[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived":3,"chapter-contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-197":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Contract Marriage: Love Has Finally Arrived",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1601891,2071,"Chapter 196: 196 It's Free for Me!","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-197",197,"\u003Cp>Chapter 196: Chapter 196 It’s Free for Me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She firmly refused and started her meal after placing her newly bought phone to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you despise me?” he asked, clearly upset by her rejection!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei looked up with a hint of a smile, “I’m free of charge; I don’t need material goods or money to be kept!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I meant use me!” His tone became ambiguous again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, that depends on your performance,” she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squinted his eyes, a hint of danger in his approach, “Do you mean that my ‘performance’ has not been good enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei stiffened, meeting his ambiguous and dangerous gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately realized she had unintentionally said something wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, that’s not what I meant—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well then, perhaps I should perform even better—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, his tall figure was about to rise, pressing towards her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at him, she hurriedly spoke out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soreness in her body hadn’t yet subsided, and she definitely did not want another round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, do men not feel sore doing this kind of thing? Why does it seem like he could go on endlessly without feeling tired?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s eat! I’m too tired.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words, “I’m too tired,” made Qin Sijue put away his teasing mood and pick up the chopsticks to start eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eat more! This, and this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a moment, he had piled her bowl so full with vegetables that the rice was no longer visible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei frowned, slightly displeased as she stared at him, “How am I supposed to eat like this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t know how to eat?” he raised an eyebrow but, as if seizing an opportunity, immediately took the bowl and chopsticks from her hand, “How about I feed you then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he already picked up a piece of food and brought it to her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to eat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a difficult task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Qin Sijue picked up a small spoon and scooped up a spoonful of rice from his own bowl than he brought it to her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she raised her hand, “I’ll do it myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, she had intended to protest about him piling up so much food, making it difficult for her to eat, but this inadvertently gave him the chance to feed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t sick or injured; she was not used to being fed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Together!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Qin Sijue had already eaten that spoonful of rice himself and then scooped another spoonful towards her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, watching him eat that spoonful of rice and feeling a warm surge suddenly across her heart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they really seemed like a couple in the throes of a passionate romance, affectionate and sweet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, she unconsciously ate the spoon of rice, chewing slowly and deliberately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s meal tasted exceptionally delicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t sure if it was because she was too hungry, or if the flavor changed because they were eating from the same bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Qin Sijue went to the study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having slept all day, Gu Qiangwei wasn’t sleepy at all at the moment, so she took her laptop, planning to play some games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when she opened her laptop and logged into her QQ, a news advertisement suddenly popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was caught by the headline, staring motionlessly at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A simple blood donation unravels a mystery of origin; a son raised for eight years isn’t biological!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the eye-catching headline, a gloom crossed Gu Qiangwei’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up, thinking about Qin Sijue’s promise to help her find her mother, wondering if there had been any news these past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the tightly shut door, unable to contain herself, she got out of bed and left the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing he was in the study, she walked straight there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to knock, but feared that the sudden noise might disturb him at work.\u003C\u002Fp>",648,"2026-06-06T09:48:41.448Z",1,"novelbin.me","56260c5744abd0d22a860772b5e059ba8a699235f574c564d2d399b4b505bec3","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-198","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-196",1565,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-cover.jpg"]