Chapter 52. Aren't you exhausted

"Mu Ru isn't even nineteen yet, is she?"

Nangong Xun spoke to Dongfang Mo in a kinder tone.

"I don't think you have read the marriage law. Our country's marriage law stipulates that only men above twenty-two years old and women above twenty years old can get a marriage certificate. May I ask, President Dongfang, have you and Xi Muru gotten a marriage certificate?"

Dongfang Mo fell silent. He and Xi Muru have not secured a marriage certificate yet. Xi Muru was not old enough, and even if she was, he had not even thought of getting a marriage certificate.

"No, right?" Nangong Xun asked again.

Nangong Xun's face brightened as if he had already won, and his voice had become lighter. He looked at the ghost-like Dongfang Mo.

"President Dongfang, is any marriage without a marriage certificate considered legal and valid? Is your marriage protected by the law?"

Before Dongfang Mo could answer, Xi Yuancheng seized the opportunity to speak.

"President Dongfang, look, I've already brought Mu Xue here with me. She's willing to marry you now. How about this...I'll leave Mu Xue with you, and Mu Ru will go home with me. This way, both your families will be happy. What do you think?"

"Of course not!" Dongfang Mo said angrily.

Dongfang Mo answered him without even thinking about it.

In a stiff and stern tone, he glared at Xi Yuancheng said, "I will say it again. Xi Muru and I are already husband and wife. That is final and settled. As for how you're going to make it up to Nangong Xun, that's your own business. That has nothing to do with me."

"You are simply being unreasonable!" Nangong Xun said.

Nangong Xun was so angry that he was unable to hold back.

"Why do you want something that was never yours—"

Mu Ru, who was walking downstairs, suddenly said, "Dad, why are you here?"

Mu Ru was surprised when she saw Xi Yuancheng and Xi Muxue, but she was more surprised when she saw Nangong Xun again.

"President Nangong, are you here to sign the agreement that you didn't get to sign yesterday?" she asked innocently.

Nangong Xun was stammering. "I'm...not—"

"Damn woman. Why did you come downstairs for no reason? Do you have the right to participate in a man's conversation?" Dongfang Mo said to Mu Ru in a loud voice.

When Dongfang Mo saw Mu Ru coming down the stairs, his heart was filled with anger. He was furious.

"Why didn't you go back to sleep? Didn't I tire you out last night?" Dongfang Mo said.

"Huh?"

Mu Ru stood there in a daze and looked at the ghost-like Dongfang Mo. She didn't know what she had done wrong.

Moreover, she seemed to have slept very well the previous night. She didn't feel tired at all.

She didn't do anything wrong. She didn't understand what was happening or why Dongfang Mo was so angry.

"Mu Ru, come here!" Nangong Xun said as he reached out to pull her towards him.

Nangong Xun looked at Dongfang Mo coldly as he held Mu Ru's wrist.

"President Dongfang, I'll bring Mu Ru with me. Your destined wife, Xi Muxue, is right beside you. You should live a good life with her. I wish you both a long life!" Nangong Xun said.

"President Nangong, what are you..." Mu Ru muttered as she tried to break free from Nangong Xun's grip.

Mu Ru looked at Dongfang Mo and Xi Yuancheng. She was very confused.

"Mu Ru, I'm Qin Xun. I was engaged to you five years ago," Nangong Xun said in an exasperated tone.

Nangong Xun saw that Mu Ru did not remember who he was. He did his best to make her remember.

"You forgot? Five years ago, you, your sister, and a group of your classmates passed by that quiet road..."