Chapter 2 Getting Married

• The car came to a stop right after he finished his sentence.
• Then, Du Yue, his personal assistant who had been sitting silently in the passenger seat, got out of the car. He pulled the car door open for Ruan Shishi and gestured to her to step out of the car.
• “Civil Affairs Bureau?” Ruan Shishi was in disbelief upon seeing the destination; she pinched her arm hard, only to grimace with pain at once.
• I-Isn’t this a bit too fast? She hadn’t prepared herself for marriage. Besides, she couldn’t help feeling a little coerced into getting married.
• Ruan Shishi wanted to back out, but Du Yue, who was at the side, walked up to her and called with a smile, “Miss Ruan.”
• Flustered, Ruan Shishi found an excuse for herself. “I-I didn’t bring my household register.”
• After all, she had never heard from anybody that she would have to register for marriage right after having a blind date!
• Du Yue gave a smile as he led Ruan Shishi into the building. “It’s alright.”
• Ruan Shishi had the feeling that she was up a tree when she saw the way Du Yue acted. She turned round and glanced at Yu Yimo, who was still in the car.
• Recalling his expression just now, Ruan Shishi felt that he might kill her if she ran away at that very moment.
• So, she could only brace herself and follow Du Yue into the Civil Affairs Bureau.
• It took less than ten minutes before Ruan Shishi came out from the Civil Affairs Bureau with a little red book in her hand.
• The book—her marriage certificate—was dazzlingly bright under the sunlight.
• Ruan Shishi patted her face as she still felt like dreaming. She had registered her marriage to Yu Yimo with no need of a household register and without having to be present together with the groom. Had she become a married woman just like that?
• She still felt that everything was so unreal, until Yu Yimo got out of the car only then did she come to her senses.
• Yu Yimo took the marriage certificate from Du Yue’s hand and put it into the pocket in the lining of his suit jacket.
• Then, he raised his eyes and looked at Ruan Shishi as he said, “I’ll have an urgent meeting in a while, so I’ll have Du Yue send you home first. I’ll visit your parents later.”
• Ruan Shishi nodded in resignation to her fate.
• Upon seeing her response, Yu Yimo said no more; he turned and walked to the road junction. Then, he stopped a taxi and left.
• Ruan Shishi’s mind began wandering as she watched Yu Yimo disappear from her sight. The incident on this day was quite bizarre; she wondered what good she had done to have registered her marriage to Yu Yimo, the Prince Charming of the entire Jiangzhou City!
• After seeing Yu Yimo off, Du Yue pulled the car door open for Ruan Shishi and said, “Please get into the car, Madam.”
• Madam?
• Ruan Shishi snapped out of her daze upon hearing her new form of address. She gave Du Yue a glance with an embarrassed look and nodded before getting into the car.
• “Madam, this is my business card with my phone number on it. Call me anytime if you need anything in the future.” Du Yue turned around and handed his name card to Ruan Shishi with both hands.
• Du Yue was Yu Yimo’s senior personal assistant. With his high position, he could be considered the superior of Ruan Shishi’s superiors.
• Seeing him handing her his business card in person, Ruan Shishi was quite nervous. She took the business card with both hands and said involuntarily, “Thank you, Ch—”
• She immediately shut up before finishing her sentence when she realized she had almost let it slip.
• ‘Chief Du’ was the nickname that she and her colleagues gave Du Yue inside the company; if Yu Yimo was a king, Assistant Du would be his chief eunuch.
• “There’s no need to be courteous with me, Madam,” said Du Yue reverently and politely.
• Seeing him giving her such a polite and friendly smile, Ruan Shishi gulped and decided to keep silent.
• She couldn’t help feeling that what happened on this day was too surreal, especially considering that she had gotten married merely three hours after her blind date.
• In retrospect, she felt she had been too hasty; she shouldn’t have submitted unconditionally to Yu Yimo simply because he was her boss. She had no idea how she was going to explain to her mother what had happened when she got back home later.