[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage":3,"chapter-mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mr Gu's First Doting Marriage",{"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},732452,971,"Chapter 173 - 174: Compliment Him","mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>Chapter 173: Chapter 174: Compliment Him\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translator: 549690339\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up until now, Gu Qichen could not figure out why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never had any desire for women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Shen Manbing, he never harbored such thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also considered that it might be something wrong with himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everything seemed to change the night he encountered this girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if within him lay a dormant beast, awakened that very night, now uncontrollable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel that some of the principles he adhered to for many years, collapsed eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, he acted as a villain, a pseudo gentleman taking advantage of someone else’s peril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew full well that Xia Yangyang was not aware of her actions, but he still took advantage of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, he couldn’t sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the girl sleeping soundly next to him, looking as innocent as a kitten, he was lost in confusion for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He too couldn’t figure out the answer to this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen never believed in fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after meeting Xia Yangyang, he could always feel a sense of predestined fate, as if it was meant to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That first-time feeling of a fluttering heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she lunged to kiss him, he trembled with a sensation akin to an electric shock, a sensation of involuntary shivering throughout his body, something Gu Qichen had never experienced before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not without struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl seemed to shatter his principles as soon as she appeared, like a stone causing ripples as it splashes into calm waters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, she dare ask him why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to know the answer more than she did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Gu Qichen’s words, Xia Yangyang’s heart skipped a beat inexplicably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen said that he liked her from the first time he laid eyes on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fireworks exploded in her mind, and her heart filled with rosy bubbles, threatening to spill over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head lowered in shyness, Xia Yangyang asked: “So, are you confessing to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen slightly raised an eyebrow: “It would seem so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang felt overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly changing the topic, Gu Qichen asked: “What about you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang: “What about me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That morning, why were you so quick to agree when I proposed to marry you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang answered, “I was heartbroken at the time, and the best way to get over a break-up is to start a new relationship. Besides, we had inexplicably slept together, so who else could I marry If not you? Let’s not forget your status and the fact that you are quite eligible, so I reluctantly agreed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xia Yangyang turned to look at Gu Qichen again, he had an half angry expression on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen gnashed his teeth, “So you just used me as a tool to cope with your feelings at the time?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang deliberately teased him and found it amusing to see Gu Qichen’s expression grow increasingly sullen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen’s voice turned icy, a reluctant query escaping his lips, “What about now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang posed thoughtfully: “Now, well…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced over at Gu Qichen out of the corner of her eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her surprise, this man looked somewhat adorable when upset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang felt that she had patted the tiger’s bottom enough, she should now revert to patting its fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly put on a smiling face and blurted out, “Of course my husband’s the best now, he’s the greatest, I love my husband the most, husband, you’re unbearably handsome when you’re angry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time Xia Yangyang said something so cheesy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling him ‘husband’ four times in a row gave her goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed inexplicably pleasing to Gu Qichen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The icy expression on his face finally softened a bit, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a faint smile, he calmly said: “Continue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continue what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man was addicted to praise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang started to rack her brains: “My husband, Young Master Gu is handsome, elegant, intelligent, and dignified. His attractiveness draws the ire of gods and the grief of ghosts. There’s a poem, how does it go? ‘a pear tree in bloom outshines all the peach blossoms, a branch of red apricot blooms beyond the wall…'”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, cough…” Gu Qichen suddenly coughed twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang asked: “What’s wrong?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qichen replied: “That’s enough, stop now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already praised him for being ‘a branch of red apricot blooms beyond the wall’, what other praises could he possibly want to hear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Yangyang stuck out her tongue, and leaned towards Gu Qichen, kissing him on the cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that she was truly starting to fall for this man….\u003C\u002Fp>",775,"2026-06-02T11:18:11.231Z",1,"novelbin.me","1981d2a83f2ced2219d5bea6ee3954416126cfadacd53b0790a75843ade3b45e","mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-174","mr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-chapter-172",2419,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmr-gu-s-first-doting-marriage-cover.jpg"]