Chapter 3: I鈥檓 Finally Going to Marry Xi Mubai

He remembered leaving her a sizeable amount of alimony after their divorce.

The amount should be more than enough for her to live the rest of her life in luxury, so why had he found her in such a situation?

This question had been clogging his mind ever since he left the hospital.

"Mubai, what鈥檚 on your mind?" Tianxin asked curiously, to which Mubai answered drily, "Nothing serious."

"You鈥檙e thinking about Xinghe, aren鈥檛 you?" Tianxin sighed, "Even I couldn鈥檛 believe that was the same Xinghe we saw up there. Why did she choose to live like this when she has the resources for a better life? Why is she so dense?"

Dense... that was exactly how Mubai pictured Xinghe.

Sometimes dense could be cute but Xinghe had the lethal combination of being dense and stubborn. Because of this, troubles tended to follow the woman and the people around her.

In fact, their marriage could be said to be ruined by her stubbornness and denseness.

However, he didn鈥檛 expect her to be dumb enough to be unable to care for herself even with the great amount of alimony he had given her.

Simply put, his encounter with Xia Xinghe that day had left a great impact on him.

Mubai was lost in thought so he didn鈥檛 answer Tianxin鈥檚 questions. Before long, the car arrived at the restaurant.

Both of their families were already there.

Since the dinner was to discuss their upcoming nuptials, the attendees included both of their parents as well as his son, Xi Lin. He had him with Xinghe.

The little guy was one when they divorced, so he was four now.

"Why don鈥檛 we pick November 2nd as the wedding date? It鈥檚 an auspicious date and our country鈥檚 national day," Mubai鈥檚 mom, Old Mrs. Xi said smilingly.

Tianxin鈥檚 mom nodded happily, adding, "This certainly is meant to be because I was going to suggest that day as well. Mubai, Tianxin, are the two of you fine with the date?"

"Of course. Arrangements like these have always been left in the parent鈥檚 capable hands," Tianxin said diffidently.

"I鈥檓 fine with any date," Mubai shrugged.

"Then, the date鈥檚 set. We can focus fully on wedding preparation now. Tianxin, God is still kind towards me because you鈥檒l finally be my daughter-in-law," Old Mrs. Xi said happily as her hands clasped over Tianxin鈥檚, both of them smiling joyfully.

Tianxin practically grew up in front of her. She was very fond of Tianxin鈥檚 personality, character, and ability.

She had been haranguing Mubai to bring Tianxin into the Xi Family, and finally her wish was about to come true.

There was another woman at the table whose wish was about to come true and that was Chu Tianxin.

Finally, Xi Mubai was within her grasp.

The man was going to be hers at last.

Right then, the glass of juice Xi Lin held in his hands fell and shattered. He also somehow managed to splash his shirt with juice.

"Lin Lin, you鈥檝e gotta be more careful," Old Mrs. Xi scolded lightly.

"Lin Lin, are you hurt?" Tianxin moved in with a handkerchief to wipe the juice on his shirt but he quickly scurried into Mubai鈥檚 arms, avoiding her completely.

Tianxin鈥檚 hands hung awkwardly in the air.

"I鈥檒l go get him cleaned up," Mubai said as he carried his son to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Mubai set his son down on the sink counter.

Xi Lin stared intently at his swaying legs, his brain churning.

He suddenly slapped away Mubai鈥檚 hands that were dabbing the juice out of his shirt.

"What鈥檚 wrong?" Mubai said softly as he stared at his son, "You鈥檝e been acting up since the dinner began, is something bothering you?"

Xi Lin lowered his head wordlessly.

When Mubai lifted his son鈥檚 face, he saw a pair of determined eyes staring back at him.