His Eccentric Wife

"Aren't you supposed to be a damsel in distress?" he asked.

"I don't do damsel in distress very well, it's hard for me to play the victim." she replied with a smirk that rivaled his.

"Then what about your earlier performance?"

"That was me, the dragon in a dress. Hiding under a guise, waiting for its target."

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A few hours ago

Xin Qian was trying her best to keep up the sad and betrayed look since the family meeting was called. In the luxurious living room of Zhao mansion, everybody concerned with the situation was present. Her father was furious while her stepmother and Li Qiang's parents looked embarrassed. And then there was Wang Yong, on his wheelchair, looking as calm as the ocean looks before it is about to unleash its greatest tsunami.

"Yu Yan! You shameless girl! How could you do this your sister?" yelled Zhao Wei, Xin Qian, and Yu Yan's father.

"Please forgive her father!" cried out Xin Qian, "What Yu Yan did was because of love. If my sister loves Li Qiang deeply then I am ready to move out of their way. Let them marry, father." to add some more drama, Xin Qian wiped the tears off her cheek. It was sometimes of great advantage to be able to cry on demand.

"But you said that.." Yu Yan was about to add the statement that Xin Qian had made earlier, that she didn't want to marry Li Qiang. But to her bad luck, she was interrupted by Zhao Wei who slammed his hand over the table.

"Haven't you hurt my daughter enough?" yelled Zhao Wei making Yu Yan clench her teeth hard. If it had gone according to her plan that it would have been Xin Qian who would have gotten yelled at while she, Yu Yan would have gained the title of being the ideal daughter. Alas!

Zhao Wei went in front of Wang Yong and bowed his head, "Forgive me, Mr. Wang, for my daughter has brought shame to our families. I am sorry but this alliance can't happen now, I am ready to bear whatever the Wang family will throw our way."

Xin Qian, who couldn't see her father like that, defeated and ashamed, jumped in and announced, "You don't have to apologize, father!" she came to stand in front of her father and held his hands in hers.

Xin Qian then turned to face Wang Yong who was looking at her with an unrecognizable emotion, "This alliance was set between the families by our late grandfathers, the promise shall not be broken. If Mr. Wong doesn't mind, then I would like to marry him."

Xin Qian's statement earned her gasps of surprise from the people around her but Xin Qian had eyes only for Wang Yong, she wanted to know, wanted to see how he would react.

Zhao Wei came forward and held Xin Qian by her shoulder, "No, I won't let you do that. You deserve to marry the person you love."

"Then so does Yu Yan." Xin Qian said tenderly, though she didn't like Yu Yan for the way she behaves, jealous and cunning, but she couldn't deny the fact that the reason behind Yu Yan's behavior had been insecurity and her mother's upbringing. There was a point in their lives when Xin Qian and Yu Yan had been close like real sisters but as time passed, they grew apart.

"Moreover, the alliance between the Zhao and the Wong family was set for the elder daughter and son of the respective families. Had I not been in a relationship with Li Qiang, I would have agreed to this relationship earlier." Xin Qian smiled and continued, "It seems like fate is bringing I and Mr. Wang together."

Xin Qian turned to look at Wang Yong again, "What's Mr. Wong's opinion on this?" she asked.

Wang Yong tilted his head a little and stared at the woman in front of him. She had long brown hair, skin the color of peach, eyes the various shades of forest and the beauty of an angel. But he knew better. All this while he had been watching Xin Qian's every move like a hawk, her little performance didn't go unnoticed. He had her checked the moment he received her message that had the video of Yu Yan having sex with Li Qiang.

A top scorer in academics, a great artist and a philanthropist, that was all that her report said but Wang Yong had his doubts. Call it an intuition or something else but Wang Yong had a feeling that there was much more to Zhao Xin Qian than she let others see. He was there in the hotel room, just next to Yu Yan and Li Qiang's, he had a camera already planted in Yu Yan's room because he didn't trust the woman even a bit. Didn't know that he would get drugged and set up for such a horrid conspiracy.

The woman he saw in that video recording, the one who stood there at the door with a smirk on her face as her sister and fiance were lost in throes of passion. The woman who had recorded the whole thing as a proof and had it sent to the concerned parties. The woman who made those sarcastic comments and humiliated the couple couldn't be what the report his investigators had sent to him.

Xin Qian was more of a devil in disguise of an angel but how much powerful this devilish woman was, that was to be seen. It was an intuition, something that his guts told him to do, the same kind of feeling that he had before taking every decision of his life. And his intuition had always been correct, "I will be honored to be Miss Zhao Xin Qian's husband." he exclaimed, smirking lightly.

Xin Qian's lips curved slightly in a smirk of her own. It was true that she had agreed to this marriage only because of her late grandfather's promise and her father's pride but there was no denying in the fact that Wang Yong was one interesting and devilishly handsome man.

Ink black hair looking soft like silk, sparkling blue eyes, such an amazing physique despite of being handicapped for waist and down, chiseled features, those lips, and that smirk. Wang Yong was a really handsome looking man.

"Then it's set. Yu Yan will marry Li Qiang and I will become Mrs. Wong."

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The Wong family was informed about the new alliance and preparations for the wedding of the two daughters of the Zhao family started. It was decided that Xin Qian and Wang Yong will marry first, after 14 days from now, and then a week after Xin Qian's wedding, Yu Yan will be married off to Li Qiang.

"Can I talk to Miss Xin Qian for a moment? Alone?" asked Wang Yong.

Xin Qian looked at her father for approval and took Wang Yong to her room only after gaining her father's nod of approval.

Xin Qian closed the door behind them and gestured Wang Yong to say whatever he wanted to say.

"Now that we are about to marry then don't you think we should reveal our true selves to each other?" Wang Yong's question was more of a statement.

Xin Qian smiled, she was right, this man was indeed something. After all he wasn't called a God in the business world for nothing. "What do you think?"

"Aren't you supposed to be a damsel in distress?" he asked, smirking as he leaned back in his wheelchair.

Xin Qian sat on her bed, hugging her favorite soft toy close, "I don't do damsel in distress very well, it's hard for me to play the victim." she replied with a smirk that rivaled his.

"Then what about your earlier performance?" he couldn't help but ask, laughter bubbling inside him. This woman was quite interesting. He just hoped that she won't turn out to be something else, someone who will betray him in future for other things. A promise or not, this marriage is a must for him to get a hold of his business again. Zhao family being the second richest family after the Wang's would obviously prove to be of greater help, a support system.

"That was me, the dragon in a dress. Hiding under a guise, waiting for its target." replied Xin Qian staring directly into Wang Yong's eyes.

"Shall I be scared?" he asked with a chuckle.

"Not until you do something that's gonna piss me off." she gave him the most direct answer that she could.

And just like that commenced the first ever eye-lock between the two people who were going to become a great force in the upcoming future.