I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Men are all heartless bastards who forget morality when they see a beautiful woman!

After Lu Qianzi left, only two people remained in the seats.

Liu Ruying and Chen Ya stared at each other in silence for a while, neither of them daring to speak first.

Chen Ya picked up his teacup and drank the water gracefully.

"..."

A whooshing sound came from under the table.

Chen Ya felt a small foot kicking his leg repeatedly, and finally, it kicked his knee with a "thud".

He remained completely still.

"If you have something to say, you can say it. It's better to say it," Chen Ya said slowly.

But Liu Ruying didn't say anything; she just kept kicking his knee.

Finally, Chen Ya could no longer hold back. He gently reached down and caught Liu Ruying's foot, which was encased in white stockings, as she kicked it.

That foot was small and soft; a hand could easily cover most of it, making it very cute.

Give it back to me.

Liu Ruying finally spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"What exactly do you want?"

Liu Ruying's face turned bright red, but she refused to say a word.

Chen Ya was completely baffled as to what the girl was thinking.

If you say she's materialistic, she doesn't seem to care much about her wealth. If you say she's good at seducing people, the shyness on her face doesn't seem fake. If you say she's naive, what exactly is she trying to achieve with all these actions?

Chen Ya had always been proud of his unique ability to judge people, and he boasted that he was always very accurate in his judgment of people. However, his proud ability to judge people failed him when it came to the girl in front of him.

Holding the other's icy cold feet, the two remained locked in a stalemate for a long time before Chen Ya finally let go after rubbing them a couple of times and kicking the shoes back.

"Thank you."

Liu Ruying politely said that she had put her foot back in.

Chen Ya glanced at his watch and said, "It's about time. I need to go to my appointment."

Liu Ruying also stood up.

To his surprise, as he walked out of the cafeteria, Liu Ruying followed him from behind and walked naturally beside him.

What he just did would have angered any girl, even someone as good-tempered as Liu Ruyan. He couldn't understand how Liu Ruying could be even better-tempered than her cousin.

You're really not angry at all?

Chen Ya asked, "Is there a restroom nearby?"

Liu Ruying pointed to the teaching building not far away and said, "There's one on the first floor."

"Take me there." Chen Ya put his hands in his pockets.

Liu Ruying squinted at him for a moment, then seemed to calm down before saying:

"it is good."

After saying that, she walked beside Chen Ya, side by side with him, but half a step ahead.

The two walked into the teaching building together. It was past lunchtime, and there were hardly any students in the building. The entire corridor was empty, and even the restrooms were nearly deserted.

Liu Ruying led Chen Ya to the bathroom door, pointed inside, and looked at him.

Chen Ya walked in, gently pulled her inside.

"Hey!"

Liu Ruying let out a cry of surprise as an irresistible force swept over her, pulling her into the restroom. Then, the stall door slammed shut behind her.

"Dong dong..."

Chen Ya casually locked the door.

Liu Ruying's heart pounded violently, her face flushed red as if it were about to bleed. The two of them were squeezed into the small space, with Chen Ya's entire body almost pressing down on her.

She turned her face slightly away to avoid Chen Ya's masculine breathing.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Ya asked. "Why did you seduce me?"

Liu Ruying pursed her pink lips, refusing to speak.

Chen Ya turned her chin towards him and continued his interrogation: "Was it your family that appointed you? Or was it Old Master Lu's idea?"

Liu Ruying's high chest heaved violently. She lowered her head and made a soft sound in her throat, but she didn't speak.

"Hmm? Where's the answer I'm looking for?"

Chen Ya looked down and saw that the girl's eyes were full of tears. After a while, large tears fell from her eyes.

He wasn't the type to soften his stance when he saw a girl cry; instead, he relaxed his pressure slightly and said:

"Actually, I wasn't the one who was originally engaged to your Liu family."

After saying that, Liu Ruying suddenly looked up at him, her face still wet with tears.

Chapter 196 Premarital Examination

"Actually, I'm not the person you're engaged to."

Liu Ruying instantly stopped crying. Her breathing paused briefly, like the pressure valve of a pressure cooker, before she frowned.

"What do you mean?"

“I am not the one who was originally engaged to you,” Chen Ya said. “The one who was engaged to you is Chen Hai, and I am Chen Hai’s brother.”

As Liu Ruying gazed at Chen Ya's handsome face, her demeanor suddenly changed without her realizing it.

If before she was innocent with a touch of shyness, and a hint of allure hidden beneath the snow, only revealed after the snow melted, now she is nothing but sternness.

"Chen Hai's brother?"

"Correct."

How old are you?

"28."

“28 years old…” Liu Ruying frowned and said seriously, “Six or seven years older than me, but it’s not unacceptable. Age is not a problem for me.”

Her reaction was somewhat intriguing.

To Chen Ya's surprise, her first reaction was to try to dispel her own concerns.

“You’ve misunderstood; it’s not just about age,” Chen Ya said.

"What kind of question is that?" Liu Ruying asked quickly.

"Actually, I was just pulled out of the mountains by them, and I only met Aunt Lu Ruixiang for the first time yesterday. Before yesterday, I didn't even know which way the Lu family's door was, and I only found out about the engagement yesterday."

Liu Ruying finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"What remote mountain village? Why doesn't Chen Hai's brother recognize Aunt Lu Ruixiang? Who exactly are you?"

Liu Ruying's expression looked beautiful yet serious.

The awkwardness she had given Chen Ya before had finally disappeared.

This is the true nature of the woman before me, this is the temperament she exudes now.

She is a purely rational woman, a rational creature as cold as a gold coin.

All her faces can be masks.

If her tears could be used as bargaining chips, she would shed several liters without hesitation.

This is Chen Ya's current assessment of this woman.

“Chen Sheng has three children. I am the eldest, and Chen Hai is the second.” Chen Ya explained, “The difference between me and Chen Hai is that he came to the capital with Chen Sheng when he was young, grew up in the capital, and married into the Lu family with Chen Sheng. As for me, I have always stayed in the mountains.”

Liu Ruying's expression turned ugly for a moment, but she quickly returned to her expressionless state.

"You've been stuck in this remote mountain village all this time, which means you were abandoned by Chen Sheng?"

"Yes. You are very smart."

What did you do before this?

"An ordinary migrant worker."

"And income?"

“Several thousand.” Chen Ya couldn’t help but smile slightly.

“Several thousand, then I’ll assume it’s no more than 9,” Liu Ruying repeated, while frowning and looking at his wrist. “Then what’s the deal with this Patek Philippe P5102-Dream Starry Night watch on your wrist, which is worth 341 million?”

Chen Ya widened his eyes slightly and said in an exaggerated tone, "So you know so much about watches?"

Liu Ruying's tone was cold: "Answer my question."

"The Lu family bought it to decorate my storefront." Chen Ya smiled even more happily.

"In other words, you are the 'Li' that the Lu family used to replace Chen Hai in a marriage alliance with the Liu family, a substitution of one person for another," Liu Ruying said. "Why would the Lu family do this?... Oh, right."

She continued, "Because Chen Hai was chosen by Bei Chen and was about to rise to prominence, he looked down on the Liu family a bit."

At this point, Chen Ya was somewhat surprised to find that although her words were sarcastic, she wasn't angry.

Not only was she not angry, but her expression now seemed to be a mixture of anxiety and a desire to laugh, with an awkward expression between her beautiful eyebrows and eyes.

"Well, Lu Ruixiang's family has really made something of themselves, looking down on the Liu family now..." Liu Ruying murmured, "Do they really think that just because they're in Beichen's designated group, they'll become part of the Beichen faction? The competition in Beichen is so fierce, do they really think they won't be eliminated after they get in?"

Chen Ya nodded approvingly: "I think you are much wiser than Chen Hai."

Liu Ruying looked at Chen Ya and said, "Why are you telling me all this? Aren't you afraid of ruining this marriage? Aren't you afraid of making a scene and infuriating Old Master Lu?"

After saying that, she nodded, and then answered herself:

"That's right. You're just someone who came from a remote mountain village. You don't know much about life and don't understand how much the grudges and feuds between wealthy families can affect you."

Chen Ya replied, "No, I just feel that it's not good for you to keep this from you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruying looked at him with her beautiful eyes, and only then did she show a hint of emotion:

"You're quite an honest man."

After saying that, she looked straight ahead and said:

"But honesty won't put food on the table. Do you think I'll treat you differently because of that? No way."

"I only feel that your personality is not suitable for getting involved in the conflicts between wealthy families. The fact that you have come into contact with these things is like a fool hitting the jackpot. I don't know if this arrangement of fate is good or bad for you."

"Do you know what the consequences would be if you revealed what you said today to Old Master Lu, or my parents, or the elders of the Liu family?"

"I don't know," Chen Ya continued, pretending to be an honest person.

"The consequences will be very serious!" Liu Ruying said, enunciating each word clearly. "I guarantee that if you tell anyone, you'll never be able to talk about your future again, do you understand?"

"Oh." Chen Ya nodded.

"So you can't do that! And you're not allowed to tell anyone else this!"

Liu Ruying raised a slender, jade-like finger and placed it in front of Chen Ya's face, emphasizing it with a very serious expression.

"Did you hear that?"

"Ah."

Chen Ya nodded.

Liu Ruying continued, "You can't tell anyone that you are Chen Hai's replacement, that you were originally my marriage partner, that was the plan all along."

"From now on, you must forget all about any attempts to replace marriage or substitute one thing for another. Let's all get along peacefully and smoothly, and successfully enter the hall of marriage."

Her words were completely unexpected by Chen Ya.

His original plan was to confess this matter to Liu Ruying and then leave the Lu family.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ruying was not only not angry, but also unwilling to expose the matter.

"I have already revealed my identity, so why are you still willing to arrange a marriage?" Chen Ya asked.