Chapter 227 - Mars Wu (1/2)

”Mars Wu?” Marissa looked Halia up and down.

But, Halia continued to look down, hoping that Marissa didn't recognize her. After all, they had only met a couple of times and Halia looked very different from when they last saw each other. In fact, she was a completely different gender.

Last time they met, they were inside a boxing ring and Halia had given this woman a black eye. Would she remember her?

There was an awkward silence in the room as everyone waited for Marissa to continue speaking. Judging by her expression, she clearly had something to say about this young legal assistant.

Finally, she stuck out her hand towards Halia and smiled. ”Mars Wu, interesting name...It's nice to meet you,” she said with a slight sparkle in her eye.

Halia cringed a little on the inside and quickly shook the woman's hand. 'Mars Wu', that was the name that Sean had made up for her; a cheesy name that was one letter away from 'Mrs. Wu'. Sean had deliberately chosen it to tease her.

”Stupid Sean, I'm going to strangle you when you get back,” she hissed quietly to herself.

His teasing had put her in quite an awkward situation. If Marissa was smart enough, she would pick up on it and Halia's identity would be exposed.

But, of course, Sean never expected that Marissa would coincidentally show up and be one of the law firm's clients.

...

Over in Guiyang City at that moment, Sean suddenly sneezed, ”Achoo!”

Father Shu jumped in surprise and looked at the man.

”Are you getting sick?” he asked his future son-in-law worriedly. ”It must be from all the traveling and change in weather.”

Sean shook his head politely. ”No, I'm fine. But, I feel like someone's talking about me behind my back,” the man replied with a shiver as he started walking into the change room.

He was in the middle of trying on suits with Father Shu.

”Your Auntie made me wear a pink suit when we got married in the 80's. Back then, it was quite popular to wear colorful suits,” Father Shu reminisced from outside the change room as he waited for Sean. ”I wonder if they have anything like that in this store.”

He then turned to look at the shop assistant, but the shop assistant quickly shook her head. ”Anything apart from black, grey, white and, sometimes, blue, isn't very popular. But, the groom can choose whatever color he wants for his collared shirt inside, or his bow tie, or even his pocket square. Otherwise, color can be incorporated through flowers,” she replied politely, trying not to offend the older gentleman.

Father Shu laughed. He was just joking, but clearly, his serious expression did not appear that way.

Father Shu always had a stern and serious look on his face, like the typical head of a family. He appeared sensible, smart, and reliable, but in reality, he was quite the jokester. It was just hard to tell when he was joking. Plus, his jokes were dry. If he was a woman, people would say he had a 'resting b*tch face'.

Sean looked at himself in the mirror and laughed. He couldn't imagine himself in a pink suit. He would probably become a laughing stock on social media if he wore something like that. But, unlike everyone else, he could tell that Father Shu was joking. So, he replied, ”I'll wear a pink suit if you wear one too. We can match. I'm sure the ladies will be happy with that.”

Father Shu laughed and yelled, ”Hell no! I did it once. I ain't doin' it EVER again!”

Sean smiled. During his years in law enforcement, he had met all kinds of people, many of whom were sly, conniving criminals. As a result, he had subconsciously developed a knack for differentiating between true and false. Perhaps, that was how he could tell that Father Shu was joking when no one else could. Or perhaps, a man's humor had always been different from a woman's.

At that moment, Sean stepped out in a white suit.