Chapter 62：Two choices (1/2)

Xinyi froze.

”What?”

As she read through them, she found that they were indeed legal marriage papers.

”W-what is going on?”

”I want you to marry Zhiyuan.”

Xinyi looked at him, aghast. ”Marry Zhiyuan? That is impossible. He-”

”Loves An Caihong?” Han Huizhong chuckled. ”I don't care about that. I have decided that you will be my granddaughter-in-law.”

She clutched her dress. Her heart thudded in fear to oppose him, but she had to.

”H-how can you not care? Zhiyuan's happiness is with Caihong. You cannot force him to marry someone he...he doesn't love.”

The last part hurt her heart.

Han Huizhong leaned back on his seat. He rested his cheek on his palm and said, ”Listen Soo Xinyi. I have two principles in life. Do you know what they are?”

Xinyi kept quiet.

He smiled. ”Peace and profit. Peace at home and profit in business. I can go to any lengths to achieve that balance. If I want you to marry Zhiyuan, that means you will marry Zhiyuan. End of the story.”

Xinyi was stunned to see his indifference regarding his own grandson's marriage. It was such an important decision, and he was taking it without his consent.

That made her angry for Zhiyuan's sake.

She looked at him and said, ”Sorry, Sir. But I cannot accept this. This is too harsh. You know what Zhiyuan is going through right now when Caihong has suddenly left him. He is still searching for her, and you want him to marry at this time? How can you not think of his feelings?”

Han Huizhong was impressed. ”So, you can talk back too? I thought you are too used to listening to others.”

Xinyi's lips stretched into a thin line.

”And if An Caihong left him, that is her problem.”

”They love each other. Of course, it is Zhiyuan's problem too.”

”Exactly to avoid that from happening is why I am doing this. She left him. How long will he mope around like a sad Romeo? So, it's time to bring someone in his life that would make him forget her. Here. This is my favorite pen. Take it and sign on the papers.”

She was shocked to see him unaffected.

”I just said I cannot accept this.”

There was silence for a while.

He narrowed his eyes. ”I know that you love him.”

Xinyi stiffened. Her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

She quickly said, ”T-that is not true. I don't-”

”Don't bother lying. Nobody has been able to fool me, and you are not any exception.”

A thin line of sweat formed on her forehead. She had never confessed her feelings for Zhiyuan to anybody, not even to Zizi and Shuang. It was her tightly guarded secret. Ignorance was the only way for everyone to be at peace.

She knew her feelings would only bother Zhiyuan and make everything complicated.

Han Huizhong said, ”And I also know that you planned to leave abroad on the pretext of further studies. But it's because you cannot bear the pain anymore, right? Of seeing Zhiyuan with someone else.”

She turned pale.

How does he know…

She had planned to leave in a few days, but then she came to know that Caihong and Xiaosi suddenly left together, leaving Zhiyuan devastated.

And now, she wasn't so sure if she should leave or stay back as a friend to support him in this difficult time.

”So, you see, Soo Xinyi. This is a perfect time. You like Zhiyuan anyway. What is the problem? I am making things easier for you. You should be grateful to me and here you are resisting. Such foolishness,” he sighed.

She never believed she would have this conversation with him.