Chapter 1: The Fool's Proxy Marriage

Shi Family Villa.

"Mom, I won't marry him. I won't marry him even if I die, sob, sob, sob..."

Shi Yuke threw herself into her mother's arms, crying until she was drenched in tears, gasping for breath, her pretty little face filled with despair.

She had never dreamed that she would go on a blind date full of joy, only to find that the person she was meeting was a blind man!

She had been moved the moment she saw Sheng Hanyu; the man had firm features, a straight nose, sword-like eyebrows, and thin, slightly pursed lips.

Although she couldn't see his eyes behind the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, she still fell in love at first sight, her face flushing with shyness as her heart pounded like a startled deer.

But...

He had introduced himself by saying that he had lost his sight in an accident five years ago, and that he would never be able to see again for the rest of his life!

He even asked if she minded.

Of course she minded.

Even though Sheng Hanyu was extraordinarily handsome, even more so than a celebrity, what was the use of that?

She didn't want to marry a blind man; that would make her a laughingstock for the rest of her life!

"Good daughter, stop crying. Mom will think of a way for you. Mom will absolutely not let you marry a cripple. Don't cry, you're breaking my heart." Jiang Yadan comforted her daughter while glaring fiercely at her husband sitting opposite them.

This was all his fault for not making things clear before the blind date.

Even if the Sheng Family was powerful and wealthy enough to rival a nation, Jiang Yadan would never agree to let the daughter she had pampered since childhood marry a blind man.

"Yuke cannot marry Sheng Hanyu. Yu Cheng, you cannot push our precious daughter into a fire pit!" Jiang Yadan wiped away her tears.

Shi Yucheng sighed and said helplessly, "Do you think I want to? But you know the situation of our family; we have so many external debts. If Yuke marries into their family, we won't have to go bankrupt."

"The Sheng Family Old Master promised that as long as our family agrees to let our daughter marry, he will give her ten percent of the shares, plus a dowry of one hundred million..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the mother and daughter stopped crying in unison, their eyes filled with greed!

Shi Yuke hugged her mother's arm and shook it incessantly, acting spoiled: "Mom, ten percent of the Sheng Family's shares! I want them. And a one-hundred-million dowry is enough for our family to leap into the ranks of Jiangzhou's top-tier families..."

Jiang Yadan thought her daughter had changed her mind. Although she was also tempted by such generous conditions, she still hesitated at the thought of sacrificing her daughter's entire life: "Silly girl, don't agree so quickly. Think about it carefully."

"Mom—"

Shi Yuke sat up straight, a flash of cunning crossing her pretty face: "Mom and Dad, have you forgotten that we have another daughter? We can let Shi Youxuan marry over there. The shares go to me, and the dowry goes to Mom and Dad. Perfect!"

The Shi Family had two daughters. The eldest daughter, Shi Yuke, was the biological child of the Shi couple, fair-skinned and beautiful—the number one beauty in Jiangzhou City!

The second daughter, Shi Youxuan, was the daughter of Shi Yucheng's good friend. Her parents both died in a car accident shortly after she was born, so Shi Yucheng adopted her.

The second daughter was actually prettier than the eldest, but when she was twelve, she fell down the stairs and damaged her brain, becoming a fool.

Shi Yucheng disagreed: "No. If Yuke doesn't want to marry, we'll just refuse. We cannot let Xuanxuan marry over there."

Jiang Yadan swept away the gloom and misery from just a moment ago and expressed her approval of her daughter's idea: "Yuke is right. Shi Youxuan is also a daughter of the Shi Family. Anyway, the Sheng Family said they wanted to marry a daughter of our family; it's the same whoever marries him."

Shi Yucheng still opposed it: "Isn't this just nonsense? Yuke goes on the blind date, and then we let Xuanxuan marry over there?"

"Xuanxuan has a mental illness. Even if Sheng Hanyu is disabled, he won't agree to marry Xuanxuan. The Sheng Family is too powerful for us to provoke. If the marriage doesn't work out and we end up making enemies instead, our whole family will be finished."

He disagreed, but his daughter and wife were like people possessed, taking turns trying to brainwash him.

Jiang Yadan: "When the Sheng Family came to propose, they just said they wanted to see our daughter; they didn't specify which one. Besides, the two children met alone during the blind date. The eldest Young Master Sheng is blind; he won't know that the person who went was Yuke."

Shi Yucheng: "..."

Shi Yuke: "That's right, Dad. He doesn't even know what I look like. It's the same if the fool marries in my place. Sheng Hanyu is blind, and Shi Youxuan is a fool; they are a match made in heaven."

Jiang Yadan: "Husband, just agree to it. Ten percent of the Sheng Family's shares! And a one-hundred-million dowry. With this money, it's enough for Yuke to find an excellent man to marry, and the Shi Family will become a prominent family in Jiangzhou!"

Shi Youxuan was hiding behind a pillar, clutching a teddy bear, quietly listening to their argument.

She kept her head lowered. Even if someone discovered her sitting there, no one would notice the sharp glint in Shi Youxuan's beautiful star-like eyes, her eyebrows curving, and the corners of her mouth lifting into a beautiful arc, revealing a trace of mockery!

There was absolutely no sign of her being a fool.