The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Chapter 98

"Brother Han, the ’people are not as good as money’ series!"

Ye Chen couldn’t help but tease Fu Youhan after getting a satisfying reply.

Fu Youhan replied with a sheepish grin: "It costs three thousand a night for a pretty face, but a person might go broke for an interesting soul."

The two clinked glasses and drank, creating a feeling reminiscent of downtrodden brothers reuniting.

But Jiang Moxi and Yu Dingding were also engaged in a heated conversation, completely unaffected by the men.

"Moxi, do you have a bikini?"

"Bikini? No!"

Yu Dingding gave a ’just as I expected’ look: "Then I’ll bring one for you when I pack tomorrow."

"Thanks."

"Why be so polite with me?"

The two women clinked glasses too...

*

Late at night, Tianqin Bay—

Jiang Moxi returned after finishing her part-time job.

Fu Youhan had received a call and left temporarily before her shift ended.

After Jiang Moxi finished her washing, Fu Youhan still hadn’t returned.

Jiang Moxi simply turned on her old computer and covertly altered data within the National Security Department’s internal system...

"Not asleep yet?"

Suddenly Fu Youhan’s voice came from behind her, causing Jiang Moxi to quickly switch the screen’s content and turn around in frustration.

"How come you make no sound when you walk?"

"It’s because you were too engrossed just now."

Fu Youhan moved closer to her, his black eyes fixated deeply upon her, as if harboring unnamed whirlpools, luring Jiang Moxi in.

"Is that so?"

While Jiang Moxi was momentarily lost in the man’s gaze, she noticed him suddenly looking at her computer screen.

"What are you playing at?" Fu Youhan asked, staring at Jiang Moxi’s computer desktop, his eyes as deep as the sea.

The computer desktop, astonishingly void of any icons, was as clean as a blank piece of paper.

And this desktop didn’t look like any standard operating system available on the market.

Jiang Moxi also realized the man seemed to have noticed something.

So, before his gaze could fall back onto her, she suddenly moved closer to whisper in his ear, "I want to start the lesson..."

The man immediately turned around, his eyes now filled with a scorching intensity, "Wait for me to take a shower."

"No, I want it now!" Jiang Moxi leaped up, wrapping her arms around his neck and hanging on him, then kissed him.

With such a fervent invitation, Fu Youhan naturally couldn’t care about anything else...

*

In the blink of an eye, it was the weekend, and Jiang Moxi was brought by Fu Youhan early in the morning to meet up with Ye Chen and the others.

Nanshan was located at the intersection of Yan City and another small town, surrounded by undeveloped villages.

Once in the area, Fu Youhan didn’t seem worried about being recognized as having functional legs – there wasn’t even a wheelchair in the trunk of the car.

Upon arriving at the foot of Nanshan, they saw Ye Chen and Yu Dingding waiting for them not far away.

"You can’t drive up there; you have to walk," explained Ye Chen.

Fu Youhan glanced at Jiang Moxi and inquired, "How far is it?"

"It’s a twenty-minute walk, halfway up the hill. I’ll have the butler carry your luggage up for you."

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, the butler wearing a striped shirt with a pocket watch hanging on his chest appeared and took their bags away.

Soon, the four of them set out toward the hillside together.

Yu Dingding couldn’t hide her astonishment when she saw Fu Youhan elegantly stretching his long legs walking up the hill.

Ye Chen hooked his arm around her shoulder and smiled wickedly, "What, surprised or delighted?"

"Why would I be surprised? It’s none of my business," Yu Dingding quickly composed herself, maintaining a detached attitude.

"Aren’t you curious why Third Master Fu suddenly doesn’t need a wheelchair anymore?" Ye Chen persisted.

"No matter how curious, it’s still none of my business. The more you know, the sooner you die."

Yu Dingding was smart; seeing Fu Youhan standing when he could choose to sit meant he surely wanted to catch some people off guard.

"Smart! I’m falling for you more and more, darling!" Ye Chen exclaimed, as he attempted to kiss Yu Dingding.

But Yu Dingding quickly raised her hand, blocking her own face: "No need to love me, I just want some hush money."

"How much do you want for hush money?" Ye Chen instantly opened Alipay.

Yu Dingding said with an awkward smile: "Between five hundred thousand and two million, just give whatever you feel like."

"The privacy of my Brother Han is naturally worth the highest price." Ye Chen transferred two million directly.

Hearing the income notification from Alipay, Yu Dingding felt that today was indeed a hard-working day.

Meanwhile, Fu Youhan and Jiang Moxi walked side by side. Noticing Jiang Moxi kept glancing towards Ye Chen and Yu Dingding, he asked her:

"Are you impressed with Ye Chen’s cash-flow?"

Jiang Moxi withdrew her gaze: "I envy Dingding’s ability to fleece money."

Fu Youhan then recalled the image of Jiang Moxi working part-time jobs and joked: "You could also try, my cash-flow is no less formidable than Ye Chen’s."

Jiang Moxi hesitated for a moment, realizing Fu Youhan implied she should act like Yu Dingding, her eyes briefly faltering.

"Haven’t we agreed not to involve money?"

"Rules are dead, people are alive." Fu Youhan looked at her sideways, those soul-piercing eyes never blinking as they stared at Jiang Moxi.

Jiang Moxi knew that Fu Youhan was hoping she would depend on him, and he even seemed to like the idea of her relying on him.

Jiang Moxi could even feel her heart wavering at the suggestion posed by Fu Youhan.

But for her, these were all warning signs.

Her past made it clear that she couldn’t be like an ordinary girl, whimsically nestled in the arms of a man.

Moreover, Fu Youhan being more of a foe than a friend meant she couldn’t allow herself to rely on him.

Most importantly, she feared that once she grew accustomed to depending on someone, and that person suddenly left, she would be left alone and lost for the rest of her life.

Jiang Moxi had already experienced such a lesson and did not wish to repeat the same mistake.

So after a moment, she said: "I still think it’s better not to involve money."

"Are you afraid I’ll morally blackmail you? Use it to bind you?" The smile on Fu Youhan’s lips faded, replaced with a hint of sarcasm.

Jiang Moxi saw the veiled displeasure on Fu Youhan’s face but still responded: "You can say that."

Fu Youhan wanted to say, they still had a marriage certificate, which made any arrangement between them legitimate.

But on second thought, aside from the marriage certificate, their relationship was not much different from secret lovers.

Besides, he hadn’t planned on maintaining the marriage; otherwise, he wouldn’t have set the one-year term after Jiang Moxi’s refusal.

Jiang Moxi was now very conscientiously upholding their prior agreement, and as a businessman, Fu Youhan should be grateful for a secure and profitable deal.

Yet for some reason, he couldn’t feel happy about it at all.

Thus, the rest of the way to the hillside, both remained silent.

Just as they were about to reach the hillside, a monk in robes suddenly leapt out from a side path, staring at Jiang Moxi and exclaiming, "A dragon once hidden in a pond is transformed by a gust of wind and clouds..."

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