Yu Xi woke up with a headache. When he saw that he was in a strange and luxurious bedroom, he jumped up from the big bed in fright.

The next second, the bathroom door was slowly pushed open, and a man in a bathrobe walked out, wiping his hair with a towel in his hand.

“Awake?” Gu Beilu looked at the frightened deer and knew that the person had finally woken up.

Yu Xi stood there in amazement.

He couldn’t believe that this scene still happened. He was still sent to Gu Beilu’s room by design?! ​​Could something have happened to them?

But how is that possible? He didn’t eat anything anyone gave him yesterday…but he did have some memory loss.

“I…you…” Yu Xi felt a chill down his spine at the look in his eyes. “I didn’t ask to come here. I don’t know anything!”

Gu Beilu looked at his expression that seemed like he was about to cry, put down the towel and walked towards him.

Yu Xi became even more frightened, and when Gu Beilu stretched out his hand, he subconsciously raised his arm to cover his face.

Gu Beilu paused, picked up the cup from the bedside and put it in his hand.

“Drink it.”

Yu Xi didn’t dare to drink anything carelessly, but Gu Beilu looked like he had to watch him drink it, so the two of them were in a stalemate for a while.

“It’s not poisonous, it’s just honey water.” Gu Beilu looked at him and said.

Yu Xi looked down at the water in the cup with doubt.

Gu Beilu knew what he was thinking, took the cup, took a sip, and handed it back to him.

“If you don’t drink, I’ll feed you.”

Without saying a word, Yu Xi immediately raised his head and drank the honey water in one gulp, then placed the cup on the bedside table with both hands.

Gu Beilu felt much better when he looked at the obedient little mermaid.

He hadn’t allowed anyone to enter his room since he was three. This was the first time he woke up with someone in his bed, and he didn’t expect it to feel good.

But Yu Xi felt bad. He thought it was too scary. How come he tried so hard to avoid the trap in the original novel, but accidentally ended up on this path?

Gu Beilu sat down on the sofa: “You know who I am, right?”

Yu Xi nodded.

“How much do you remember about what happened last night?” Gu Beilu asked again.

Yu Xi honestly recalled: “Yesterday… after I came out of the VIP room, I talked to the manager in the corridor, then went to collect my salary, then went to the bag storage area to get my bag, and then left.”

His last memory was taking a few bites of the sandwich he brought with him as he walked out the back door. Thinking of this, he seemed to have discovered what the problem was. Was it the sandwich?

Gu Beilu listened to his description and nodded. It was the same as what they had investigated: “The food and mineral water in your bag were drugged when you stored it.”

Yu Xi’s eyes widened, he was too surprised to believe it: “What? Drugged?”

He was careless. He only knew that food given by outsiders should not be eaten, but he never thought that the food he brought was also unsafe.

“Yes, it was the Qian family who did it.” Gu Beilu turned around and picked up his phone. He recounted to Yu Xi what happened last night and also took out the blackmail email he received this morning.

The email included a surveillance video of his room door last night.

From the camera’s angle, Yu Xi was holding something in his hand. As soon as Gu Beilu opened the door, he rushed into the person’s arms.

Then he was carried into the room.

The action is very intimate.

Yu Xi was struck by lightning.

This is a complete frame-up! Blackmail! It’s so obscene!

The email said that if Gu didn’t pay, the video would be released tonight.

“What should I do…” Yu Xi raised his head, looking nervous.

Gu Beilu was very calm, as if the person in the video was not him: “What should I do about it?”

In contrast, Yu Xi was extremely anxious: “What if… this is to be made public?”

Gu Beilu remained calm as he took a sip of his coffee. “My image outside has always been that of a sexually apathetic workaholic. If this kind of gossip gets out, I’ll be called a hypocritical person. This will have some impact on several listed companies. A rough estimate is that the loss will be several billion yuan.”

Billions! Yu Xi quickly put down his phone, feeling it was too hot.

His every move was watched by Gu Beilu.

Gu Beilu drummed his fingers on the sofa and asked a more interested question: “Aren’t you curious about whether I did anything to you last night?”

There were so many shocking things this morning that Yu Xi only realized the seriousness of the situation now. He looked at his nose and his heart, not daring to look at Beilu: “So… is there?”

“Do you wish there was?”

Yu Xi was stunned, then shook his head firmly to prove his innocence. He didn’t want to climb into bed! It was all framed by the villains!

Gu Beilu’s face visibly darkened. He took back his phone and muttered, “You reacted pretty quickly.”

Yu Xi was eager to solve the problem: “But…what about blackmail? Have you called the police? I can come forward to testify that someone framed you.”

“How can you testify? The photos have been released. Who will listen to what you say?” Gu Beilu picked up the document beside him and handed it to Yu Xi. “However, there is a solution.”

Yu Xi’s eyes fell on the contract handed over to him, and he was stunned again.

Gu Beilu said: “We will announce our marriage to the public.”

“Get married?!” Yu Xi was overwhelmed. He was too familiar with this plot.

This is how the Qian family in the novel made Gu Beilu sign the marriage contract, and then used the name of the Gu family to bully others, and when they made trouble, they begged the original owner to help clean up the mess.

The original owner was soft-hearted and agreed every time, which often made Gu Beilu embarrassed, so he blamed all the problems on the original owner.

But Gu Beilu originally wanted to deal with the Qian family. What he had promised before was only a temporary measure. When the time came, he would take down both him and the Qian family together.

Yu Xi felt guilty and scared, and immediately revealed: “No, there is something you don’t know. I was actually the adopted son of the Qian family, and I only severed my relationship with them two years ago. If we get married, they will definitely keep causing trouble for you!”

The main reason is that he doesn’t want to be cannon fodder.

Gu Beilu said, “I know that you were once in the same household registration book with them, that’s all. Once you sign this contract, no one will dare to trouble you again.”

Yu Xi was not surprised, he knew that it would be effortless for Gu Beilu to find out his background. But because of this, he was even more worried, he could not understand the grudges between these wealthy families.

If he had been more careful yesterday, Gu’s company wouldn’t have had this trouble. But while he blamed himself, he also wanted to struggle a little more.

He just suddenly had a bold idea: “Mr. Gu… Mr. Gu, my face was not clearly captured in that video, so you can announce it to anyone, right?”

After all, all Gu Beilu wants is to eliminate this hidden danger. It’s just a formal marriage. Why not choose someone who is well-matched, so as to minimize the risks and maximize the benefits.

Yu Xi suddenly felt that he was really smart.

But after hearing this, Gu Beilu’s eyes darkened again: “Anyone? Who do you think I am?”

The oppressive feeling brought by the cold voice made Yu Xi feel horrified: “That’s not what I meant. I know that you are not a casual person, Mr. Gu. I just… think you have better choices.”

Gu Beilu didn’t continue the topic, and just said lightly: “Don’t rush to refuse, take a look at the conditions I offer.”

It was written in black and white that once the contract was signed, Yu Xi would immediately receive a sum of money. Apart from living together, they would not interfere with each other and Yu Xi could continue to go to school. The contract period was three years.

Considering that Yu Xi might refuse the money, Gu Beilu said to him: “This money is not given to you by me, but owed to you by the Qian family.”

“Qian family?” Yu Xi unconsciously clenched the documents in his hand.

“You wanted to cut off your relationship with them back then, but you suffered a lot, right?” Gu Beilu looked at his reaction and understood, “You are now being targeted by their people. If you walk out of this hotel empty-handed today, do you know what the consequences will be?”

When Yu Xi proposed to end the relationship with the Qian family, Qian Dacai also put forward harsh conditions. At that time, the beverage brand under the Qian family launched a new product, and the target group was young people. The planning team had signed a small internet celebrity who had just been admitted to the film academy to shoot an advertisement, but the subsequent negotiations broke down. Time was urgent and the team could not find a suitable person for a while. When they were in a state of panic, Qian Dacai pushed Yu Xi over and said that this was the condition for ending the relationship.

At that time, Yu Xi didn’t know that he had to shoot several series of commercials, and the spring, summer, autumn and winter series had to be shot within a week. It was December, and he had to go to the beach to shoot summer scenes. After the shooting, he had a fever that night and was admitted to the hospital. He had to continue shooting the next day despite being sick.

Yu Xi is good-looking, and his temperament is perfectly in line with the product’s positioning. The advertisement caused a sensation as soon as it was launched, and sales set a record, but he did not get a penny.

“Your labor fee is enough for you to study with peace of mind.” Gu Beilu leaned forward slightly, “As long as you help me get through this difficult time. You can study any major you want, and don’t worry about the rest.”

When the assistant told him that Yu Xi had filmed a commercial for the Qian family, he finally understood why the Little Mermaid looked so familiar when he saw him in the hotel.

*

At noon, a piece of news made the headlines.

Gu Group announced that CEO Gu Beilu is married.

Marriages between wealthy families are usually business marriages. Just when everyone was guessing which family the other party was the heir to, Gu Beilu also updated his personal account, showing off his red book and a pair of wedding rings, and said that his lover was not a celebrity and he did not want his private life to be interfered with too much.

In the photo, it is obviously a pair of male rings.

Cheng Liang worked overtime all night and woke up at noon. When he opened his mobile phone, he was bombarded with news.

In shock, he called Gu Beilu’s cell phone: “Excuse me, have I been unconscious for a year? What did I miss?”

On the other end of the phone, Gu Beilu, who was driving Yu Xi back to the old house to meet his parents, said calmly: “I’m married. Didn’t you see the news? I won’t tell you yet. My parents want to meet my wife.”

Hearing this, Yu Xi took a deep breath in the passenger seat and sat even stiffer. It had been less than three hours since he signed the contract, and he hadn’t even gotten used to his new identity yet, and he was about to follow Gu Beilu home.

He hadn’t figured out how to face Gu Beilu, and now he had to face the elders of the Gu family. It was simply too difficult.

Gu Beilu also said that they must not let their parents find out their true colors and that they had to act like a real newlywed couple.

How do real newlyweds act?

Yu Xi just used his mobile phone to search the Internet, and two minutes later he closed the search page with a red face.