[{"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-213":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},1601763,2071,"Chapter 212: Will You Fall in Love with Me?","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-213",213,"\u003Cp>Chapter 212: Chapter 212: Will You Fall in Love with Me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s called “playing with fire”, Gu Qiangwei had thoroughly realized today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Gu Qiangwei, from initially resisting, eventually became unable to help herself, deeply falling into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lengthy and intimate entanglement lasted into the deep night; by then, Gu Qiangwei was completely exhausted, curled up in his embrace, peacefully falling asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because she went to bed quite late, it wasn’t until noon the next day that Gu Qiangwei slowly awoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she woke up and saw the time, she was so frightened that she immediately jumped out of bed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong sensation of soreness swept through her body, causing her, who had just gotten out of bed, to freeze in place, with her eyebrows tightly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hiss…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath, trying to alleviate the soreness throughout her body. After a while, she finally managed to go to the bathroom, took a shower, changed into a set of cool summer clothes, and then went downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already past 12 o’clock—she had actually slept in this late!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strangely, why didn’t anyone from the company call her when she didn’t show up for work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While perplexed, she took out her phone, intending to see if there had been any calls and if she had missed them because she slept too heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon lowering her head, she pressed her phone for quite some time only to find it turned off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei wrinkled her brows, staring at the phone with surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered that her phone was on last night, and there was plenty of battery left, so why was it turned off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With confusion, she turned it back on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to call the office, her phone suddenly started beeping nonstop…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she was so scared that she almost dropped her phone. Upon closer inspection, she found eight missed calls! They were all from the company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to call back, the phone rang again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the familiar number, Gu Qiangwei paused for a moment before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Awake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah,” she replied to Qin Sijue’s call while picking up her bag and car keys, ready to head downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you eaten?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I am late for work!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rushed downstairs in a fluster, her face filled with urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finally securing a stable job, she didn’t want to take leave or skip work every other day, risking losing her job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Qin Sijue in the top-floor office furrowed his brows, and his face darkened, “Why not eat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I just say it? I’m late for work; there’s no time to eat!” After replying, she was still puzzled, “I remember I set the alarm. How could it be turned off…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I turned it off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei was taken aback, her steps faltering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why, why would you turn off my phone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rather than that, you’d better eat your meal obediently!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have a lot of work today. Doing this could make me fall into—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then don’t go to work. I’ll support you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei stopped speaking, standing still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she began, her expression saddened, “I don’t need you to support me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Women who’d love to be supported by me could circle the earth. Are you sure you don’t want it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Sijue, if you could get rid of this narcissistic trait, then you’d be perfect!” She retorted irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Sijue curved his lips, “Perfect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then would you fall in love with me?” he asked unconsciously, following the flow of the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>",601,"2026-06-06T09:48:41.448Z",1,"novelbin.me","3b89f29a03b91f1bf9213c0e54d99d0afbeef683d6427756ddfefa8ae6aebb35","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-214","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-212",1565,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-cover.jpg"]