Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Sheng Tingyuan is Her Curse Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Sheng Tingyuan is Her Curse In the Rolls-Royce, Lin Chuyi and Madam Ye sat side by side in the back seat.

“Have you thought it through?”

“I have.”

“Are you willing to marry Sheng Tingyuan and help the Ye Family with the marriage alliance?”

“I am willing.”

Madam Ye breathed a sigh of relief, her efforts had not been in vain: “Don’t worry, the Ye Family will do everything in its power to help your father, I’ll contact Du Yu’s family tonight.”

Lin Chuyi cast down her eyelashes, concealing the turbulent emotions: “Thank you.”

Human nature is so vulnerable to tests; a single prod at her weak spot and she was ready to sell herself within a day.

Even, she felt like Sheng Tingyuan had appeared a bit too late. If he had come earlier, she could have cooperated with the Ye Family sooner, and her father could have been released from prison earlier, sparing him some suffering.

Madam Ye spoke again: “There’s another issue.”

“What issue?”

“You need to change your surname, you’ll have to take the Ye surname, changing your ID and household registration; you need to be registered under the Ye Family.”

Lin Chuyi did not hesitate for even a second: “That’s fine.”

After all, she had long since not wanted to keep Lin Yueqin’s surname. It didn’t matter what she was called.

Madam Ye hadn’t expected her to be so straightforward, she admired her decisiveness: “My daughter’s name is Ye Shuangyin, and your name is already quite similar to hers. It’s fine to just change your surname, from now on, you’ll be called Ye Chuyi!”

“No problem.”

“Tomorrow I’ll get your ID and household registration changed, and the day after tomorrow you can register your marriage with Sheng Tingyuan!”

“Okay.”

Madam Ye let out a soft sigh: “The Sheng Family was carefully chosen by me and Xiaoyin’s father among many. Although it’s an arranged marriage, we didn’t want to wrong our daughter. Sheng Tingyuan has a clean private life and no bad habits, and his mother is also a very gentle person. My daughter will be comfortable marrying into their family.”

“You are fortunate. In the future, you will be the young Madam of the Sheng Family.”

Lin Chuyi did not feel fortunate at all; it was clear that both the Sheng and Ye families had their own schemes. If she were the real daughter of the Ye Family, it might be acceptable, since with her parents’ backing, her life would not be too bad.

But she was a fake, and having the Ye Family use that leverage to threaten her later would be good enough.

Yet, even if there was an abyss ahead, she wanted to leap into it and try; as long as she could clear her father’s name, she had no fear.

“Just now, Sheng Tingyuan asked me if I ran away from the engagement three years ago because of a first love.”

Lin Chuyi spoke softly: “Madam Ye, your daughter not marrying into the Sheng Family might not be such a misfortune. She chose love over an arranged marriage, and now she must be living the happy life she wanted, which is probably why she hasn’t returned.”

Madam Ye sighed again: “The Sheng Family really found out the reason for Xiaoyin’s elopement; we couldn’t keep it a secret after all. This child is stubborn, she’s never suffered since she was little. What’s the use of love? Could I harm her? I just hope the person she’s with treats her well and that she’s happy!”

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In the early morning, Lin Chuyi woke up from her sleep; last night, she hadn’t had any more nightmares.

Clearly, with hopes rising for Shi Youjin’s case, she felt much more relaxed mentally.

After getting up, washing up, and having breakfast, she went to Dome Hospital.

Upon entering the office floor, a group of people surrounded her again. Some wanted her signature, others wanted her verbal promise.

With more time on hand today, Lin Chuyi dealt with each issue in turn, and half an hour later, she finally sent the last person away and headed to her office.

But when she opened the door, she froze—Sheng Tingyuan had come again!

His voice was deep and pleasant: “Let’s go register our marriage.”

But Lin Chuyi felt he was like a curse—an incantation that only ever said ‘register our marriage,’ as if he had some kind of marriage thirst!

Lin Chuyi said with a headache: “Not today.”

“Why not today?”

Because today Madam Ye was handling her new ID and household registration.

“I can’t get away from work at the hospital; I have surgery to do.”

“Who’s so unlucky to have you do surgery on them?”

Lin Chuyi casually picked up a medical book thick as a brick: “If you don’t leave now, that unlucky person will be you.”