"Miss Xia."
The gentle and dignified man in front of him had long eyelashes that were slightly drawn back, blocking some of the undercurrents in his eyes.
"I heard that the Xia family is on the verge of bankruptcy. I have a way to bring the Xia family back to life. I wonder if Miss Xia is interested in hearing about it?"
The man's deep voice slowly reached Xia Li's ears, and his breath made the skin of the girl's ear feel itchy.
Xia Li's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly raised her eyes to look at the man in suits and ties in front of her.
She swallowed: "What, what can I do?"
A chuckle escaped the man's throat.
A faint laugh trembled through the chest, accompanied by the summer breeze slowly grinding through Xia Li's ears.
"You don't have to do anything to have a fake marriage with me. The wedding lasts for one year."
The man's mellow and low-pitched voice whispered quietly along her ears, like an electric current running straight into the girl's limbs.
Xia Li almost stayed where he was.
Her eyes widened in shock at the man's words, and her eyes were full of disbelief when she looked at him.
When he heard Xie Yin's words, Xia Li almost thought he was hallucinating.
A man who could cover the sky with one hand in Hong Kong City and even the capital city stood in front of her and proposed marriage to her personally.
Although it is a fake marriage.
But it’s really the kind of “fake” marriage where you actually get a marriage certificate.
"Mr. Xie..." Xia Li was stunned for a long time before he found his voice.
She first chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Are you kidding me?"
This sounds like a joke.
It is a fact that the Xia family is facing bankruptcy.
But Xie Yin is different.
He is the high-ranking head of the Xie family, respected by everyone, and the head of the Wanjia Group in Hong Kong City.
Obviously he can find someone who is his equal to act out this scene, and at least both parties can win.
Xia Li never dared to think that one day Xie Yin would stand in front of her and seriously propose the fake marriage to her word by word.
It's like...
A dream.
"Are you kidding?" Xie Yin's slightly raised lips flattened a bit.
"In Miss Xia's mind, am I the kind of person who likes to joke?"
It was obviously a ridiculing sentence, but for some reason it turned into a question with an invisible sense of oppression when it came out of the man's mouth.
Afraid that Xie Yin would be really angry, Xia Li's breathing tightened.
"No, no, Mr. Xie."
The girl's hands naturally hanging on her legs tightly grasped the hem of her clothes. She lowered her head slightly and looked at the pair of polished black leather shoes in front of her.
Xie Yin didn't know where he scared her.
Looking at the nervous girl in front of him, his tone of voice softened helplessly:
"Xia Li."
This was the first time Xie Yin called her by her full name.
The clear and sweet voice fell into Xia Li's ears, as if there was an invisible hook quietly hooking into her heart.
She raised her head and met his deep but slightly smiling eyes.
Xie Yin's low voice reached Xia Li's ears along with the chirping of birds on the trees not far away.
"I am serious."
Xia Li's breathing suddenly became chaotic.
At that moment, all the voices in her world except Xie Yin were removed.
"What the Qi family can give you, I can do it. What the Qi family can't deny you, I can still do."
The man's dark eyes seemed like the deep and calm sea surface, yet filled with unknown danger.
He straightened up and lowered his eyes, and there was a seductive graininess in his deep voice:
"Since you can choose the Qi family——"
"Why can't you consider me?"
Time seemed to be suddenly frozen at this moment.
The breeze blew across the girl's face, blowing her hair that was scattered around her shoulders slightly.
Xia Li raised his hand and tucked his hair behind his ears. He was about to speak but was interrupted by a sudden voice not far away.
"Li Li!"
Xia Li was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Su Jing and Xia Youming returning from a business trip with suitcases.
"Mom and Dad?"
Because their family had no money, Su Jing and Xia Youming, who were accustomed to flying, had to take the green train for more than ten hours before returning to the capital.
Just by looking at them from a distance, Xia Li could clearly see that the expressions on their faces seemed a little more tired.
"Li Li, this is -" Xia Youming swallowed back the words "boyfriend" he was about to blurt out the moment he walked in and saw the man's face clearly.
"Thank you, Mr. Xie?"
Xie Yin looked at Xia Youming and Su Jing, who were much more haggard than before, and he greeted them calmly.
"Mr. Xia, Mr. Su."
"Mr. Xie..." Xia Youming looked at Xie Yin and then at Xia Li, who was standing next to him. For a moment, he didn't know how to ask.
Xie Yin got straight to the point:
"That's right, I heard that Mr. Xia and Mr. Su's companies are facing the risk of bankruptcy."
Hearing this, Xia Youming waved his hands and sighed:
"Hey, to tell you the truth, this company's capital chain has suddenly broken in the past six months, and we owe a lot of debt. How can we be facing bankruptcy? It's just that we haven't declared bankruptcy in public yet."
Because the capital chain was broken, many employees left.
The remaining two of them, the couple, are trying hard to run the company well again, but how can it be so simple?
In the past six months, Xia Youming and Su Jing borrowed all the money they could.
But it still can't fill the company's vacancies.
Xie Yin said calmly: "Miss Xia and I were discussing this matter just now, but I have a good way to help the Xia family come back to life."
Xia Youming asked: "Mr. Xie, what can I do?"
"The Xie family is willing to help you, but the premise is-"
Xie Yin's eyes slowly fell on Xia Li, and his thin lips opened slightly:
"Let Miss Xia marry me for a year."
What he can bring to the Xia family is not only to restore their capital chain, but more importantly, with the support of the Xie family, the Xia family will no longer be looked down upon.
As soon as he heard the words "fake marriage", Xia Youming's face turned gloomy.
But in order not to offend Xie Yin, he forced a smile on his face:
"Mr. Xie, this is the only daughter in our family."
Even though there was a forced smile on his face, Xia Youming's tone was slightly angry:
"Although our Xia family is in a recession right now, I, Xia Youming, will not be reduced to selling my daughter!"
It's just because of the engagement with the Qi family.
But he really couldn't afford to offend Xie Yin, and he didn't want to ruin his daughter's future in Xie Yin's hands.
They all hang out in the circle, so Xia Youming naturally knows what kind of person Xie Yin is.
Such a person is cold and cruel.
Marrying your daughter to him, whether it is a real marriage or a fake marriage, is to exchange your daughter's life for the future of the Xia family.
Xia Li reached out and carefully tugged on Xia Youming's clothes, and softly called "Dad".
Xie Yin lightly raised his lower lip:
"It doesn't matter. I can give Mr. Xia, Mr. Su, and Miss Xia time to think about it."
"If you think about it one day, Miss Xia can come to me."
-
Xia Youming and Su Jing were obviously startled when they saw Ye Ye suddenly appearing at home.
Xia Li quickly explained:
"Mr. Xie said he was on a business trip two days ago and asked me to help him take care of his dog."
Xia Youming looked at Ye Ye who was wagging his tail and rubbing his head against Xia Li's calf, but didn't say anything.
He walked to the living room and poured himself a glass of water: "Li Li, what's going on between you and Xie Yin?"
"When I was at the temple in Hong Kong City, it suddenly started raining heavily. Mr. Xie was kind enough to take me for a ride."
After changing his shoes, Xia Li knelt down and touched Ye Ye’s head:
"I accompanied Qi Du to a dinner party last time. I didn't expect Mr. Xie to be there."
As for what happened next——
Whenever she needs help, Xie Yin can always appear at the critical moment.
This feeling, inexplicably, has a sense of déjà vu in an idol drama.
When the heroine encounters difficulties, the hero is always the first to appear by her side.
Xia Youming silently took a sip of the tea at hand: "Li Li, Xie Yin is very dangerous."
Xia Li watched as his father slowly placed the tea cup in his hand on the coffee table in front of him.
"You'd better stay away from him."
"I know, Dad."
At night, Xia Li, who was painting in the room, suddenly heard a quarrel coming from the living room.
She pushed open the bedroom door in confusion, stuck her head out, and saw her parents talking cheerfully to the people outside the door.
"Can't you pay back the money this month?"
Standing outside the door was a tall and thick man, with one hand against the door frame and a knife in the other.
The tip of the knife was pointed in front of Xia Youming and Su Jing.
Xia Youming said angrily: "Please, please give me a few more days. I promise to pay back the money right away..."
The sound was neither loud nor quiet, and just reached Xia Li's ears.
"How many times has this happened?"
The strong man at the door frowned and his voice was fierce.
The hand holding the knife moved up and down.
"Let me tell you, our boss said that the reason why I lent you the money was just out of a little affection back then. If you don't pay back the money this month, your whole family will die."
After the words fell, the strong man snorted and turned around to leave.
Until the strong man left completely.
Su Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
She closed the door gently and whispered:
"You said that when he asked us to borrow money, we gave it to him without saying a word, and we never had any intention of asking him to pay it back. Now..."
Su Jing shook her head and sighed.
The two turned their heads and saw Xia Li walking out of the room at some point and standing in the corridor.
"Li Li, why did you come out?" Su Jing asked.
Xia Li's eyes were a little moist. She seemed to have made up her mind and said with a trembling voice:
"Dad, Mom. I've thought about it clearly."
"I want to marry Xie Yin."
As she finished speaking, a tear fell from the end of her eyes.
The teardrop slowly flowed down her cheek, and finally disappeared on the floor.
Xia Li's words echoed in the quiet living room corridor, but they were like needles pricking his heart.
Xia Youming's tone couldn't help but raise a few points:
"Li Li, do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know dad."
Xia Li raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face.
"Mom and Dad, you are under too much pressure. I don't want you to have to work so hard anymore."
Marrying Xie Yin, she didn't know what would happen.
But at least Xie Yin said that he could bring the Xia family back to life.
For the Xia family, for her parents, she is willing.
She was willing to spend a year in exchange.
"Li Li, no matter how stressed and hard our parents are, you are our baby. Letting you marry Xie Yin is not..."
Xia Youming was a little incoherent and patted his thigh anxiously:
"This is sending you to the tiger's mouth!"
