"You've got to be kidding me, Grandpa."
"Dear, what's there to be unhappy for? I would very much like it of you two get married for real. I wouldn't really mind you know."
"He has a daughter and I would dare not to be a person who ruins a family."
"So, if he doesn't have a daughter you're good with marrying him?"
"I never said that."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Grandpa, don't sway the subject."
"Well, my decision is final. It's either you do as I told or Old Xu and I will pull you out of this mission no matter what."
"That's out of the question, you know I have to be in this mission no matter what."
"If that is the case then it's either you accept the arrangements or you go back."
"Hmp."
Wanting to finish the talk now seeing how his grand daughter will soon throw a fit, the old man turned to the man who never once uttered a single word since the meeting has started. "Zheng Yichen, I will leave my grand daughter to you."
"I understand, Sir."
"Alright, I will leave this matter to you then. I am wishing you the best of luck in handling my grand daughter." the old man said as he sighed because he knows that his grand daughter could be very handful at times.
"Grandpa, that was uncalled for!"
The old man ignored her, "You don't have to worry about anything Former General Shen."
Satisfied with the answer, the old man ended the call and now there were only two of them in the spacious living room. Yan Qianxi turned to the man.
"Mr. Zheng, I think I have to get this right."
While sitting with his legs crossed and his back leaning lazily on the couch he stared at the woman beside him."You can call me Yichen."
"Huh?" Yan Qianxi was at lost, it was kind of out of the topic.
"Call me Yichen." the tone he used was more of a command Yan Qianxi knows because that is how she used to command her subordinates back in her days in the military.
"Okay, then. Can I speak now?" she's definitely not in any mood to argue right now. Since he would be her fiancee she might as well start calling him like this so that no one would find it suspicious.
Since it seems that there is no other way than being this man's fiancee there's nothing else he could do but follow."Go ahead."
"You are being targeted by Spiders and I have something against them and because of that I will be your secretary and your fiancee at the same time. Is that correct?"
"That's right but I think you've missed something very important."
"And that is?"
"My daughter and I will live here starting today."
"Why?"
"Isn't your job to guard me?"
"It is but why do we have to live together?"
"For convenience."
"Can I refuse?"
"No."
"Why my house then? Why can't it be yours?"
"Do you want to?"
"No."
"Then that's that."
Their conversation was really straightforward as if there is no leeway for idle talks.
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The very next day, Yan Qianxi was jolted awake by the strange noises coming out of her room. Noises of things being moved around. She immediately took her gun and walked out of her room.
She was shocked and when she saw men-in-blacks moving in some luggage and boxes she doesn't own. "Who gave you the permission to enter my house?"
The gun was pointed on the people inside her house but they didn't seem as though they're scared, they seemed shy and flustered as they put their heads down and refused to speak.
As they lowered their heads, Zheng Yichen entered the living room from the kitchen while holding a glass of water. When he saw the reddened faces of his men, his face darkened. "All of you get out. Immediately."
The guards immediately understood what he meant and they knew he was angry. Before this day came they were already informed that the woman they just saw will be their future madam and so they must treat her the way they treated him.
It was their first time seeing her and they couldn't even look straight into her eyes,
The door closed behind them and one of the younger guards blurted out something without thinking, "The Young Madam is so beautiful."
Meanwhile, inside the luxurious penthouse Yan Qianxi was evidently mad.
This is her private place and this man entered without her permission two days in a row and even let other people come in. "I understand that you don't need permission when you do things but remember this is my house and in here my rules are absolute."
"Change your clothes." he commanded as he sat on the couch which made Yan Qianxi baffled.
"Excuse me?"
"I don't mind seeing you looking so sexy in front of me since I am your fiancee but today my men are moving our things and I don't want to see them looking at you. Now change."
He said it with a straight face and only then did she realize that she's actually wearing a very thin spaghetti strap tops and a shorts. She didn't mind going out like this a while ago because she felt that this is decent enough but now that he mentioned it she realized that there is actually a thing called culture differences.
She went inside her room and wore a cardigan before going out and sitting in front of Zheng Yichen. "Let's talk. Again."
It seems that she had forgotten quite a few things yesterday, Is there really something wrong with the air here? Why does it feel like she had a lot of mistake since yesterday
"Alright."
"I'll go first. Let's set house rules. First no one is to enter without my permission."
"Without our permission, since we'll be living here as well I think it's better if I also know who you will let inside regardless of this being your house."
"Fair enough."
They continued for a few more minutes regarding house rules and when they are done Yan Qianxi took the chance to ask something she'd been meaning to ask, "Is it alright to ask about your daughter?"
"Zheng Yi Ran."
"Huh?"
"Her name."
"Oh."
"Ask."
Last night, she pondered while on that topic. There are countless possibilities as to what her real identity is.
Some of the scenarios she had thought of is that, the child was someone else's child and Zhen Yichen became her guardian through adoption or a child out of marriage and the likes. Since speculating about it is really not good she'd better ask to her heart's content some other time.
"Since we'll be 'engaged' of course it is inevitable that I will also act like her stepmother, right?"
"Naturally."
"Hmm, okay." that is actually not the question she wanted to be answered.
"You haven't properly raised a question."
"Then, what do I have to do? Are there any things I have to keep in mind?"
"If that's want you want to know, Aunt Li will be the one to fill you in since she had basically the one who take care of her since birth."
"Aunt Li?"
"She belongs to the Zheng Family, starting tomorrow she will be helping us at home since we're gonna be busy its better to have someone around the house."
Yan Qianxi really didn't consider hiring a helper since she never thought of staying for a long period of time and her identity is something she needed to conceal so she had been living on her own, also to keep people being involved with the dangers that she is facing everyday.
Seeing her from and slight hesitation which Zheng Yichen could totally understand, "Don't worry about anything else and just concentrate on your mission, isn't that the why we're here?"
Everything seems to happen a little bit too fast that Yan Qianxi could barely keep up.