[{"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-452":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},1601996,2071,"Chapter 453: 454: Enemies on a Narrow Road","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-452",452,"\u003Cp>Chapter 453: Chapter 454: Enemies on a Narrow Road\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yishan, shouldn’t these young ladies like you have closets full of evening gowns?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s them. Do you think I’m the same as them?” Holding her hand, Huo Yishan asked Gu Qiangwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei smiled, “Different!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She indeed was unlike any other socialites: no airs, no schemes, and never arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about this one?” Holding up a teal evening gown against herself, Huo Yishan sought Gu Qiangwei’s opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qiangwei examined it, “It seems too bright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, something plain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.” Gu Qiangwei nodded, then glanced and spotted a lemon yellow fishtail gown embellished with tiny diamonds, “How about trying this one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, I trust your taste!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the lemon yellow gown in hand, Huo Yishan walked into the fitting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just reaching the door, she turned back, “Right, you hurry and pick one too. We still need to check out others later!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, she darted into the fitting room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the white fitting room door, Gu Qiangwei suddenly remembered the first time she met Qin Sijue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for that time Qiao Muxue had people chase her, she probably wouldn’t even know Qin Sijue, right? And her life would have been turned upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like, being given away by Gu Zhendong as a bargaining chip, or perhaps, directly dying at the Gu Family estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, Qin Sijue seemed to have become the ‘noble person’ in her life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that thought, Gu Qiangwei couldn’t help but laugh herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around to look at the expensive evening gowns hanging on the rack, dazzling and eye-catching under the lighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Miss, this one is nice too, it’s a new arrival from yesterday, same limited edition as the lady before, only one piece per city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the salesperson’s explanation, Gu Qiangwei looked at the price tag on the gown—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw the shocking number, she was inevitably startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a gown, and it costs 88,000?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qin Sijue had given her so much money she couldn’t spend it all, was it not excessively extravagant to spend a few hundred thousand on an evening gown she would seldom wear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the staggering price, Gu Qiangwei decided to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a glance aside, nothing else seemed appealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, you get what you pay for; good things are simply better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yishan’s friend, perhaps she should not appear too shabby?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe, just try it on first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, she was about to speak, “I’ll try it on first—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shijie, I want this one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Gu Qiangwei could finish, a coquettish voice rang out from her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning her head at the sound, she saw a heavily made-up woman clinging to a man’s arm, her chest exposed, clearly displaying her deeply squeezed cleavage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the woman squeezing so tightly was probably for exactly this effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze lifted slightly, and she met Gu Shijie’s equally surprised expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a small world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, this dress is a limited edition, only one piece, and it’s already been taken by this lady,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the salesperson explained while looking at that garish woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that moment she turned around, the garish woman recognized Gu Qiangwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this the woman who slapped her at the cake shop last time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She took it? I didn’t hear her make any statement just now,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the salesperson hesitated, since customers are always right. Moreover, anyone who could afford to shop here was rich and influential, not someone she could afford to offend.\u003C\u002Fp>",583,"2026-06-06T09:48:41.448Z",1,"novelbin.me","f7c67ba090a42f8d8da162be2acaee47410c94bb380a4e04a54ffebe66050d2c","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-453","contract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-chapter-451",1565,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontract-marriage-love-has-finally-arrived-cover.jpg"]