MFIMM Chapter 79

Divorce Crisis

Divorce Crisis

“Why did you get these—” Lin Xi took the flowers from Pei Jiashu’s hand. The blooms were vibrant, not some particularly rare variety, and even a bit tacky with the surrounding baby’s breath.

But at that moment, Lin Xi was only touched.

“I’ve already accepted your confession, why are you confessing again? Are you so afraid I’ll run away?”

Lin Xi jokingly said to Pei Jiashu, blinking to hold back the tears in his eyes, lest Pei Jiashu laugh at him.

Pei Jiashu took a step forward, half-squatting in front of him.

Pei Jiashu suddenly pulled out a box from his pocket. This kind of scene was often seen in idol dramas. Unfortunately, Lin Xi was already wearing a ring.

Pei Jiashu took out a pair of matching rings from the box.

“Why did you buy another pair?”

Pei Jiashu took out one of the matching rings. They were two simple platinum bands. He took off the plain ring Lin Xi was wearing.

He showed the ring to Lin Xi, a little embarrassed. The unremarkable ring had their initials engraved inside.

“That plain ring was just something I bought casually. Since it’s something you’ll wear all the time, I wanted something more unique.”

Lin Xi felt a burning sensation where he was touched. His fingers trembled slightly, but he still straightened his hand, letting Pei Jiashu put the ring on his finger.

He put the other ring on Pei Jiashu’s hand as well.

Pei Jiashu held Lin Xi’s hand and kissed the ring.

Lost in their affectionate bubble inside the Ferris wheel, the two had no idea what was happening online. Assistant Song was at the company trying to contact Pei Jiashu, but neither of them were answering their phones. He had no choice but to act first and discuss countermeasures with Lin Xi’s assistant and the public relations department.

That evening, back at the hotel, the production team stopped Pei Jiashu and Lin Xi, explaining the situation to them.

Pei Jiashu and Lin Xi exchanged glances, the thing they feared most had happened.

The director looked at them suspiciously. “So you two really are in a fake marriage? Just to gain traffic?”

Before the director could finish asking, his phone suddenly began to ring incessantly. It was Pei Yuebin, the real estate tycoon from A City. Although Pei Yuebin didn’t have any direct business with their production team, he was a prominent figure in A City.

The director didn’t dare to neglect the call. “Hello, is this Director? I’m President Pei’s secretary. President Pei wants to see Pei Jiashu and Lin Xi. Director, please have them return home.”

The name Pei… could it be the ancestor standing in front of him?

Although everyone had speculated about Pei Jiashu’s identity before, hearing with his own ears that Pei Jiashu was the young master of the Pei family still made him shudder.

Especially since, just a moment ago, he had asked Young Master Pei if he was only on the show in a fake marriage to gain traffic.

If Pei Jiashu wanted money or traffic, he could just reveal his identity.

Pei Jiashu and Lin Xi watched the director’s expression gradually turn solemn, and they asked nervously and guiltily, “What’s wrong, Director?”

“President Pei’s secretary called and asked you two to go home.”

They were currently in B City, only an hour away from A City by plane.

Pei Jiashu turned on his phone and saw it was flooded with messages. “Lin Xi, my father is really angry this time. I’ll go home and take a look first.”

Lin Xi grabbed Pei Jiashu’s arm. “What do you mean? Your father asked for both of us. Are you just going to leave me behind?”

“I’m just afraid my father will blame you.” Pei Jiashu sighed. “Forget it, let’s go together.”

“Director, we’ll try to resolve this today and won’t delay tomorrow’s filming,” Pei Jiashu said.

“Okay.” The director saw the two deities off, watching the show continuously trending on various hot searches, causing a huge uproar. It could be considered free publicity for the show.

After all, these two really couldn’t look more genuine.

While Lin Xi was looking at his phone on the way, he discovered that his phone was buzzing as much as Pei Jiashu’s, especially with calls from his parents.

Lin Xi called his mother back. As soon as the call connected, he heard a roar like a lioness from the other end: “Lin Xi! Explain yourself to me!”

“Mom, Mom, don’t get angry first. It’s simple. We had a fake marriage, but now we’re truly in love!”

“Is that your reason for lying to me?” Lin’s mother was so angry her voice was hoarse. As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn’t stop coughing. Lin’s father patted her back with concern.

“You little brat, you really have grown wings now, with fake marriages and deceiving your parents!” Lin’s father was also angry.

Pei Jiashu took the phone. “I’m sorry, Father-in-law and Mother-in-law. The fake marriage was all my idea. Don’t blame Lin Xi.”

Lin’s parents were in a fit of anger, and they became even more furious upon hearing Pei Jiashu’s voice.

Lin’s mother’s head throbbed in pain, telling Pei Jiashu to hand the phone to Lin Xi. “Lin Xi, I saw all the videos online. I know you like him, but you can’t just agree to his request for a fake marriage because you like him. You’re an omega, do you know how dangerous that is?”

“Mom, what are you talking about?” Lin Xi was speechless, not knowing what Lin’s mother had seen.

Until Lin Xi saw a trending post on Weibo. It was the clip of Pei Jiashu rejecting Lin Xi at the graduation ceremony. Through analyzing Lin Xi’s voice and corroboration from other people, netizens had finally dug out that the person in the confession video was Lin Xi.

That was why the rumors about their fake marriage were spreading so rapidly online.

And Lin’s mother, combining these videos, came to an outrageous conclusion: that her son, with his love-struck brain, had agreed to many ridiculous requests from Pei Jiashu in order to be with him.

“Mom, it’s not like that.” Lin Xi wanted to explain, but Lin’s mother was convinced that her conclusion was correct.

Lin’s mother said, “Lin Xi, one-sided efforts in a relationship won’t lead to anything. Anyway, your fake marriage has already been exposed, so why don’t you just divorce him. Mom won’t force you to go on blind dates anymore.”

“Mom, I really like him, and he likes me a lot now too.”

Lin’s mother asked bluntly, “Do you have some kind of agreement with him?”

Lin Xi’s breath hitched for a moment, then he told Lin’s mother everything. “Yes, we agreed on five years. After five years, we’ll divorce, but…”

“Then you should divorce now. Don’t let yourself get in too deep.”

Lin Xi sighed, rubbing his forehead. He didn’t know what kind of image he had in Lin’s mother’s mind now.

“Mom, I won’t divorce him.”

Lin Xi hung up on Lin’s mother, only to see Pei Jiashu looking at him anxiously. “What’s wrong? Did your aunt and uncle ask us to divorce?”

Pei Jiashu’s voice trembled slightly. He lowered his head, running his fingers through his hair, looking somewhat dejected.

Lin Xi grabbed Pei Jiashu’s other hand, pulling him closer. “I told you, I won’t divorce you.”

“I shouldn’t have agreed to a fake marriage with you…” Pei Jiashu said regretfully.

Lin Xi flicked Pei Jiashu’s forehead with his finger. “Idiot, if it weren’t for the fake marriage, you’d probably already be forgotten in the back of my mind.”

“If I could choose again, when you came to the bar that day and asked if I wanted to have a fake marriage with you…”

Lin Xi paused deliberately. Pei Jiashu looked at him nervously, not even daring to blink.

Lin Xi smiled and hugged Pei Jiashu. “President Pei, can you have a little more confidence in yourself? If I had to choose again, I would still choose to have a fake marriage with you. So we’ll solve all the difficulties we encounter together.”

Pei Jiashu’s hands, which had been hanging at his sides, slowly moved to Lin Xi’s back, wrapping his arms around him, pulling him into his embrace.

“Okay, we’ll face it together. You’re not allowed to divorce me. When we get back, I’ll have Assistant Song tear up the agreement.”

“Okay.” Lin Xi rested his chin on Pei Jiashu’s shoulder, smiling contentedly.

The two returned to the Pei family’s old house.

It was already past eleven o’clock. According to Pei Yuebin’s routine, he should have been resting long ago, but the Pei family was still brightly lit.

Pei Yuebin sat in the center of the sofa, coldly snorting when he saw the two entering.

“Pei Jiashu, even if you don’t want to get married, I wouldn’t force you to marry someone you don’t like. Why did you have to lie to me?”

Having seen Lin Xi’s parents’ reaction as a precedent, Pei Jiashu spoke very cautiously, afraid that even his father would want him to divorce, then he and Lin Xi would be all alone.

“Father, your attitude at the time didn’t seem like you would let me go. Lin Xi and I did have a fake marriage, but in these short six months, we got to know each other again. We want to start over now, to be with each other forever. So what does it matter if it was a fake marriage?”

Pei Jiashu reasoned with him, appealing to his emotions. Lin Xi also added from the side, “That’s right, Father. I know you also want Jiashu to be happy. We just started off on the wrong foot, but the result is correct!”

Pei Yuebin was stunned by their sophistry. More than the reason for the fake marriage, he wanted to see their attitude.

Knowing that they were genuinely planning to be together, Pei Yuebin was relieved.

“You two don’t need to be so nervous. I wouldn’t force you into a fake marriage. But Jiashu, your company has been at the top of the industry for so many years now, isn’t it time to come home and inherit the company?”

Pei Jiashu held Lin Xi’s hand, his brow furrowing. He felt like something bad was about to happen, and sure enough, Pei’s father had gone around in circles to bring the topic back.

The reason he had a fake marriage in the first place was because he didn’t want to inherit the company.

Lin Xi also frowned, his gaze shifting back and forth between Pei Jiashu and Pei Yuebin. “Are you also trying to make us divorce?”

Pei Yuebin caught the key word in his statement. “Also? Who else wants you two to divorce?”

“No one…” Lin Xi didn’t plan to tell Pei Yuebin about these things.

However, Pei Yuebin seemed to have been enlightened by a revelation, nodding at Lin Xi. “I’m already old and have to keep working at the company. If Pei Jiashu doesn’t inherit the company, then I won’t agree to your marriage.”