Marriage First, True Love Later

After leaving the Gu family’s residence, it was nearly 21:00 when they finally returned to Su Yicheng’s apartment. The two elderly Gu parents were concerned that they would have to spend a long time unpacking after they returned, so they didn’t keep them there for too long and let them leave promptly. Furthermore, as the elderly Gu parents saw them out the door, they reminded Su Yicheng to arrange an official meeting between them and his own parents. Su Yicheng nodded to comply, then carried Anran’s clothes into the car.

Only after getting into the car did Anran discover that the car Su Yicheng was driving this evening was different from the one he had driven in the morning. He had been clearly driving a Porsche in the morning, but now he was driving a Volkswagen.

“Uh, did you change your car?” She hadn’t noticed when she was on her way here, but now she could see that the car’s logo had changed as well as the layout of the car.

Su Yicheng smiled and started driving the car steadily on the road as he explained, “No, it’s just that, after hearing what you said in the morning, I also thought that the car was too conspicuous and was attracting unwanted attention. This car was provided by the company and is usually driven by Secretary Zheng. ”

“Um, don’t you have an assistant? Why does your company provide secretaries and cars? Do you work for a large company?” Speaking of it, Anran realized that she had never asked him anything about his job, like what field he worked in or the name of his company.

Su Yicheng looked her in the eyes and smiled mysteriously. “Oh my, my unit is very large, indeed.”

“Fortune 500?” Anran asked reflexively, and then, in her mind, she quickly went over the names of the Fortune 500 companies that she knew of in Jiang City.

Su Yicheng burst out laughing, then said, “Didn’t I tell you before? I work for the government.”

“Uh, the government? There are special assistants in the government?” For a moment, Anran was unable to react. She rarely paid attention to matters irrelevant to her daily life, so she was unfamiliar with what civil servants did for a living, not to mention the fact that she still had no idea what the rank of a Section Chief was.

Su Yicheng simply smiled without speaking, and he seemed to be in a particularly good mood. He smiled as he drove the car into the garage underneath his apartment, then he opened the trunk and started retrieving Anran’s stuff from the car’s trunk. Anran was carrying a few boxes of health care products that she bought on the road, and she planned on presenting them to her in-laws at dinner the following day.

As Su Yicheng passed by Anran while carrying her stuff, he smiled and whispered into her ear, “I’m Special Assistant to the Mayor.”

Anran was instantly stunned. She stared at him with astonishment and was unable to react. Special Assistant to the Mayor? He just said he was Special Assistant to the Mayor!

Su Yicheng walked to the entrance of the corridor but saw that Anran was still standing where she was with a dumbfounded expression on her face. He couldn’t help but shake his head a little in amusement. He turned around to take her free hand, then led her out of the basement and into the elevator.

Anran still stared at him in disbelief as she waited for Su Yicheng to open the door with the key. Su Yicheng suddenly felt somewhat like a failure. Was his image that different from what she imagined a Special Assistant to the Mayor to be like?

Just when Su Yicheng considered explaining himself, Anran suddenly opened her mouth and asked, “Are you a government official?”

The corners of Su Yicheng’s mouth twitched, and he simply said, “In a sense, yes.”

Anran simply felt astounded; she had become the wife of a government official without even realizing it in the process!

Seeing her react like this, Su Yicheng surmised that she would probably stay in this state of astonishment for quite a while. His thoughts then went to how he had eaten a lot that night and was now feeling really thirsty. He turned to the kitchen and poured a glass of water for himself. Then he said to Anran, “Anran, come and drink some juice.”

Anran came over but simply stared straight at him without accepting the juice he handed over.

Su Yicheng was somewhat dismayed. Regarding his job, did she really find it that hard to believe? After drinking a sip of water, he opened his mouth again to explain himself, but he was at a loss of words when he heard what she uttered next.

“So you aren’t a sugar daddy, but a high ranking government official,” Anran murmured, then as if she suddenly thought of something, she stared at him and asked, “That luxury car in the morning, did someone bribe you for it?”

He choked on the water in his throat, and he was so uncomfortable that he couldn’t stop coughing.

Only then did Anran come back to her senses, and she handed him a paper towel. “You, you are okay, right?”

Su Yicheng coughed for a long while before he finally stopped. However, his handsome face was flushed deeply from choking.

Seeing that he had finally stopped coughing, Anran then said a little sheepishly, “Sorry, I asked too presumptuously.” But in reality, she believed that all government officials must have resorted to bribery or embezzlement at some point in their career to climb to such a high position, and their main goal was always money. Otherwise, with the meager monthly salary of civil servants, how would they be able to afford to live in luxurious mansions and own sports cars?

Su Yicheng could guess what she was thinking simply from the expression on her face, and it really made him feel a bit defeated inside. He always thought that he had an image of righteousness and high moral standards. Yet, in her eyes, it seemed as if he was the very embodiment of corruption. If the word were to spread to the military area compound, he wouldn’t be surprised if his old man disowned him.

Su Yicheng stopped sipping on the water. He went around the counter, took the juice from her hand, and set it aside, then took her hand. “Come, let me show you something.” Since he had been choking just a little while ago, his voice had lost its usual gentleness and sounded much more hoarse.

“What?” Anran was mystified, but she nonetheless allowed him to lead her into the study.

Su Yicheng led her behind the large desk in the study room, turned on the computer, then opened the stock trading software on the desktop and entered the account number and password. He pulled Anran in front of the monitor and said, “I never embezzled. I bought the car with money earned from my stocks and funds, not from bribing others. Furthermore, Yijiao borrowed a lot of money from me to open the restaurant ‘Youran Cuisine’. Although the business started going well, she offered to give me some shares, but, considering my position, I let her hold on to my share for the time being. Every year she still sends me dividends from ‘Youran Cuisine’.”

Anran stared at the stocks and balances of his fund account that was displayed on the computer monitor but was still unable to react. Lin Li was only half right. Now it seems that she didn’t just get a sugar daddy, but actually, a sugar daddy that was also a high-ranking government official! If she remembered correctly, the position of Special Assistant to the Mayor was practically a stepping stone to the position of Mayor itself. Therefore, Su Yicheng was a man of affluence as well as power!

“Anran, you still don’t believe me?” Seeing that she still wasn’t responding, Su Yicheng thought that it was because she was still incredulous.

Anran shook her head. She wasn’t incredulous, but merely confused. “Your background and qualifications are so outstanding. Why, why did you agree to marry me?”

Su Yicheng turned her body around, looked into her eyes, and said, “You are the right one.”