Contract (2)
Feng Xinying continued, "You see you look like my husband a lot. The problem is that he is not feeling well, which we cannot tell anyone. So we were looking for someone to replace him as my husband for others to see on the façade. Someone told me about you and I went to look for you."
He listened to her with rapt attention trying to make the head or tail out of it.
However, when I reached your place I saw that you were shot at and I had to bring you to the hospital. For one month I have stopped going outside and somehow managed it but now it is getting tough. I have to attend so many functions and parties. So you have to be there with me acting as my husband Xie Yuansheng but this is only until my husband is well again."
Xie Yuansheng listened to Feng Xinying with rapt attention. Once she finished, he said, "Oh, so that is why you were so keen."
"Keen on what?" she asked, perplexed by the way he sounded. It looked as if he was doing her a favor.