Fang Xianxing didn’t respond. Her gaze swept over the files that had already been neatly stacked on the desk. She pulled out the draft of the marriage announcement related to Xie Zhi from among them, her voice calm, as if there weren’t any fluctuations at all. “Bring the shredder over.”

The office suddenly fell quiet. Xu Mi cautiously stole a glance at Fang Xianxing’s expression.

Fang Xianxing sensed her gaze and looked back, her eyes as clear as a mirror.

Xu Mi quickly straightened her posture, turned around, and carried the small shredder from the other side of the office, placing it in front of Fang Xianxing.

Fang Xianxing took the papers out of the folder, placed them vertically on the desk, arranged them a bit, and raised her hand to place them on the shredder.

She only casually glanced at it and saw Xie Zhi’s name. The scene of their parting immediately came to mind.

Xie Zhi used all his tricks, both good and bad, with constant schemes and stratagems. For the sake of his goal, he truly charged forward bravely. She was pushed to such an extent that she could only tell a big lie for Xie Zhi.

She falsely claimed that her company suddenly had an urgent matter and she had to go on a business trip, so she couldn’t get the certificate. She wanted to ask Xie Zhi’s father to help sign the family member consent form for the underwater archaeology team member application on her behalf.

Xie Zhi’s father was initially reluctant. She had no choice but to persuade him, saying that it was a good thing for Xie Zhi to have a career he liked. She liked it very much and naturally supported it fully. Only then did Xie Zhi’s father reluctantly agree.

Xie Zhi achieved his goal and thanked her. He took the initiative to take on the troubles caused by the lies, promising her that after signing the family consent form, he would personally explain it clearly to both their parents. As for himself, he would never mention getting the certificate again.

This guy, he could do something like kick away the stepping stone after crossing the river without the slightest guilt.

Fang Xianxing secretly gritted her teeth.

Since she was little, this was the first time she had been schemed against to this extent, especially by a man.

Well done.

Fang Xianxing loosened her grip a bit, watching the documents slowly fall into the shredder’s entrance, being shredded into thin strips bit by bit.

The office was left with only the somewhat noisy sound of the shredder. The atmosphere was quite oppressive. Xu Mi secretly backed away, wanting to let Fang Xianxing be alone for a while to digest her negative emotions. But just as she had backed away halfway, Fang Xianxing spoke up again, stopping her. “Block Lilistar.”

“Huh?” Xu Mi didn’t understand.

“You can only customize one in a lifetime. Heh, do you think I won’t change to another company?”

Fang Xianxing laughed coldly, her eyes slightly chilled.

Xu Mi kept her mouth tightly shut. She was certain that Fang Xianxing and Mr. Xie’s relationship had fallen apart right when they were about to get their certificate.

Her incredibly proud boss had lost her relationship… no, lost her marriage.

*

After receiving his father’s affirmative response over the phone, Xie Zhi couldn’t help but want to go home.

But Fang Xianxing had helped him so much. No matter how heartless he was, he couldn’t possibly just throw her aside and leave directly. He could only sit down and patiently deal with her for a good while, promising her that he would handle their parents’ side and ensure that this failed attempt at getting the certificate would not affect Fang Xianxing.

After saying all this, Xie Zhi rejected Fang Xianxing’s kind offer to send him back to the research institute. He got out of the car, directly hailed a taxi, and rushed home.

He felt that he had done quite well, but all Fang Xianxing saw was his eagerness to discard her aside as soon as he had used her.

It was precisely because he was in such a hurry that he only realized after getting in the car that the ring in his pants pocket hadn’t been returned to Fang Xianxing. After some thought, he took the ring out of the box and planned to put it on his own ring finger.

Before his parents’ signatures were on the consent form, he still needed to borrow Fang Xianxing’s influence for a bit.

As for this ring, after his matter was settled, he would mail it back to Fang Xianxing, returning it to its original owner.

“Lilistar’s unique ring.”

The talkative driver had been wanting to say something, but unfortunately, the young gentleman who got in the car seemed to have a rather cold and introverted personality. As a woman, it wasn’t good for her to disturb him, but seeing that ring through the rearview mirror made her eyes sparkle as she couldn’t help but sigh.

Xie Zhi’s movements paused. “Unique ring?”

“They say a person can only customize one in their lifetime. In my opinion, it’s just a marketing tactic, but if you think about it, it’s indeed quite romantic. Many young men fall for this trick nowadays.” The driver smiled and answered, “I heard that the high-end customization even engraves the names of the couple. Customer, does yours have that?”

Xie Zhi lowered his eyes, and after a while, he picked up the ring and carefully examined it. There was indeed an engraving of “Xing&Zhi” on the inner rim of the ring.

Fortunately, there wasn’t a tacky heart in the middle. Otherwise, wearing it on his hand would be too much to handle.

“Looks like it does.” The driver caught his reaction through the rearview mirror and continued with a smile, “Your other half is not bad. It’s indeed good to wait for passengers near the civil affairs bureau. I’m basking in the joyous atmosphere, praying that my income doubles today.”

Xie Zhi pressed his lips together and casually made an “mm” sound, but he was thinking in his heart that Fang Xianxing did things a bit too seriously.

They had clearly agreed that it was only a fake marriage, so why did she put so much thought into the ring?

From yesterday until now, in less than a day, Fang Xianxing had done so many things. Did she have seventy-two hours in a day?

Xie Zhi lowered his gaze and slowly put the ring on his own ring finger. He recalled the first time he met with Fang Xianxing. They had both arrived early. He hadn’t even entered the restaurant yet, and she was standing by the car, looking at him across the car and through the flow of people.

At that time, it was as if he had a premonition that the person he was meeting for the blind date was her. He showed her the soft smile he had already prepared.

She was slightly surprised but still nodded at him, the corners of her eyes slightly curved.

From then until now, things had been going a bit too smoothly.

Xie Zhi pursed his lips and put the empty ring box into the document bag. He silently looked out the car window at the passing street view, lost in thought.

This was good too. If his parents didn’t see the person or the marriage certificate and hesitated to sign for him, he would show them the ring.

He had a wedding ring on his hand, engraved with a one-time customization for life.

They had no reason not to give his future wife-master-to-be face.