Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Guarantee Letter Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Guarantee Letter Sheng Tingyuan looked at the medical book in her hand indifferently, “I thought all your books were just for show, but it turns out they’re useful. I wonder if the author would regret writing it if he knew you’re using it like a brick.”

Coincidentally, the lead author of this book is An Huadong, and Lin Chuyi and Chi Cheng have also contributed to its compilation, so their prominent names are listed on it as well.

She immediately opened the title page and showed it to Sheng Tingyuan, “I’m one of the authors, do you think I’d regret writing it?”

Sheng Tingyuan glanced at it and said, “How much did the Ye Family pay for you to have the right to sign your name on this book?”

“You’re the one who doesn’t even dare to use your real name, you must be guilty, right?”

“Fortunately, I’m using a fake name, I won’t have to be embarrassed with you after we get married.”

Lin Chuyi covered her forehead, why was this man so annoying? Was she really going to marry a man with such a sharp tongue? Was it still possible to switch the arranged marriage partner to Sheng Huai’an now?

Sheng Tingyuan looked at her exasperated expression and inexplicably laughed for a moment.

But his smile quickly faded; he grabbed Lin Chuyi’s arm and pulled her to leave, “Let’s go get our marriage certificate.”

Lin Chuyi: “…”

“I already said today won’t work, why are you still insisting on getting the certificate?!”

“Is it just today that doesn’t work? When will you be available?”

“Tomorrow will work!”

“Trying to trick me again? Today delay till tomorrow, tomorrow till the day after, and then another three days after that, do you think my mother can wait?”

“I swear, tomorrow will definitely work!”

“Last time I gave you three days, you were even more serious than now. I believed you, and what happened? You used me and then dumped me.”

“This time it’s real! I promise!”

“Then go and write a guarantee letter.”

“What?! Write a guarantee letter? Are you a primary school student?”

“If you don’t write it, let’s go get the certificate now.”

“Fine, I’ll write, I’ll write!”

Lin Chuyi, having no choice, sat down at the desk and began to write the guarantee letter.

She wrote down a line in her casebook swiftly, then tore it out and handed it to Sheng Tingyuan, “Is this okay now?”

Upon looking, Sheng Tingyuan saw that she had written flamboyantly: I guarantee that I will obtain the marriage certificate with Sheng Tingyuan tomorrow!

He couldn’t help but frown, knowing she had started to play tricks again, “Who knows which day tomorrow is? With the way you’ve written it, tomorrow will never come.”

Lin Chuyi glared at him, took back the paper, and added a date.

Sheng Tingyuan: “Sign, and put your fingerprint.”

Lin Chuyi added her signature and pressed her fingerprint.

However, the name she wrote was Ye Chuyi.

Sheng Tingyuan took the guarantee letter and hesitated slightly upon seeing the name she signed, “Is this your real name?”

“Yes!”

“How come I remember you having a different name?”

“That is my name.”

Lin Chuyi said with certainty, “Mr. Sheng, you wouldn’t confuse the names of other women with mine, would you? I hope you sort out all those messy relationships before we get married, as I don’t want to hear another woman’s name from you next time.”

Sheng Tingyuan: “…” Her spirit of retaliation was quite strong, he warned her yesterday, and today she returned the favor.

However, he indeed couldn’t remember his fiancee’s name; to be strict, he had never paid attention to what his fiancee was called.

He folded the guarantee letter neatly and put it in his suit pocket before he walked out, “I’ll come again tomorrow.”

Lin Chuyi watched him leave and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At last, she got rid of him, like dealing with a living King of Hell, urging her every day to get the marriage certificate as if he were hastening her to her grave, enough to drive even a ghost to madness.

No wonder Ye Shuangyin had eloped, even she was starting to think about running away.

The morning passed quickly, and in the afternoon, Lin Chuyi received a call from Madam Ye, saying that Du Yu’s family had agreed to have a proper talk with her.

In the evening, she drove to the Du Family’s home.

Thanks to Madam Ye’s mediation, this was the first time the Du family was willing to speak calmly with her. Lin Chuyi talked with them for a long, long time.

When she left the Du family, the night was deep, and the sky was studded with stars.

Madam Ye came to pick her up, “How did it go? Did you gain anything?”

Lin Chuyi felt heavy-hearted, “Nothing, Du Yu’s son, Du Xiaoguang, says he’s an eyewitness. He saw with his own eyes how my dad killed his dad.”

“But my dad said he didn’t kill anyone, he never confessed from the very beginning, and there was no surveillance video back then to prove that he killed someone.”

Madam Ye, however, said, “Du Xiaoguang was young at that time, he might have seen it wrong. Don’t worry, I’ll get them to write a letter of understanding, let’s get your dad out first.”

Lin Chuyi’s heart was still uneasy; she wanted not only her dad to be released, she wanted to find the real culprit from that year, to clear her father of the wrongful accusation.

Madam Ye handed her a card holder.

Lin Chuyi took it, opened it, and inside was her new identity card, with the surname and residence registration already changed.

From now on, she would be known as Ye Chuyi.

Madam Ye’s voice carried a faint distance, “Xiaoyi, come home, you’ll stay at our house tonight, your room has already been prepared.”