Before My Withering [枯萎之前]

Chapter 24

It turned out that Qi Shu truly wanted to marry me.

I sat on the leather sofa in the high-end clothing store, scanning the luxurious and exquisite suits and wedding dresses displayed on the window. It felt especially surreal.

The store manager said that they had gotten my size chart last month. The best craftsmen were invited to speed up the work and made four sets of dresses. Today I just need to try to see if there's anything that didn't fit, so they could take it back and change it.

Four dresses, sets of two black white. It had a harmonious appeal to it, with the bowties in an assortment of colors.

Qi Shu pointed to one of the white pairs and said, "Try that one."

I changed to it, and he'd also put on a black clothing.

Two people faced the mirror, one was handsome, tall and dazzling. The other was a pale, thin man with an ugly scar on his forehead.

Regardless of what kind of person he is, Qi Shu's skin could be considered flawless.

Yet no matter how I look at him, it didn't match him.

He took the bow tie in the store manager's hand and put it on for me, his action close to gentle.

After he wore it, he caressed the back of my neck and sighed almost imperceptibly.

——Because there's no gland there?

If you don't like being with a beta, why'd you want to marry me?

Only one possibility had come to mind after a long time: Qi Shu was angry with his grandfather and had purposefully wanted to be married to a beta who wasn't surnamed Wen.

The store manager had praised us with a tone lining between sincerity and flattery.

I think she'd been fascinated by money, since even the six-figure haute couture also looked good on a beggar.

Qi Shu held me from behind and circled his arms around me. He looked in the mirror and asked, "Have I ever told you that you looked as if you're thinking about having an affair?"

No. He'd once evaluated my appearance as vulgar, shallow and decadent.

I don't get it. Why does he always think I'm seducing him and other alphas?

Thinking about having an affair similarly sounded like a bad word.

Before I went out, I took off the necklace he'd given me and put it at the headboard of the bed. He saw it, but he didn't say anything.

Right now, as well. I didn't respond, but he wasn't angry.

It seemed as if something had changed about him, but I had no interest in getting to the bottom of it.

All four sets were tried one by one. In the end, Qi Shu had made the decision for me, saying that the first set was the best.

The lingering effects of the cold easily made me tired. I sat on the sofa watching the store manager suggest to him to slim the waistline a little more. I didn't bother to interrupt.

The glass door of the store squeakily opened as I sat there in a daze, and a tall and thin man strutted in.

The moment I saw him coming, my eyes unconsciously widened and I straightened my sitting form.

"S-Senior Wen Yan.."

Wen Yan wore a silver-gray silk shirt, half of his hair casually tucked behind his ears, and a faint smile hung on his face.