We’re a Perfect Match for a Stand-in Marriage

Chapter 21: Chapter Twenty-One: Fell in Love with Him?

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Hua Tang’s little face was red as she turned around to look at him. “W-Why do you keep asking me these questions? Since marriage, I placed food in the fridge and kept the roof over our heads. Did I not serve you well in and out of the house? You think I hid the money, don’t you?”

She still tried to bluff him despite having no ground to stand on. The cute sight of her spluttering in anger as her long eyelashes slightly trembled was enough to make him want to cherish her.

However, if he had to list the faults in her service… Even now, they were still sleeping separately, one on the sofa and the other on the bed. Could this be called a good thing between newlyweds?

He held back his laughter as he said, “I’m just trying to have a casual conversation. Why are you so anxious?”

Hua Tang took a deep breath. Seeing Fu Yong back down from the topic, she immediately postured and straightened her neck. “Am I anxious? I was also just having a casual chat!”

And so saying, she continued to cook, but she could feel his gaze on her. As a result of her inattention, the food was all burnt that day.

Hua Tang sighed in resignation. To protect this ‘secret,’ it seemed she couldn’t change out of her persona as the ‘Eldest Daughter of the Hua family.’

…

Chen Jingjing also knew that Bi Ying’er was making things difficult for Hua Tang, so she introduced her client to Hua Tang and even taught her a lot.

When they were having lunch, she saw that Hua Tang had ordered the cheapest vegetable dish on the menu and a bowl of rice.

She couldn’t help but ask, “Can you eat your fill with this?”

“Of course. I don’t eat much,” Hua Tang chuckled.

“This won’t do. You need stamina when you go out and sell products to potential customers. Your tiny body…” Chen Jingjing stopped speaking mid-sentence and suddenly went off on a tangent. “Your husband didn’t withhold all your money, did he?”

Hua Tang was about to speak when Mu Chi texted her. She took a look, and her mood soured a little.

Seeing this, Chen Jingjing took the phone from her and almost threw it in anger when she read the message.

“What kind of man is he, going shopping when you’re struggling here? And he has his eye on a tie that costs more than 5,000 yuan? Does he think you’re made of money?! How shameless!”

“Jingjing, keep your voice down,” Hua Tang said as she hurriedly pulled her back.

Speaking of which, she felt that Mu Chi was a little strange recently. He was enjoying the luxuries of life in various ways every day. On one occasion, when she asked him what he was doing, he simply replied, “I’m having afternoon tea.”

She followed with a query on the location of said afternoon tea, and he just took a quick photo before sending it to her in response. One look at the picture and Hua Tang was dumbfounded.

He was having tea at the Rose Grand Hotel!

Hua Tang nearly fainted at the realization. She soon received a transaction notification message from the bank. She looked at the current balance in her account, and her heart ached.

But she had to maintain her persona, so she could only pretend to be generous and let Mu Chi enjoy himself.

The afternoon tea was only one of many occasions. The balance on Hua Tang’s card was getting lower and lower.

Whenever she asked Mu Chi why, he would look at her with a faint smile and say, “Aren’t you the eldest daughter of the Hua family? Don’t tell me you can’t even bear to part with this little bit of money?”

In the end, Hua Tang deflated like a ruptured balloon and returned to her room to write the sales proposal.

However, she did not see how delighted the man behind her was, like a boy who had successfully pulled off a prank…

Currently, Hua Tang was flipping through her phone. The balance in her bank account was exactly 5,000 yuan. If Mu Chi was here right now, she wanted to beat him to death. Did he have x-ray vision?

Chen Jingjing hurriedly held her hand, having noticed Hua Tang checking her balance figure. “What are you doing? Are you really going to transfer the money to him?”

Hua Tang smiled a little witlessly. “It’s rare for him to like something. Besides, I still have a few hundred yuan of cash on me. If I live more frugally over the next few days, I can last until I get my salary. ”

“Hua Tang, why are you being so stupid? Why are you enabling him?!” Chen Jingjing simply couldn’t understand her.

If she was asked to buy things for a guy? She wouldn’t do it even on pain of death.

“I’m not enabling him…” Hua Tang fell silent. Her heart ached for Mu Chi.

When she thought about how he lost his family at such a young age, alone and destitute, and how the villagers scorned him…Her heart softened. ‘He shouldn’t have had to live like that!’

She didn’t know where such feelings came from. ‘Did I fall for Mu Chi?’

Hua Tang chuckled, “Jingjing, you don’t get it. He treats me very well.”

“Really?” Chen Jingjing thought Hua Tang was acting like a lovestruck fool.

And Hua Tang’s perception of ‘good treatment’ was slightly askew. Sure, Mu Chi avenged her when she got slighted at the bridal store. Not only did he show the staff up by buying the most expensive wedding dress in the shop, but he also asked the shop assistant to kneel for the size measurements.

However, judging by his actions, Chen Jingjing only felt the man was vain, irritable, and unreliable.

And now, he was taking Hua Tang’s savings out to have fun.

Chen Jingjing was furious at Hua Tang’s resigned attitude and lectured, “Tang Tang, marriage is not about one person giving all their money to the other. Yes, he gave you his family heirloom, but that doesn’t mean he could shirk his responsibilities and enjoy life while you work so hard to support him. A marriage takes two to make it work.”