100 years before Divorce - Chapter 254

The growing ominous feeling inside Guan Xian makes him restless. He couldn’t stop his heart from aching until he witnessed Xia Sha’s long eyelashes fluttering like a butterfly wing. Once those beautiful brown eyes met him, Guan Xian couldn’t stop himself from taking a step closer toward Xia Sha.

“Hey, how are you feeling?” Guan Xian’s voice came out hoarse as he tried not to crush Xia Sha’s hand on his grip.

Xia Sha unclasp her dry lips and try to slip a weak smile in between her pale face. Her mellow gaze fell on Guan Xian as she shook her head, “I feel like shit. Thank you for asking.”

Guan Xian wasn’t expecting a joke after those mellow gazes. He’s about to call the doctor when Xia Sha suddenly averts her gaze and guiltily says, “How’s the situation right now? I should delay the opening night if it’s too dire.”

Delaying the opening night means postponing the wedding ceremony she had planned indirectly. It would be inconsiderate for them to get married and flaunt their happiness after such an accident that takes a human’s life.

Forget about the company or personal image. Xia Sha felt even though she was breathing normally- she constantly felt suffocated every time the news crossed her mind.

Obviously, Guan Xian could’ve seen through everything as he looked so calm when Xia Sha apologized.

“Guan Xian, I’m sorry.”

“You know, for someone who fainted, you think a lot. How could you do that?” Guan Xian let out a low chuckle, poking Xia Sha’s pointy nose gently as he says, “I understand. You are considerate. It’s alright. We will go with your arrangement.”

There’s not a slight tone of complaint or sarcasm in Guan Xian’s proper answer. It’s so thoughtful that it makes something change in Xia Sha’s gaze toward him. Her eyes filled with admiration and compassion that Guan Xian saw from her before. It left a deep impression for a long time that even after a long time, Guan Xian would sometimes think of this moment.

Guan Xian wants to ask Xia Sha about the change, but she quickly blinks her eyes and hides the ambiguous act.

“So, you won’t get angry even though we need to postpone the wedding. I recall that you’ve been working hard about it lately,” Xia Sha playfully raised her eyebrow.

It took a second moment of silence before Xia Sha squinted her eyes and suddenly turned suspicious of Guan Xian.

“Ah! You are reconsidering this whole marriage, aren’t you? You found it too soon! Or because it’s getting closer, you got a wedding jitter, and suddenly your commitment issues kicking in back!”

Xia Sha’s words come so fast that Guan Xian’s eyes twitched.

Guan Xian: “…”

“Haven’t you read too many novels in your spare time? Can you hear yourself accusing me of reconsidering this whole marriage?” Guan Xian furrowed his eyebrow. He doesn’t look pleased by Xia Sha’s mischievous word of accusations.

“What?” Xia Sha blinked her eyes several times as if she was the innocent victim.

Guan Xian is about to flare his anger when he catches the sight of the IV needle on Xia Sha’s fair hand. A loud sigh of I’m-not-going-to-fight-you comes out of his mouth before he holds Xia Sha’s hand dearly and explains patiently.

“My dearest future Guan madam, I make the first move. I proposed to you and basically left you no other choice than marry me. I tricked you into this marriage?! Dare to say I’m reconsidering my whole masterpiece plan?!” Guan Xian’s eyes almost popped out from its socket as he let out his internal screams in a modest way.

Guan Xian’s reaction had Xia Sha giggles. Her voice sounded so sweet that it softened Guan Xian’s heart instantly.

“Laugh for all you want. I’m still marrying you,” Guan Xian scoffed jokingly.

“I won’t! I won’t marry you! I won’t!” Xia Sha said to annoy Guan Xian.

Her provocation gets into Guan Xian’s nerve effortlessly. Guan Xian looks riled up as he presses his lips into a thin line, “Marry! You will marry me!”

“Blah! Blah! Blah!” Xia Sha let out her tongue.

“!!!”

“Xia Sha!” Guan Xian calls out frustratedly.

“You are so dead!”

“You are so dead!” Xia Sha mimicked Guan Xian’s serious voice.

“Xia Sha, have you hit your head with something?” Guan Xian furrowed his eyebrow, starting to feel weird.

“Xia Sha, have you hit your head with something?” Xia Sha still mimicked Guan Xian.

“Must’ve eaten the wrong medication,” Guan Xian murmured as he ignored Xia Sha’s antics.

“Must’ve eaten the wrong medication.”

Guan Xian: “…”

Xia Sha: “…”

How can you mimic silence?

After bickering with Guan Xian for another ten minutes, Xia Sha finally feels tired. She let out a sigh as she closed her eyes, “Ah, I guess God must’ve wanted me to rest. He had me woke up in a hospital bed twice this week.”

The corner of Guan Xian’s eyes twitched after hearing Xia Sha’s conscience. He wrinkled his nose and quietly jabbed, “It’s good that you finally reflected on your life.”

Feeling a sharp gaze fallen on his back, Guan Xian innocently added, “You wouldn’t listen even if I ask until my mouth started to foam. I’m thankful that God had helped me.”

Xia Sha: “…”

Fine! It’s all fair now. I’ve made you speechless, and you’ve made me an unreasonable woman.

“Alright, so, what do you want to do?” Guan Xian inquires to help Xia Sha solve her current problem.

“I-” Xia Sha hung her sentence before she thoughtfully answered, “I want to play monopoly.”

Guan Xian tilted his head and looked at Xia Sha in disbelief, “What did you say?”

Has he lost her mind, or Xia Sha’s head is injured somewhere. There is no way Xia Sha couldn’t understand what he tried to imply here. Watching her lay on the bed with a look carefree instead of jumping out from the bed and running to clear the problem somehow felt surreal to Guan Xian.

“I said, I want to play monopoly,” Xia Sha repeated with a louder voice. A slight pout on her face made Guan Xian flustered. He nodded his head mindlessly, “Okay, I’ll ask Tang Yu Bin to buy a monopoly.”

“Yey, monopoly,” Xia Sha cheered.

The troubled Guan Xian gradually relaxed after they chatted and played monopoly for a while. Neither Guan Xian nor Xia Sha wanted to lose. Every round, they would negotiate and bicker to get an advantage. The game got dragged for a long hour.

When Guan Xian declared his bankruptcy, Xia Sha finally let out a heartful laugh.

“Hahaha, turn out you are the evil capitalist,” Guan Xian mocked Xia Sha with a straight face.

Xia Sha let out her tongue and made the monopoly money into a fan, “As they said, Monkey see and to better.”

“You are so going to rotten our child,” Guan Xian mumbles as he stretches his body.

Guan Xian said those words mindlessly, but Xia Sha got dumbfounded for a moment as she stared straight at Guan Xian with an unfathomable gaze. The smile on Guan Xian’s smile slowly turned into a nervous one.

“What?” he blushed, suddenly acting like a shy high school girl.

“Well, I have something that I want to give you,” Xia Sha confessed, suddenly pulling out a small booklet from her pillow.

Guan Xian was confused when he recognized the book. He raised his eyebrow and asked, “Why do you hide your household registration under your pillow?”

Under Guan Xian’s confused gaze, Xia Sha wiggled her eyebrow as she explained, “Well, you’ll understand later.”

Guan Xian is about to ask another question when someone covers his eyes. His first instinct facing the sudden attack was his martial move. However, the attacker seems to anticipate his movement even lock Guan Xian’s body.

“Jian Jun! What are you doing?!” Guan Xian shouted as soon as he knew his attacker.

“That’s fast,” Jian Jun sounded impressed as he held Guan Xian’s body.

“What you guys are doing?” Guan Xian frantically shouted when he sensed more movement around him. He knew there was Ji Cun Xi from his mischievous giggle and Wang Kai’s presence from his heavy footsteps.

“Brother, please forgive me and don’t hold grudges. It is for your good, I promise!” Suddenly Xiao Ni took a step closer to Guan Xian and put something on his mouth so that he no longer could speak.

“Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!” Guan Xian tried to revolt and released himself.

“What is he trying to say?” Ji Cun Xi asks out of curiosity.

“Em, he probably said he would avenge himself later, and we should be prepared,” Xia Sha squinted her eyes and tried to guess.

“Hmph!” Guan Xian yells again.

“Now?” Ji Cun Xi asks for another translation to Xia Sha.

“He said yes,” Xia Sha nodded her head, confident with her answer. Guan Xian also nods along, confirming Xia Sha’s translation.

Ji Cun Xi looks back and forth at Xia Sha and Guan Xian. He leans closer to Xiao Ni and whispers loudly, “Married couple is so weird and creepy.”

Wang Kai suddenly pulls Xiao Ni to his side and looks at Ji Cun Xi with a weird gaze.

Ji Cun Xi: “…”

Jian Jun looks at his friends with a hopeless face. Ignoring their weird antics, he turns to Xia Sha and nods his head.

“Everything is ready.”