Chapter 1: The Livestream
After I was brought back to the Meng family, the fake daughter Meng Xuening took me on ninety-nine dates with her fiancé. Each time she cried and said, "She should be your fiancée. I am just an impostor." She locked Lu Yanxiu and me in a room together. She gave me the gifts he had bought for her. She dressed me in a dress identical to hers and asked him to choose. Every time, Lu Yanxiu chose her. Xuening grew drunk on that preference. For the hundredth test she asked him to propose on a livestream watched by millions. Under the lights, with the whole country watching, she declared again that she did not deserve him and bought a ticket to Paris that same night. "Lu Yanxiu, she should be your fiancée." She expected the same ending as always. But Lu Yanxiu looked at the cameras, at the millions of viewers, and at his cousins waiting to laugh. He rubbed his brow and said, "Meng Jianxi, will you marry me?" I smiled and put on the ten-carat pink diamond that had been meant for her. I became his fiancée to the applause of the guests and the elders. After everyone left, he looked at the string of red exclamation marks on his phone. "Jianxi, I am sorry. If you find someone you like, you may ask me to end this at any time. The Lu family will compensate you fairly. For now, we may need to attend some events together." I nodded gracefully. "Of course. I will be your fiancée until my sister returns."