After the substitution marriage, I became the CEO's white moonlight

"What did you say? Let me marry Gu Jinyan?"

Su Li stood up suddenly, and the teacup in her hand slipped, splashing water on the antique mahogany desk. The fragrance of tea mixed with the dull sandalwood scent in the study, but it could not suppress her shock and anger at the moment.

Father Su, the man in charge of the Su Group, who was sitting behind the desk, had a frown on his face, his eyes full of fatigue and helplessness.

"Lili, now that things have come to this, we have no other choice."

"No choice? So you push me out for marriage? I'm your daughter, not a tool for you to exchange for benefits!" Su Li's voice trembled, her eyes were red, but she stubbornly refused to let the tears fall.

She didn't understand. Although she was an adopted daughter, Su's father and mother had always treated her like their own daughter. Why would they suddenly make such a ridiculous decision?

Su's mother rushed over when she heard the noise. Seeing the scene in the study, she hugged Su Li in her arms with heartache.

"Lili, don't blame your father, it's all for our Su family!"

Su Li raised her head and looked at her mother with tears in her eyes, "Mom, what happened?"

Mother Su sighed and told Su Li everything about the crisis that the Su family's company had encountered and the marriage proposal put forward by the Gu family.

It turned out that the Su family's company's capital chain was broken and it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the Gu family was willing to help on the condition that Su Li marry Gu Jinyan, the eldest son of the Gu family.

"But isn't the person Gu Jinyan is going to marry Su Yao, the eldest daughter of the Su family?"

Su Li took a deep breath and tried to calm his confused thoughts.

Mother Su stroked Su Li's hair with a bitter tone.

"Yaoyao...she doesn't want to marry Gu Jinyan, and she also said...she also said that if you force her, she will leave the Su family."

Su Li's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and a suffocating pain spread.

She always knew that she was just a substitute in this family, someone who could be abandoned at any time.

Su Li held back her tears as she looked at her mother with a worried look on her face, but still agreed to this ridiculous substitutionary marriage.

Not for the Su family, but to protect his mother and to fight for a future for himself.

After all, the mother was just a servant in the Su family, and their status as mother and daughter was already poor.

"I will marry."

Su Li closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke calmly.

"But, I have a condition."

On the eve of the wedding, Su Li sat alone in front of the dressing table, letting the stylist apply makeup on her face.

She looked delicate and beautiful in the mirror, but she couldn't hide the loneliness between her brows.

The stylist praised her beauty, but she seemed not to hear it, and the conversation with her father in the study that day kept echoing in her mind.

"I have only one condition," Su Li's voice was unusually calm, so calm that it was unfamiliar to Su's father, "I want 5% of the shares of the Su Group."

Father Su looked at her in surprise, as if he couldn't believe that these words came from the mouth of his always well-behaved daughter.

Silence spread between the two. Father Su didn't want to agree, but for the sake of Gu's investment, he nodded.

"Okay, I promise you."

Su Li knew that this 5% share was her last trump card and the only thing she could get in this family.

She doesn't expect love or happiness, she just hopes to be able to control her own life and no longer be at the mercy of others.

Memories came flooding back like a tide, and Su Li's eyes gradually became moist.

How she wanted to tell her father that what she wanted was not shares, but the love and care of her family.

But reality forced her to put on a strong shell and use indifference to cover up her inner fragility.

"Ms. Su, what's wrong with you?" The stylist noticed Su Li's expression and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I'm just a little nervous."

Su Li came back to her senses and forced a smile.

The stylist didn't ask any more questions, but just put on makeup for her more carefully.

The wedding was held as scheduled. Guests gathered in the magnificent hotel banquet hall and toasted each other.

Su Li, wearing a pure white wedding dress, walked slowly down the red carpet accompanied by her father.

She had a decent smile on her face and her steps were graceful and calm, as if she was really immersed in this happy moment.

Only she herself knows how cold her heart is.

Gu Jinyan, who was standing opposite her, was tall and handsome, with a strong aura, but he was like a stranger, making her feel extremely alienated.

The wedding ceremony went smoothly, the vows, the exchange of rings... everything went according to plan.

The moment Gu Jinyan put the ring on Su Li's finger, Su Li's hand trembled slightly.

Gu Jinyan noticed her strangeness, a barely perceptible emotion flashed in his deep eyes, and a meaningful arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Why, Miss Su doesn't want to?"

Gu Jinyan's voice was low and magnetic, yet it carried a subtle sense of oppression.

Su Li's heart trembled, and she quickly calmed herself down and gave a decent smile.

"How could that be? Mr. Gu is joking."

The guests also noticed the subtle atmosphere between the two and cast curious glances at them.

Su Li felt her palms begin to sweat slightly. She tried hard to suppress her inner uneasiness and continued to complete the next ceremony.

At the wedding banquet, Su Li, as the bride, naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

Apart from those polite greetings and courtesies, Su Li did not feel much enthusiasm from the Gu family.

Gu Jinyan's mother, the elegant and noble lady, just nodded at her lightly, with a hint of scrutiny and alienation in her eyes.

Gu Jinyan's sister, on the other hand, showed obvious hostility towards her, making sarcastic remarks and her words were full of disdain for her.

Su Li understood that this marriage was just an exchange of interests for the Gu family.

As a pawn who was married for the sake of family interests, she would naturally not be treated sincerely by them.

As night fell and the guests dispersed, the noisy banquet hall gradually returned to calm.

Led by the Gu family's servant, Su Li came to her new house.

This was a room decorated luxuriously and elegantly, and every detail showed the noble status of the owner. However, Su Li did not feel the slightest joy.

The room was empty, she was the only one there.

Gu Jinyan is not here.

She walked to the window, looked at the brilliant night view outside, feeling mixed emotions.

She knew that from today on, she would become Mrs. Gu and possess the wealth and glory that others only dreamed of.

However, she may lose freedom, love, and the warmth of family.

"Madam, you must be hungry. Do you want me to ask the kitchen to prepare something to eat?" the servant asked softly, breaking the silence in the room.

Su Li shook her head, "No, thank you."

Seeing this, the servant said no more, retreated, and closed the door gently. The room fell into silence again.

Su Li walked to the dressing table and looked at herself in the mirror, her makeup delicate but tired face unable to conceal.

She noticed an exquisite card on the dressing table.

She picked up the card and saw a line of words written in a flamboyant handwriting:

"See you in the study at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

There was no signature, but Su Li knew that it was left for her by Gu Jinyan.