I Am My Own Substitute Wife Novel - Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Marry Me
Translator: Lonelytree
Fire, there was fire everywhere. The flames illuminated the sky. Half of the world was red!
Wen Wan kept twisting the doorknob, only to find that the door was locked!
She rushed to the window to seek escape. But the window was glued shut too!
“Help, help!” Wen Wan shouted.
Outside the door, Xia Caiwei laughed maliciously. “Wen Wan, you forced my hand when you stole Sheng Hanye from me! That is why you have to die!” Xia Caiwei added more fuel to the flames to make it burn hotter!
With the scorching temperature and the thick smoke, Wen Wan knew that if she stayed any longer, her only way out was death!
Wen Wan gritted her teeth and smashed her body into the window. The glass gave slightly. The shards cut into her flesh, and her blood flowed. Finally, the glass shattered. Wen Wan took one deep breath before jumping down from the second floor!
With a crack, her bones snapped. Wen Wan gnashed her teeth as she crawled through the fire. Her consciousness wavered…
At her last moment, Wen Wan heard the sound of a car. Wen Wan yanked herself up before fainting in her pool of blood!
A couple got down from the car.
“Honey, there’s someone injured here!”
“It’s a girl. We need to send her to the hospital!”
“Honey, do you think this is a sign? After all, our daughter just died, and this girl…”
“We can talk about that after we get her to the hospital! If she survives, she’ll be the Jiang family’s daughter.”
The car drove away, and Wen Wan gained a new identity.
…
Behind her, the house burned down to ashes. Sheng Hanye glared at the flame and grabbed the collar of the bodyguard beside him. “Say that again! Wen Wan is still inside there?!”
“Yes… Boss!”
The man strode forward and was about to charge into the inferno.
“Boss! The fire is out of control. You can’t throw away your life like this!”
“Get out of my way!”
‘Wen Wan… I will not lose you!’
“Boss, Wen Wan is only your subordinate. Your life is more precious than hers!” Sheng Hanye kicked his bodyguard away. He was about to turn back into the burning house when he heard someone yell. “Boss, we’ve saved Miss Xia!”
Sheng Hanye immediately stopped and turned to Xia Caiwei.
“Wen Wan, where is she?!” Sheng Hanye asked anxiously, “Why isn’t she with you?”
Xia Caiwei made to answer, but her vision went black, and she fainted!
Sheng Hanye’s face was dark. The flames reflected in his pupils. They burned down the building and left behind the deepest scar in the man’s heart. One that would not be healed in his lifetime!
…
Three years later, at Nan City’s operating hall.
“Miss Jiang,” The doctor said severely. “Your big brother has injured his brain, and he needs an urgent operation. This is the critical condition notice and the payment notice.”
Jiang Niansheng asked, “How much will his surgery cost?”
“A hundred thousand in advance, and the follow-up will need at least a million.”
‘A hundred thousand? A million?’ She was dazed. The Jiang family was bankrupt, and her parents were dead. Jiang Niansheng was helpless. Hearing that, the debt collectors cursed and immediately turned to leave.
Jiang Niansheng stopped them. “It was you who injured my brother. You have to take responsibility!”
“Sure, if you pay the Jiang family’s debt, I’ll pay his medical bill!”
Jiang Niansheng gritted her teeth before kneeling. “Please… He is my only family.”
“I don’t care! You owe us the money, so you have to pay.”
“I will eventually pay you back.”
“How do you plan to do that?” The debt collector glanced at her. “Hmm, well, you’re pretty enough to be sold to a rich man. What do you say?”
Jiang Niansheng knelt there for a long time, but she couldn’t bring herself to say, “Fine.” She was her parents’ daughter. They had raised her better than that!
Noting her silence, the debt collectors were about to say something worse when steady footsteps came from the other end of the corridor.
A man with a sharp temperament walked over with one hand in his suit pocket. He was indifferent. His lips were pursed as he walked past. The bodyguards around him were all dressed in black. They had great respect for their master.
Their presence oppressed the debt collectors. They quickly moved aside to let the man pass.
When the man saw Jiang Niansheng, he halted for a quick moment.
Her face… It had appeared in his dreams many times! Wen Wan, she was right before him! But wait, was this really Wen Wan? Wen Wan had died in that big fire, hadn’t she? But how could two people look so familiar in this world?
Despite the great shock in his heart, the man did not stop.
On Jiang Niansheng’s part, she only saw a tall figure pass by. She captured the side profile. A memory fragment loosened in her mind and it caused her head to ache.
The man turned to his assistant. “Wei Lian, go and…”
“Yes, CEO Sheng.” Wei Lian bowed to hide the surprise in his eyes. Complicated emotions flowed through him.
Wei Lian turned around to the woman and her debt collectors.
“Miss, you seem to be in trouble. CEO Sheng said that he is willing to help but not for free.”
Jiang Niansheng asked, “What does he want from me?”
A strange look crossed Wei Lian’s eyes. ‘What CEO Sheng wants… Is your face! The face that is exactly the same as Wen Wan’s!’
“Miss, please don’t worry. CEO Sheng is a man of great reputation and status. His demand won’t be ridiculous.”
Staring at the operating room door, Jiang Niansheng slowly nodded.
…
At the Sheng Manor, Jiang Niansheng had just pushed open the door when a hand suddenly reached out to grab her throat.
She nimbly dodged backward. She grabbed the doorknob and lifted herself into the air. She was going to kick her assailant in the chest but the man grabbed her by her ankle instead.
‘Crap!’ Jiang Niansheng fell and the next second, she found herself in the man’s arms. However, the man quickly let go of her as if he didn’t want to touch her!
Jiang Niansheng immediately jumped away from her assailant. Then she heard a low chuckle.
“Not bad.” Jiang Niansheng looked at her assailant. The man was assessing her casually. He was tall and radiated nobility. This was someone who had been in a position of power for a long time.
“You are…”
“Sheng Hanye.”
Jiang Niansheng met his arresting eyes. She assumed that CEO Sheng was a pot-bellied, middle-aged man, she did not expect him to be so handsome and young. He had straight eyebrows and deep eyes, an aquiline nose, and a face that was touched by heavens.
Her memory flashed. It felt like… she had seen him before.
“CEO Sheng.” Jiang Niansheng didn’t dare to look at him. “Sorry for the combative reaction. I was only trying to defend myself.”
“You know martial arts?”
“Well… I know a little of Taekwondo and freestyle combat.”
Sheng Hanye raised his eyebrows slightly and curled his thin lips. “Wonderful. Do you know why I have helped you?”
“Please tell me, CEO Sheng.”
“Because I need you to marry me and be my wife!”
Jiang Niansheng blinked to make sure that she had not heard wrongly.
“CEO Sheng,” She began, “With your conditions, you do not lack women, right?”
“Correct.”
Jiang Niansheng was about to heave a sigh of relief when she heard him say, “But I do lack a Mrs. Sheng.”
“CEO Sheng, what will I get out of this? What if I disagree?”
Sheng Hanye lifted her chin. “If you say yes, I will solve all your problems. You only need to be my wife for two years. After that, we’ll be strangers again.”
Jiang Niansheng fell silent.
The man was extremely powerful, he could move the earth with a finger. He was indeed able to help her.
Two years of marriage in exchange for a lifetime of stability and her brother’s health.
“Okay.” After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Niansheng agreed. “I will marry you.”
Sheng Hanye turned on his toes and walked towards the front door. “Follow me.”
Jiang Niansheng never thought that her problems would be solved like this. She sat in the rolls-royce and looked at the handsome man beside her. “Where are we going?”
“The Civil Affairs Bureau.”
Wei Lian, who sat in the passenger seat, handed her some stuff. “Miss Jiang, here are your passport and ID. Please keep them well.”
‘Wait, what is going on? Didn’t you say this CEO Sheng wouldn’t do anything ridiculous? This is the quintessential meaning of ridiculous!’
At the Civil Affairs Bureau, they moved towards the marriage registry. The process was fast. When they took their marriage certificate photo, Sheng Hanye wrapped his arms around her waist. His manly presence enveloped Jiang Niansheng. They looked like a loving newlywed. But ultimately this was a contract marriage.
Holding the marriage certificate, Jiang Niansheng was feeling quite dazed. Every girl had fantasized about their wedding and how they would be swept off their feet by their dream man… But she was forced into one.
“From now on, you are my wife.” Sheng Hanye’s magnetic voice said, “No matter what, don’t forget that.”
“Okay.” Jiang Niansheng asked, “What do I need to do?”
“Fulfil the duty of a wife.”
‘Well, that doesn’t sound so difficult…’ Until a very serious problem struck Jiang Niansheng.. She asked tentatively. “That doesn’t include a wife’s duty in the bedroom, does it?”
