Ah-choo~
Gu Chenan, who was driving, suddenly felt an itch in his nose and let out a huge sneeze.
Immediately after, his back felt oddly cool for no reason.
[What the hell? This feeling is so creepy!]
[I remember now, this is the feeling I get every time someone secretly hates me!]
[Just which bastard is secretly hating me!]
...
Soon, Gu Chenan arrived at a Suzhou-style garden with Su Qianmo.
Donghai was not far from Suzhou to begin with. The influential figures in Donghai basically all built their manors in the Suzhou style.
The Su family already knew of Gu Chenan's arrival, so when Gu Chenan's car pulled up, the grey black fence covered in ivy automatically opened.
The grey gold Lamborghini drove in.
Looking at the lush, stacked greenery and the lawn like a green carpet in front of him, Gu Chenan was extremely conflicted.
The last time he transmigrated here, he had also come to the Su family’s place, but at that time he had no intention of staying away from the female lead.
However, this time, he had already firmly resolved to survive to the end!
Last time, just letting Su Qianmo fall for him had resulted in him not making it to the end.
If he married Su Qianmo this time, forget about surviving to the end, he’d be lucky to make it to next month.
[No, I can’t go on like this. I must ruin this marriage!]
[Compared to Su Qianmo, this iceberg beauty, surviving to the end is more important.]
[After all, that Dragon King Lin Yu is a complete lunatic! If he finds out Su Qianmo is really marrying me, he will definitely kill me!]
Ruin this marriage?
Hearing Gu Chenan's inner voice, Su Qianmo's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Big brother, how dare you even think of ruining our marriage? I, Su Qianmo, am after all the number one beauty in Donghai. You actually want to ruin our marriage?
And you even said that surviving to the end is more important than me?
Is my charm not enough to make you utterly infatuated?
Just you wait, I'm determined to marry you!
It has to be said, ever since Su Qianmo could hear Gu Chenan's inner thoughts and realized that Gu Chenan didn't actually have feelings for her but saw her as a fanatical admirer, Su Qianmo's feelings towards Gu Chenan did a complete 180.
This makes sense - it's like if someone who's utterly devoted to you suddenly doesn't like you anymore one day, and is even thinking about how to get away from you, you would also have this subtle change in mentality.
Gu Chenan parked the car and got out with Su Qianmo.
After walking just a few steps, Su Qianmo very naturally looped her arm through Gu Chenan's.
Gu Chenan faltered for a moment, squeezing out a smile.
"Let's hurry inside, my parents are waiting for you." There was a hint of slyness in Su Qianmo's smile.
Entering the courtyard, walking through the courtyard corridor with its little bridge over the flowing water, they arrived in the living room.
"Young Master Gu is here."
A matron in a cheongsam with her hair in a bun smiled and greeted Gu Chenan.
"Auntie." Gu Chenan nodded in response.
"Hahaha, Young Master Gu, you have to keep this girl Qianmo in check in the future. She's been spoiled by me since she was little and is quite arrogant!"
Just then, a middle-aged man in a white mandarin collar shirt walked in from the courtyard.
He was the head of the Su family, Su Tianming.
"What are you saying, Dad? Who's arrogant?"
Su Qianmo voiced her protest from the side.
Gu Chenan smiled. "Uncle is joking. Qianmo is gentle and kind, in the future it should be me who needs to be kept in check by her."
"Hahaha, that's good then. Your Gu family joining with our Su family in marriage will definitely be a great thing beneficial to both our families. Come, let's eat first."
Gu Chenan nodded and they sat down to dine.
It's said the highest standard of banquet is a family banquet, and this saying is definitely correct.
For prestigious families like the Su family and Gu family, they have their own family chefs.
Gu Chenan wasn't familiar with the Su family's chef, but the Gu family chef had previously served as head chef for state banquets.
As soon as the banquet started, the variety of dishes on the round table attracted Gu Chenan's attention.
Judging from the presentation, this table was all Huaiyang cuisine, which meant the Su family chef had likely also been a state banquet chef before, since state banquets mainly feature Huaiyang cuisine.
Today's family banquet had no outsiders. Aside from Gu Chenan and Su Qianmo, there were only Su Tianming and his wife.
But the banquet for just four people had a full 18 dishes, practically the highest standard.
As Gu Chenan ate and chatted casually with Su Tianming, his mood grew more and more complicated.
Because from Su Tianming's words, he had clearly taken Gu Chenan as his son-in-law already. If things progressed according to the plot, Gu Chenan's marriage with Su Qianmo was set in stone.
[No, I have to do something, or I really will marry Su Qianmo!]
[I have to show Uncle Su my true colors as a degenerate rich second generation. Only then can I avoid marrying Su Qianmo!]
Thinking this, Gu Chenan's eyes turned, and he got a wicked idea.
Beside him, Su Qianmo was so shocked by Gu Chenan's inner voice she gave a start.
Big brother, what are you trying to do?
Under Su Qianmo's puzzled gaze, Gu Chenan spoke up seriously, "Uncle, I feel Qianmo is the best girl I've encountered."
"Oh, hahaha." Hearing Gu Chenan praise his beloved daughter, Su Tianming was very happy and asked, "Then tell me, what's so good about Qianmo? As her father I somehow can't feel it."
Gu Chenan took a deep breath, his eyes filled with the look of a dead man walking, and said, "Those other girls are just cheap sluts. They're with me purely for my money, just like Xiao Fang and Xiao Mei from Heaven on Earth Nightclub."
[Although I've never actually been, to escape the indirect threat to my life Su Qianmo represents, I have to go all out!]
With this, Su Tianming's expression froze.
Beside him, Su's Mother who had been smiling also froze.
Heaven on Earth Nightclub?
What kind of place is that?
A depraved den of debauchery!
You actually go to that kind of place, and even compare Qianmo to the women there?
Beside them, Su Qianmo was also stunned.
Big brother, you can't be serious?
You play around on that level?
The corners of Gu Chenan's mouth turned up slightly after he finished speaking.
[With what I just said, the Su family will definitely not marry Su Qianmo to me!]
[Forget the Su family, even Su Qianmo hearing this wouldn't marry a wastrel like me!]
[Whether the plot goes off the rails or not, as long as I maintain my image as a scumbag villain to survive to the end it'll be fine.]
[Once I shake off any intimate relationships with all of Lin Yu's harem, even if I walk the path of a club hostess chaser after, Dragon King Lin Yu won't be able to kill me!]
[Here I go!]
A hostess chaser? You wish!
"Mom, Dad, don't misunderstand. Young Master Gu also has his own business, he has important clients to entertain, so it's unavoidable he visits those places, but he definitely does not fool around."
Su Qianmo placed a slice of sea cucumber in Gu Chenan's bowl, a dangerous smile blooming on her face. "I'm right, aren't I?"