Recently, after witnessing Chu Lianghua and Li Li’s unwavering commitment, Shang Dongyuan suddenly felt that marriage wasn’t as bad as he imagined.

Moreover, during this time with Chu Xiaoge, coming home each day to see her and Chuchu waiting for him filled his heart with contentment.

Throughout his life, fame and fortune have come easily to him.

Whenever people outside mention him, most look at him with envy.

But who knew, no matter how dazzling the exterior, when he returned home at night, he was always alone, reading documents in his study, alone on a cold pillow...

He wasn’t like Wen Yaonan, who could indulge himself outside, doing whatever he liked, surrounded by a mob of friends.

He is the son of the Shang Family; his every word and action represent the family’s face.

He wouldn’t let himself be so self-indulgent.

Having lived for thirty years, only now has he found a little stability in his life.

And at this moment, when he’s saying these things, he actually means he wants to marry Chu Xiaoge.

The feeling came too suddenly, so suddenly that he hadn’t yet made careful considerations or plans, and impulsively told Chu Xiaoge.

He wanted to probe her heart, to see what kind of heart she held towards him.

Unfortunately, the time Chu Xiaoge and Shang Dongyuan truly spent together is only over twenty days.

Can over twenty days be enough to achieve a heart-to-heart connection with a complete stranger?

Chu Xiaoge thought it was impossible, so she naturally assumed that Shang Dongyuan had found his once-beloved woman, and he must want to marry Panpan, right?

Indeed, she was just a passerby in his life, a pawn, nothing more.

The woman who could marry him and live with him was the one named Panpan.

Even though Chu Xiaoge’s heart was already in turmoil at this moment, she still gritted her teeth, trying to use a joyful mood to bless him.

"You want to get married? Congratulations."

Chu Xiaoge’s heart has always been simple.

She doesn’t want to consider so many external factors like money, power, family feuds; she doesn’t care about them.

Between her and Shang Dongyuan, things were really just that simple.

Maybe others, knowing their relationship was based on thirteen thousand, would recklessly mock and ridicule this relationship.

But she didn’t care about these things; she never felt thirteen thousand was a barrier; she only knew that in these past twenty days, she truly loved this man well.

And Chuchu truly received fatherly love well.

This... was enough.

A person’s life is actually very short.

In the blink of an eye, decades would have passed.

She just wanted to do things she absolutely wanted to do in her lifetime.

So, anything else really isn’t important.

Listening to Chu Xiaoge’s congratulations, Shang Dongyuan’s heart became excited.

He couldn’t help but start to envision what their wedding should be like.

Once everything settled, he would certainly hold a wedding with her properly.

"It’s late, let’s rest." After Shang Dongyuan finished speaking, he leaned over, lifted her horizontally into his arms, and walked towards the spacious bed.

Chu Xiaoge rested her head on his shoulder and quietly closed her eyes.

A string of crystalline droplets silently slipped into the crook of his arm.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace.

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Thanks to the paternity test report provided by Dean Zhu, Lou Xining surrendered and could only assist Shang Dongyuan.