Lin Xiao Feng's Reason

Lin Xiao Feng walked into the room and An Nuan trailed closely after him.

The sound of the door closing behind him made Lin Xiao Feng hesitate about his decision. He was the one who volunteered to take the groom's place and marry. However, thinking about An Nuan's reaction made him a little scared.

"Xiao Feng?"

Lin Xiao Feng snapped out of his thoughts as he listened to An Nuan's soft voice behind him. He pursed his lips, noticing the slight hoarse in An Nuan's voice.

Slowly, Lin Xiao Feng turned around. 

An Nuan's reddened eyes were too apparent. She looked like she wanted to cry. However, An Nuan was doing her best to calm down.

"What do you want to say to me?" An Nuan asked. "You..." Her eyes on Lin Xiao Feng became complicated. "Why do you want to take the place of the substitute groom?"

"Then, are you going to marry a stranger instead?"

An Nuan lowered her gaze. She opened and closed her mouth a few times but in the end, she could not form a reply.

"Lin Xiao Feng, you are probably here wanting to convince me that my idea is too stupid, right?"

An Nuan reckoned that Lin Xiao Feng probably took her away, wanting to knock some sense into her instead of agreeing to go through the wedding with her.

The two of them have known each other for a long time. Lin Xiao Feng probably thought that she would listen to his advice.

As the thought came to her mind, An Nuan held her skirt a little tighter. 

She already made her decision.

Whatever happened, she will not back down.

An Nuan knew that she was being wilful. But just this once...

"No." Lin Xiao Feng answered after a brief silence between them. "I am not going to convince you to back off from your plan. An Nuan, I'm here to tell you that if you need someone as a substitute groom, you should consider me."

Lin Xiao Feng was quite tall, probably because he played a lot of basketball during high school with a bunch of the boys in his group. When An Nuan wanted to look at him, she would have to tilt her head up slightly.

An Nuan was worried that her neck would be sore if she stared at this man for too long.

There was a hint of surprise in An Nuan's eyes. She was finding it hard to believe that Lin Xiao Feng would want to play along.

"Instead of marrying just anyone... An Nuan, don't you think it is better to marry someone you know?" Lin Xiao Feng continued when An Nuan stayed silent for a long time. "We have known each other for a while. We can get along well."

"Why?" An Nuan's eyes turned sharper. "Lin Xiao Feng, why do you want to help me? What will you get if you help me?"

Lin Xiao Feng's face remained calm despite An Nuan's probing gaze. No one knew that his heart was in turbulence. 

An Nuan decided to find a substitute groom on a whip. He was not different than An Nuan. He also did not think too much when he decided to take the place.

When he heard that An Nuan wanted to marry just anyone... Lin Xiao Feng's heart trembled. He knew that if he did not step in, he would lose the chance forever.

"I have my reason," Lin Xiao Feng said. "An Nuan, you should know that most of my friends were married one by one."

An Nuan knew Lin Xiao Feng and his group of brothers. They have been together since they were younger. Although she was not close to them, a few of them were also An Nuan's classmates.

"My elders were getting worried," Lin Xiao Feng continued. "Recently, they were pressing me to attend a blind date."

Lin Xiao Feng's expression turned darker as he thought about attending a blind date.

His good brother, Qi Zheng was the first to attend. Seeing that he had found his match in a blind date program, his grandfather began to think that he should attend the blind date as well.

Recently, he heard that Su Ming Yuan was made to attend a blind date by his grandfather as well. 

Lin Xiao Feng had come up with a lot of excuses to avoid going. At this time, he could still avoid attending the blind date. However, Lin Xiao Feng knew that he could not resist for too long.

"An Nuan, you should know that I have recently been busy with my political career in Capital City. I don't have time to go on a blind date and have an intention to marry at this time," Lin Xiao Feng came up with his excuse. "However, I also knew that it would not be long before I could stop my elders from pushing a few girls towards me. I just thought that rather than going on a blind date and marrying just anyone, isn't it better for me to marry you?"

An Nuan stared at Lin Xiao Feng for a long time as if wanting to see if this man was telling her the truth or if he had another intention.

"So, we are both using each other?" An Nuan asked.

Lin Xiao Feng shrugged. "If that is how you wanted to see it. But An Nuan, we both had something we wanted through this alliance. An Nuan, I don't know why you wanted to find a substitute. But I can assure you that I will do my best to protect you. I can help you with whatever you have in plan."

An Nuan's heart moved.

"You don't need to do anything much for me. I just wanted someone to be my wife so that my elders would stop pressuring me about my marriage," Lin Xiao Feng said.

"Your elders... They won't agree." An Nuan remembered that Lin Xiao Feng's elders were quite strict. There was no way that they would agree to Lin Xiao Feng marrying her just like this.

"You don't have to worry about them. I will talk to them and they will agree to this marriage," Lin Xiao Feng said. "As for your elders... you can leave them to me as well. I will talk to them and let them agree to this marriage."