[{"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-198":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},1601892,2071,"Chapter 197: 197: Where is it ugly?","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-198",198,"\u003Cp>Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Where is it ugly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she gently turned the doorknob, slightly opening the white wooden door, and peered inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the desk, Qin Sijue was staring at the laptop screen, having opened a stack of documents from his email.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing that the door to the study had been pushed open, his dark, narrow eyes slightly lifted, and he caught sight of her standing behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand and gestured to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei moved her dark, large eyes and then pushed open the door, walking straight toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon getting closer, he reached out, pulled her into his arms, sat her on his lap, and together, they looked at the computer screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In Jingcheng, there are 103 women named ‘Tang Xinruo.’ After excluding those of unsuitable ages, there are still 42. Take a look and see if any of them are your mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the photos displayed in the documents, Gu Qiangwei couldn’t help but reach out and scroll the mouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after having looked through all 42 women named ‘Tang Xinruo,’ none of them was her mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly turning his gaze, he saw the hint of disappointment on her profile and knew her mother wasn’t among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you sure all the information you gave me is real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei looked up, the only things she remembered were her current name, age, and the area she had lived in as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve years had passed, and she had almost forgotten what her mother looked like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course they’re real. I couldn’t possibly remember my mom’s age and name wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, as if suddenly remembering something, he took out a pendant from under his neckline, “Right, I have this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took off the pendant, which contained a photo, though it was somewhat blurry due to age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Sijue did not focus on the woman in the photo, but on the little girl’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft—how ugly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is it ugly? It’s just blurry, so you can’t see clearly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This photo was found in the attic when they were moving; it had already been a bit blurry, and to better preserve it, she had it sealed inside the pendant, having heard that it could keep it from deteriorating for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the photo, Qin Sijue stopped teasing her and slightly furrowed his brows, “The photo is too blurry, plus this was taken when you were a child, your mother must have been only in her twenties then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei nodded. The photo was taken when she was four years old, and by now her mother would be in her forties, surely no longer having the appearance of a young girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the gloom on her face, he couldn’t help but pull her into his arms, “Don’t worry, dead or alive, I’ll definitely find out the answer for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting his dark eyes, Gu Qiangwei suddenly felt very moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a beauty in his arms, Qin Sijue’s primal instincts kicked in again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He closed the laptop with a flick of his hand, smiling at her in his embrace, “It’s late, let’s sleep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the words fell, he carried her out of the study and into the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei panicked, thinking he was going to do it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Sijue, I’m really tired…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then rest early.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He laid her on the soft bed, gently brushed a few strands of hair from her forehead, his voice soft as the strings of a lute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After kissing her forehead, he turned and entered the bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the sound of running water from the bathroom, Gu Qiangwei was somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually did nothing and let her go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was indeed rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling somewhat exhausted, she closed her eyes, and not long after, Gu Qiangwei fell into a deep sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>",645,"2026-06-06T09:48:41.448Z",1,"novelbin.me","8ce8102452b8d1c5c55dd51d748067f895ec9eb2ac0cc53527249ed8600076ad","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-199","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-197",1565,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-cover.jpg"]