Morning sunlight streamed through the glass into the room. Fu Xiuyuan sat on one end of the sofa, looking through the wedding preparations.
Gu Nian'an lounged lazily on the sofa on the other side, brushing Renata's fur.
Renata meowed in contentment, then kept kneading against the young man.
Gu Nian'an played with the cat halfheartedly.
But Renata still never tired of playing with him.
Hearing the sounds from over there, Fu Xiuyuan looked up.
Warm sunlight fell over the young man and the cat as they happily played together.
At the sight, he suddenly chuckled. "I remember you were playing with a cat just like this when we first met."
Hearing this, Gu Nian'an looked up in confusion.
He looked at the man, puzzled, and asked, "Didn't we first meet on the day we signed the agreement?"
At the young man's question, Fu Xiuyuan shook his head slightly.
"No, that was the second time I saw you."
The young man tilted his head in bewilderment, his eyes full of questions.
A hint of nostalgia appeared in the man's eyes as he said gently, "When I was looking for candidates back then, I went to see you in person after reading your information. But you weren't home, so I thought I'd wait until next time."
"Then, just as my assistant and I were about to leave the residential complex where you lived, a cat that looked very much like one I'd kept as a child suddenly started circling me. Then I saw you sitting on a bench in the complex, surrounded by lots of stray cats."
He still remembered that day. Even after picking the young man's information out of several files, he hadn't actually decided to go through with a fake marriage.
After all, he hadn't trusted anyone else at