"Knock knock."
Carter Cheng impatiently reached out and knocked on the table twice, forcing Jamie Qiao to come back to his senses. He didn't understand why someone like this could be lucky enough to marry Lucas Lu and why she would be dissatisfied.
Carter Cheng started in a formal way: "Before I came, Mr. Lu told me that he was willing to give you time to think about it. You have my business card. If you have made up your mind, please call me and I will come again."
He didn't want to waste time with this young man any longer.
As a result, the moment he stood up, Jamie Qiao suddenly said: "I, I agree."
Carter Cheng didn't care why he suddenly changed his mind. He just sat down again, took out the document and handed it to him, and handed him a pen, "Please."
Jamie Qiao signed the marriage contract, his fingertips just pressing on Lucas Lu's signature at the top. The handwriting was so sharp that it almost penetrated the back of the paper, which made him feel a little nervous.
Lucas Lu.
Jamie Qiao, sign this name and he will be your husband.
By signing this name, Uncle Feng's company will be able to revive, and Mom won't have to suffer because of me, nor will she be punished by the Genetic Administration. Everything will be fine.
The white and thin fingertips holding the black pen trembled slightly, and Jamie Qiao blinked his eyes desperately.
He thought that he would be a beta, an omega, or an alpha that was completely different from the other. He also thought that his genetic management would assign him a marriage, and that he would have to get along with or even marry a "stranger" he had never met.
But he never thought that he would be assigned so early, and that this person could revive his family's company.
Jamie Qiao felt that he had no choice but to sell himself to Lucas Lu as a commodity as Lawyer Cheng said.
But.
He had never met this person, but he just let the lawyer come to negotiate with him with a cold contract, making the marriage sound like a business deal between two parties that was a pleasant cooperation and mutual consent.
As I was thinking, there was a "click".
A tear fell on the marriage contract, blurring half of the word "Zhou" in Lucas Lu's name. Jamie Qiao seemed to be startled and reached out to wipe it, but ended up completely blurring the words.
For a moment, Carter Cheng felt that he was forcing a woman of good character into prostitution, and the instigator was his client who was thousands of miles away.
Jamie Qiao raised his head in a panic, his red eyes still holding a trace of moisture, and apologized awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I stained Mr. Lu's signature."
Carter Cheng realized that he was reluctant and coughed softly, "It's okay, just sign below."
Jamie Qiao hurriedly wiped away her tears and dared not cry anymore, for fear of smudging Lucas Lu's entire name. She quickly wrote her own name under his oppressive signature.
The delicate and soft handwriting formed a sharp contrast with the three words "Lucas Lu" written in silver and iron strokes, as if witnessing the disparity between him and Lucas Lu in the future.
Carter Cheng watched him sign his name, and then tried his best to steady his slender white fingertips to take the contract, just like a poor little thing who was forced by the unscrupulous Zhou Pa Pi to sign a contract to sell himself.
"You don't have to be scared. Mr. Lu promises that he won't mark you. He has another place to live and won't come back often. You can just treat it as a new house. He has only one request, which is that you don't date another boyfriend while your marriage to him lasts. Of course, while he asks you to be loyal, he won't mark anyone."
Jamie Qiao pursed his lips, wiped the corners of his eyes, and handed him the signed contract and marriage agreement, along with the black pen.
Carter Cheng took it and confirmed that no one was missing before closing the contract and saying, "Once the formalities are completed, someone will come to pick you up at Mr. Lu's residence."
After that, he took out a velvet box from his pocket, opened it, handed it to Jamie Qiao, and said, "This is the wedding ring that Mr. Lu prepared for you."
Jamie Qiao frowned and finally understood what Assistant Cheng's smile meant. He was laughing at him, laughing at him for saying that they had to exchange rings before they could be considered married.
It turns out that rings... don't need to be exchanged.
"Lawyer Cheng."
Carter Cheng paused, turned around and looked at Jamie Qiao, with a hint of gentleness in his formal expression, and asked him: "Anything else?"
"Why is Mr. Lu willing to help..." Jamie Qiao clenched his fingers together, his raised cheeks revealed a hint of pink, but his voice was still as soft as before, just not very fluent, "Help Uncle Feng, and, and..."
"This is from Mr. Lu---"
Jamie Qiao raised his head and watched him slowly utter two words.
"bride price."
When Jamie Qiao returned home, he didn't see his stepfather's car. His eldest brother was probably still fooling around outside at that time and hadn't come back yet. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief and found the key to open the door.
As soon as he opened the door he was suddenly stunned.
There were three men sitting on the sofa. When they heard the sound, they all looked towards the door and stared at Jamie Qiao, making him unable to move and froze in place.
"Hey, Greg Feng, isn't this your brother?"
"Look, you're almost scared to tears, hahaha, come on, don't be afraid, dance for me and I'll let you go. Hey, what kind of dance does your brother do, a striptease?"
As soon as the two finished speaking, they burst into laughter.
Greg Feng had always looked down on this dumb brother and his stepmother who thought she was treating him well. He snorted coldly, "What are you standing at the door for? Get out of here."
Jamie Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, quickly went upstairs, changed his shoes and went straight to the dance studio. Only here did he feel a sense of security and that this was his own world.
There are many photos of him dancing hanging in the dance studio. His slender and soft waist is captured by the camera. Although it is static, it is full of tension and makes people unable to take their eyes away.
On the dark stage, a beam of cold light shone down from the dome, falling on his shoulders like silver light, creating a distant halo.
When he was on the stage, everyone said he was the brightest star.
Jamie Qiao stretched out his hand, touched the photo frame hanging on the wall, then suddenly retracted his hand.
No matter how many times he watched it, he always felt that the person in the camera was not him, not at all the same.
He obviously can't even speak properly.
Fortunately, he doesn't need to talk while dancing, and he doesn't need to communicate with others. He just needs to devote himself to the dance and let go of all his consciousness.
Jamie Qiao put his hands on the handlebars, and Lucas Lu's name popped up in his mind again. What kind of person is this, even his parents, who are omnipotent in his opinion, are afraid of him?
Will he be very old?
He must be very fierce and scary, otherwise his mother, who he believed was omnipotent, would not be so afraid of him and would not even show her usual gentleness when she mentioned his name.
Will he hit himself?
When Jamie Qiao thought about this, he instinctively shuddered. Lawyer Cheng said that he would not come home often, and if he only beat him occasionally...
He can handle it. He definitely can.
Carter Cheng left the restaurant and called Lucas Lu to report to him that Jamie Qiao had already signed the marriage certificate.
"Yeah." Lucas Lu's voice came through the receiver, deep and with a hint of oppression. Even though Carter Cheng had been with him for six years, he still unconsciously tensed up.
Carter Cheng reported everything as simply as possible, and also made some guesses, "It's just... I think there's something wrong with him."
Lucas Lu didn't even frown, "Something's wrong."
Carter Cheng pondered for a while before finding a suitable adjective, "very introverted, but unusually stubborn about something, just like... the meaningless persistence of a child."
"What?"
"I want to see you."
Lucas Lu's fingertips paused slightly, and the moonlight refracted through the floor-standing crystal chandelier and fell on his shoulders, making him look tall and cold.
The low-key black suit gave him an aura of keeping strangers away, which seemed out of place at the party with all the elegantly dressed people.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was in a bad mood today, but there were some people who liked to test the waters on the edge of getting beaten, like Brandon Zhu.
"Hey, Mr. Lu, happy wedding. I thought you wouldn't come today." Brandon Zhu leaned against the pistil, smiled at him nonchalantly, and teased him whenever he could.
Lucas Lu glanced at him and didn't say anything.
Brandon Zhu took two glasses of wine from the waiter's tray and waved his hand towards him. After he took it, he said, "It's not like you to take it without checking it."
Lucas Lu took a sip of wine, raised his eyelids without moving his eyebrows, and revealed an emotionless coldness, "It's just a transaction. It's enough for him to help me get what I want. I don't care about the quality of the goods."
"You don't care, doesn't your little wife care? He just married you obediently?"
Lucas Lu chuckled, as if he had heard something interesting. He glanced at him and said, "I gave him what he deserved. In addition to freedom and love, I can meet all his requirements. I will not mark him, let alone touch him. When things are over, if he is willing to divorce, I can even help him erase the marriage record."
Brandon Zhu was surprised by his indifference, frowned slightly and said: "Hey, I heard that your father will completely hand over his shares this year, and your brother has also returned from abroad. Is Lu's really going to change?"
The health of the old man of the Lu family is getting worse and worse. News about the dispute over the succession has begun to pop up like mushrooms after rain. All the columnists of the financial channel want to get a share of the attention.
The incident caused an uproar in the whole city and made everyone in the Lu family panic, not knowing which leg to cling to.
It was very quiet on Lucas Lu's side, because no one dared to curry favor with him. There was only one outcome for those who flattered him.
Brandon Zhu has known him for twenty years. From childhood to adulthood, he has always been extremely calm and has everything under control, as if he has never lost control.
His position in the Lu family is awkward, so along the way, he does not allow himself to make a mistake or lose control for even a moment, and he must remain rational at all times in order to survive in the Lu family.
Lucas Lu like this doesn't seem like a living person with emotions.
a long time.
Lucas Lu raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. He held the empty goblet and turned it in his hand, looking quite amused: "Lu?"
Brandon Zhu looked at his smile and shuddered for no reason. He decided to change the subject: "When is the wedding? I'll be your best man for free, okay?"
Lucas Lu paused, looked sideways at him, and said, "I don't plan to have a wedding."
"You don't plan to have a wedding?" Brandon Zhu's eyes widened and he blurted out, "You want a child to marry you without any status, old man, you are so shameless."
"He is still young and has plenty of time to trade with me. If everything goes well, he will not have graduated when he gets divorced and can still date and marry the person he likes."
Brandon Zhu didn't understand, "What do you mean?"
Lucas Lu put down the cup, glanced at the dark sky outside the balcony, and said, "Once we have a wedding and announce to the world that I am divorcing you, who would dare to want him?"
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