Chapter 15 Forever Bound
The eighth day of the eighth lunar month—the date Shen Zhiye’s uncle had carefully chosen for us.
That day, we got married.
Shen Zhiye had shed his usual careless attitude. His suit was impeccable, hair perfectly styled—he actually looked every inch the Shen family heir.
I wore the mermaid wedding gown he’d designed himself, the hem encrusted with dazzling, almost ostentatious diamonds.
He held my hand tightly, whispering nonstop into my ear.
“Wife, you’re so beautiful! I can’t stop looking!
“How did I get so lucky to marry such an amazing wife!
“Wife, come closer—I really want to kiss you!”
The audience was filled with Jiang City’s elite, yet Shen Zhiye acted like an infatuated boy, holding me on stage and chattering away.
His love was loud and flamboyant, just like him.
Once he decided on something, he wanted the whole world to know.
My gaze swept over the empty family seats on my side—only my best friend sat there alone.
But my heart was strangely calm.
After Zhao Weiye was taken to the station, he confessed under intense questioning that Gu Qingqing had put him up to everything.
Gu Qingqing was arrested that same day.
My parents scrambled for connections to get her out, but under the Shen family’s pressure, no one dared touch the Gu family.
When their efforts failed, they actually threatened to disown me unless I stepped in to save Gu Qingqing.
Looking at their familiar yet unfamiliar faces, I finally asked the question that had weighed on me for years.
“I’m your real daughter—why have you only ever cared about Gu Qingqing?”
Dad stayed silent.
Mom’s eyes flickered with guilt as she stammered.
“She’s been with us all these years… we grew attached.”
I nodded and calmly signed the disownment papers under their stunned gazes.
“Wife, time for the rings!”
Shen Zhiye’s quiet reminder pulled me back.
He knelt solemnly on one knee before me, eyes red but still stubborn.
“Daring to zone out during our wedding—does that mean next time you’ll dare to stop loving me?
“I can’t let that slide. I have to punish you severely!”
As the ring slid onto my finger, his fingertip lightly tickled my palm like a feather.
When our eyes met, his were filled with nothing but deep love.
“Then your punishment is to never leave me for the rest of your life.”