[{"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-25":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},1601619,2071,"Chapter 25 - 25 Why sit so far away?","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Why sit so far away?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Editor: Atlas Studios\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the limited edition Rolls-Royce, Gu Qiangwei couldn’t imagine just how rich Qin Sijue really was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was that Qin’s grandmother’s car just now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Li Yuan walked into the living room, he saw Qin Sijue sitting on the couch with a headache, knowing all too well why the old lady had come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the sound, Qin Sijue turned his head and saw two figures walking through the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dark gaze lingered on Gu Qiangwei’s face for two seconds before withdrawing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My luggage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Gu Qiangwei entered the room, she saw a white suitcase placed in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Sijue lifted the curtain and glanced at her, then glanced at Li Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How come the two of them had arrived together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling his deep gaze, Gu Qiangwei paused, her hand reaching for her luggage froze and withdrew for some reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That, this is mine…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Sijue watched her but didn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you here just to get your luggage?” Seeing the situation, Li Yuan couldn’t help but speak up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei nodded at him and revealed a faint smile, “Mhm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet that smile made Qin Sijue, who was already in a bad mood, feel even more depressed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unintentionally, Gu Qiangwei noticed that the man was not in a good mood, and thought it would be wise not to provoke him and better to leave as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to Li Yuan, “Could you take me away again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been here once, she knew it was impossible to hail a cab here; the only way to leave was for him to take her away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that Li Yuan was quite willing to oblige!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, no problem!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei smiled, dragging her suitcase and preparing to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you want your phone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she turned around, she heard Qin Sijue’s voice from behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei stopped for three seconds, then reached into her bag to feel around, indeed finding no phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned back, her eyes landing on the distinguished man sitting on the couch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s my phone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he not know!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the words reached her lips, Gu Qiangwei didn’t know how to refute him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, Qin Sijue’s sharp gaze swept toward Li Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making eye contact with him, Li Yuan seemed to understand something all at once, and suddenly spoke up, “Well, I have something else to do, I should leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his voice faded, he turned and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei wanted to say something, but Li Yuan’s figure had already disappeared at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he was gone, how was she supposed to leave the place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silent living room, only Qin Sijue and Gu Qiangwei remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing there, Gu Qiangwei didn’t know how to start speaking, seeing that the man seemed to be in a very bad mood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should she perhaps try to comfort him first and then ask for her phone back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you in a bad mood?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in twenty-six years, Qin Sijue heard someone ask if he was in a bad mood because usually when he looked gloomy, nobody dared to approach and ask, and his family had never used such a common tone to inquire about his well-being either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A subtle emotion flickered and surged through his beating heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up, his deep black eyes landing on Gu Qiangwei’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sit down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with this unexpected command, Gu Qiangwei hesitated for two seconds before moving to sit not far from his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why so distant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei was bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he mean by so distant? Wasn’t this a perfectly normal distance to sit? After all, they had just met, hadn’t they? Who would sit so close for no reason?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he had mentioned it, and to get her phone back, Gu Qiangwei scooted a bit closer to him.\u003C\u002Fp>",663,"2026-06-06T09:48:41.168Z",1,"novelbin.me","beacb650805229faabedbb2e3aa7a5d10a181b18d933a2f14b16b9a80a9b0076","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-26","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-24",1565,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-cover.jpg"]