After a blind date, a wealthy heir asked me to marry him.

Fu Cheng glanced at Lu Shiyi, then looked down at the barbecue, and said in a light tone, "I don't like barbecue."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi pouted slightly, "You didn't like me, but you still married me, didn't you? Come on, have a taste."

Her already clear and pleasant voice, combined with a touch of intoxicated charm, was irresistible even to the loveless Fu Cheng.

He replied in a low voice, "That's different."

Although she was still refusing, her tone was noticeably less firm.

Lu Shiyi still held the barbecue in front of Fu Cheng's mouth, and said with a hint of willfulness, "I think they're all the same. This one is delicious. Come on, let's have a bite."

At this moment, she no longer wanted to use Fu Cheng to verify whether the barbecue was good or bad, but simply wanted him to taste the delicious barbecue that she liked.

It's like when you see a novel or TV series that you really like, you want to recommend it to your close friends and family, even if they don't like that genre. You just want them to watch it, perhaps because you want your favorite things to be recognized by those around you, or perhaps you hope they can experience the same joy as you.

And that's how Lu Shiyi is right now. It's only because of the little bit of alcohol she's been drinking today that she's being a little bit willful in front of her husband.

Fu Cheng looked helplessly at Lu Shiyi, whose cheeks were flushed and eyes were full of expectation. If there was any similarity between the two, it would be:

He was forced to get married by his grandfather, and he was forced to barbecue by his wife.

After gazing at his wife quietly for a moment, he finally chose to compromise.

Fu Cheng lowered his head, opened his mouth, took a bite of the roasted meat, and then slowly chewed it.

Lu Shiyi smiled contentedly, her two beautiful big eyes blinking as she looked at Fu Cheng, who was chewing on roasted meat, anticipating his evaluation.

"How is it? Isn't it especially delicious?"

Fu Cheng chewed and swallowed with difficulty. Objectively speaking, the roasted meat tasted pretty good, but he didn't like strong seasonings.

So after swallowing the food, he answered truthfully, "It's so-so."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi frowned. "So-so? Maybe this skewer wasn't grilled properly. Try this one again."

As he spoke, he picked up another string of pearls and held it up to Fu Cheng's mouth.

Fu Cheng: "..."

"I didn't notice it when I was chewing it, but now that I've swallowed it, I realize it tastes quite good and is actually quite delicious."

Fu Cheng cleverly added a sentence.

Hearing this, Lu Shiyi's brow finally relaxed, and she said with a grin, "I told you it was delicious. Delicious things should be savored slowly."

Then, before Fu Cheng could react, she continued, "Luckily, I left you two skewers. You can eat the rest."

As she spoke, she waved the roasted meat in front of Fu Cheng.

Fu Cheng: "…………"

He never imagined that he, who had never lost in the business arena, would be defeated by the woman in front of him.

This time he didn't resist at all, silently took the roast meat from Lu Shiyi's hand, then lowered his head and took a bite.

As he ate, he discovered that the barbecue he had always disliked wasn't as unpalatable as he had imagined after tasting it.

Perhaps it will be like his marriage with Lu Shiyi...

Now that he was full and satisfied, Lu Shiyi nestled into the recliner and gazed at the bright moon in the night sky outside the window.

She murmured to herself, "Do you think Mom and Dad are chatting in the yard right now, enjoying the same moon as us?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Cheng, who was standing nearby, raised his head and looked up at the moon, which was shining with a bright light.

The scene of my conversation with He Ze from the previous two days involuntarily came to mind.

When his father-in-law and mother-in-law returned to their hometown from Nanshi last time, he asked He Ze to help investigate whether anything unusual had happened in Lu Shiyi's hometown.

He Ze did indeed uncover some information and informed him of it.

According to his friend, Lu Shiyi comes from an ordinary rural family with a simple family background and interpersonal relationships, making him easy to investigate.

The only special thing is that Lu's father is the eldest of four siblings in the Lu family, but Lu's father's family cut off contact with the Lu family when Lu Shiyi was very young.

He Ze had also investigated the specific reasons. It was said that Lu's parents had been married for several years but had never had children. In the rural area at that time, this was the subject of much gossip and ridicule. Some people even said to their faces that they must have done something wrong to be punished by God for not having any offspring. As a result, the couple could not hold their heads up in the village.

The Lu family regarded them as a disgrace to the family. The Lu family was a prominent family in their village, and Lu's father, as the eldest son, was unable to have children, making the entire Lu family a laughing stock. Therefore, they treated the couple more ruthlessly and harshly than other people in the village.

Ultimately, the couple had no choice but to leave their hometown and go to Nanshi to work. In the rural areas at that time, every family was guarding their own small plot of land, and no one would leave their hometown for no reason, except for homeless people without a home.

The couple had little education and lived in an unfamiliar city, so the hardships they endured were unimaginable. But in order to survive, they gritted their teeth and persevered until, a few years later, they returned to their hometown from Nanshi with Lu Shiyi, who was still an infant at the time.

They had thought that having a child would end the villagers' ridicule and restore the Lu family's favor. But the rumors persisted, only now they were: 'She clearly couldn't have children of her own, yet after several years she returned with a baby, claiming it was hers—who would believe that? And those two were stupid; since they were stealing someone else's baby, why didn't they steal a boy…'

The couple swore they hadn't done anything wrong and had a clear conscience regarding the baby girl they brought back from Nanshi, but no one in the village believed them, and the gossip continued.

The Lu family regarded the baby girl they brought back as an enemy, because her arrival not only failed to stop the rumors, but made them worse. Moreover, she was a money-losing child who only knew how to waste food. They would rather Lu's father use the money he earned on the Lu family than spend it on a baby girl.

Therefore, Lu Shiyi's grandparents, who favored sons over daughters, conspired with other members of the Lu family to secretly bury and dispose of the baby girl. If Lu's father hadn't discovered it in time, Lu Shiyi might not exist today.

Lu Shiyi's parents, who deeply love Lu Shiyi and desperately want to have a child, had their bottom line crossed by the Lu family. In order to prevent Lu Shiyi from suffering any more harm, the two of them finally severed ties with the Lu family in front of the entire village.

At the same time, at the cost of giving up their only house, the couple then built a simple thatched hut in the far corner of the village and barely managed to live there.

Two years later, they miraculously gave birth to Lu Shuyao, which dispelled the rumors that the villagers had been mocking the couple for not being able to have children. But they didn't care anymore; they just hoped to raise their two daughters to grow up healthy.

Therefore, the couple continued to live their own lives after that, and had no further contact with the Lu family.

Until recently, the Lu family suddenly came to the couple's door, asking Lu's father to sign some kind of house transfer agreement, saying that Lu's father had no sons and that if Lu's father passed away one day, the couple would be left without a son.

The self-built house they live in now naturally belongs to the Lu family, whose surname is Lu.

In their rural area, wives and daughters have little to no inheritance rights.

As for why the Lu family suddenly started asking the couple to sign this document so frequently, He Ze is still investigating...