from that, and some came from other means. Anyway, none of it was earned illegally."

"I have no problem supporting Xiaoqian."

Xu Mengyao nodded lightly.

"Why did you take your previous job?"

Xu Mengyao asked curiously.

With Lin Chen's cooking skill and foreign language abilities, he could easily have found other jobs that paid much better.

Lin Chen smiled faintly. "I'll tell you later."

By showing off his abilities while maintaining a certain air of mystery, Xu Mengyao's curiosity about him would definitely grow considerably.

Once her curiosity was piqued, and with him sweet-talking Xu Mengyao into getting married first, he refused to believe he wouldn't win her over eventually.

"The residential complex is right ahead."

"Just drive in. I'll let the Security Guard know."

Xu Mengyao said.

Lin Chen nodded and drove into the complex, eventually parking outside Xu Mengyao's enormous villa.

Ordinary villas were only three or four hundred square meters.

A villa of five or six hundred square meters was already considered quite large.

Lin Chen estimated that Xu Mengyao's villa exceeded one thousand square meters.

No wonder Lin Xiaoqian had said her mother's home looked like a castle.

"Lin Chen, would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

Xu Mengyao asked.

Deep down, she was somewhat resistant to the idea, but Lin Chen was Lin Xiaoqian's father after all. Besides, she had eaten at his place, and they still had to go get their Marriage Certificate together.

"No."

"Let's hurry."

"Who knows how long it'll take at the Civil Affairs Bureau? It'll take time to get back, too."

Lin Chen said.

Xu Mengyao nodded.

She quickly retrieved her Household Register from inside the house.

Perhaps an Identity Card alone would be enough to register a marriage in the future, but that policy had not truly been implemented yet. If they wanted to get married, they both still needed their Household Registers.

"Let's go."

Xu Mengyao said calmly as she returned to the car.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao arrived outside the Civil Affairs Bureau.

"Xu Mengyao, I'll call you Mengyao later. If I call you by your full name, the staff will find it strange."

"Also, you need to smile when we're Taking Photos. Xiaoqian might see our Marriage Certificate someday."

Lin Chen said.

"Mm."

Xu Mengyao nodded slightly.

The two got out of the car and entered the Civil Affairs Bureau.

These days, marriage rates were low and divorce rates were high. The divorce section at the Civil Affairs Bureau had a line, while the marriage section was deserted.

"Lean Closer a little. Smile."

"Click!"

A Civil Affairs Bureau staff member took photos for Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao. Before long, they had their brand-new Marriage Certificates in hand.

As she walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Xu Mengyao looked a little dazed.

She had originally planned never to get married for the rest of her life. Yet somehow, she had now gotten a Marriage Certificate with Lin Chen.

"Lin Chen, I won't tell my parents about us getting married, and you shouldn't tell yours either."

"This isn't a matter between our two families. As parents, we're only doing this so Qian Qian can have a better life."

Xu Mengyao said after they returned to the car.

Lin Chen nodded. "No problem. Don't worry. As long as you haven't agreed to it, I definitely won't say anything carelessly."

Xu Mengyao said, "Don't tell Qian Qian for now, either. We can show it to her when she's older and starts to suspect something."

"Mm."

Lin Chen nodded.

Xu Mengyao was probably worried that if they told Lin Xiaoqian, she wouldn't be able to keep the secret and would soon let it slip.

"Screech—"

Lin Chen pulled up outside a Flower Shop.

He had spotted the Flower Shop on the way over.

"What are you doing?"

Xu Mengyao asked in confusion.

Lin Chen smiled. "Buying you a bouquet of flowers. We came out on a date today. Are you really going back empty-handed?"

"Don't be fooled by how young Qian Qian is. She's very smart."

Xu Mengyao said, "I can buy them myself."

"It's only a bouquet of flowers. I can afford it."

Lin Chen quickly got out and entered the Flower Shop.

"How much is this?"

Lin Chen pointed at a large bouquet of roses.

The Flower Shop owner quickly quoted a price. It was a little expensive, but Lin Chen could not be bothered to haggle over it.

"Please give me a card."

The owner handed Lin Chen a pink card shaped like a heart.

"Wife, I Love You."

Lin Chen wrote a few words.

"Boss, do you have colored pens?"

Lin Chen asked.

"Yes!"

The owner took out a box of colored pens from a cabinet for Lin Chen.

Lin Chen quickly drew three little figures.

The father had one arm around the mother and held a little girl in his other arm.

The three little figures looked quite like him, Xu Mengyao, and Lin Xiaoqian.

"Thanks, boss."

Lin Chen scanned the code to pay, then walked out carrying the flowers.

"Mengyao, happy marriage."

Lin Chen handed the flowers to Xu Mengyao.

Xu Mengyao's face reddened slightly.

Lin Chen said, "I'll take a few photos of you. You can show them to Qian Qian later to fool her."

Before Xu Mengyao could refuse, he took out his phone.

Xu Mengyao held the flowers while Lin Chen took several photos of her.

Lin Chen's heartbeat sped up.

My wife really is beautiful.

Unfortunately, his Marriage Certificate with Xu Mengyao was real, but their feelings were fake. Xu Mengyao was an iceberg.

Xu Mengyao had once been the Iceberg Campus Belle. After that incident, she had sealed herself off completely.

"I'll add you on WeChat."

"I'll send you the photos."

"If I don't even have your WeChat, Xiaoqian will find it very suspicious."

Lin Chen said.

Xu Mengyao took out her phone and added Lin Chen on WeChat.

"Let's go back."

"I'll go see Qian Qian, then I have to leave."

Xu Mengyao said calmly.

Lin Chen nodded and started the car for the return trip.

"Mengyao, are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Lin Chen asked.

Xu Mengyao glanced at him and said flatly, "Unless we're in front of Qian Qian, you should still call me Xu Mengyao."

"Mm."

Lin Chen nodded.

An iceberg could not be melted overnight. He would take it slowly.

They had gotten their Marriage Certificates, and they even had a child. Lin Chen was not worried in the slightest. Sooner or later, he would win Xu Mengyao over completely.

"What should we do with the flowers?"

When the car returned to the residential complex, Xu Mengyao frowned.

Lin Chen said, "Take them upstairs with you. Later, you can hold the flowers while I carry Xiaoqian and walk you out of the complex."

"Qian Qian will probably be happy for a long time."

Xu Mengyao hesitated somewhat, but she still picked up the flowers. She had not noticed the card hidden among them.

"Dad, Mom!"

When they returned home, Lin Xiaoqian cried out happily.

A look of surprise appeared in Shen Qing's eyes.

Xu Mengyao was actually holding a large bouquet of roses. Had Xu Mengyao and Lin Chen really started dating?

"Qian Qian, did you miss Daddy and Mommy?"

Lin Chen picked up Lin Xiaoqian, kissed her, and asked dotingly.

Lin Xiaoqian nodded repeatedly. "I missed Daddy and Mommy. Such pretty flowers... Daddy, did you give these to Mommy?"

"That's right."

Lin Chen said with a smile.

Lin Xiaoqian blinked. "Daddy, I'm your precious baby too. Don't I get pretty flowers?"

Lin Chen: "..."

I miscalculated.