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

"Enough!" Su Li couldn't listen any longer, stood up suddenly, and interrupted Gu Xinyu's words, "Don't worry about my business!"

After Su Li finished speaking, she turned and left, leaving Su's father and Gu Xinyu with stunned looks on their faces.

"Sister, you..." Gu Xinyu wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Su's father.

"Let her go. This child is getting more and more irritable." Father Su sighed, with a sinister light flashing in his eyes. "It seems that it's time to teach her a lesson..."

"He said that Gu Jinyan, the eldest son of the Gu family, has always been fond of me and hopes that I can marry him in exchange for the Gu family's help to the Su family..."

"I promised my father, not because I am greedy for wealth, but because I have no choice..."

The contents of the diary were like a thunderclap, exploding in Gu Jinyan's ears.

He always thought that Su Li married him only because of a family alliance, but he never thought that there was such a secret behind it.

He flipped through the diary page by page. Su Li's helplessness, sadness, and despair seemed to jump out of the paper, deeply hurting his heart.

Especially when he saw Su Li write the words "I only have awe for him, not love", Gu Jinyan's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, making him breathless.

On the other side, Su Li was anxiously looking for her diary in the room.

This diary records many of her thoughts and is her most precious thing, which she must never lose.

She searched every corner of the room but couldn't find the diary.

Suddenly I remembered that I had been to the study before. Could it be that I left it there?

Su Li walked quickly to the door of the study and knocked gently.

"Come in." There was no emotion in Gu Jinyan's voice.

Su Li pushed the door open and saw the diary on the desk at a glance.

She walked quickly to the desk and reached out to take back the diary.

"What are you looking at?" There was a hint of trembling in Su Li's voice.

Gu Jinyan raised his head and looked at Su Li with complicated eyes. He opened his thin lips and said, "Is this diary yours?"

Su Li's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she didn't know how to answer Gu Jinyan's question.

"Why?" Gu Jinyan's voice was low and hoarse, as if he was suppressing a huge emotion, "Why did you marry me?"

Su Li's breathing stagnated. She saw complex emotions surging in Gu Jinyan's deep eyes, including shock, hurt, and a hint of anger that she dared not interpret.

"I..." Su Li tried to explain, but was interrupted by Gu Jinyan.

"Go ahead!" Gu Jinyan slammed the diary shut, making a loud noise that was particularly harsh in the quiet study. "You said you married me just for the benefit of the family, just to fulfill a deal?"

Su Li's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and the pain spread throughout her body.

She wanted to say that it was not like that, that the words in the diary were just her angry words, and that she married him because...

Looking at Gu Jinyan's cold eyes, all the words were stuck in her throat. She felt like she was stripped naked and exposed to the biting cold wind, helpless and desperate.

"Why are you silent?" Gu Jinyan approached step by step, his tall figure looming over Su Li, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Aren't you very capable? Can't you sacrifice everything for the family?"

Su Li's face was as pale as paper. She bit her lips and tried hard not to let her tears fall.

"Speak!" Gu Jinyan's tone became even harsher. He grabbed Su Li's wrist with such force that it seemed as if he could crush her bones.

"Master, Madam, dinner is ready." A sweet voice came from the door. The servant of the Gu family stood at the door, holding a cup of tea in her hand and with a decent smile on her face. However, her eyes were flashing with a strange light, as if she found the scene in front of her very interesting.

Gu Jinyan let go of his hand, and Su Li staggered back a few steps, feeling a burning pain in her wrist.

She raised her head and saw that Gu Jinyan had regained his usual calmness and composure, as if everything that had just happened was just her illusion.

"I understand. You go down first." Gu Jinyan said calmly, without any emotion in his tone.

The servant responded and withdrew. Before leaving, she looked at Su Li meaningfully, with a barely perceptible sneer on the corner of her mouth.

Su Li's heart sank to the bottom. She knew that from today on, her situation in the Gu family would become more difficult.

Not only does she have to face Gu Jinyan's indifference and suspicion, but she also has to be wary of those who are secretly eyeing her.

She took a deep breath and told herself that she couldn't fall down. She had to cheer up and protect herself and the people she cared about.

"Gu Jinyan," Su Li raised her head and looked at him firmly, "I will prove to you that I am not the person you think I am."

After the servant left, the study fell into a suffocating silence.

Su Li's wrist was burning with pain, but she was more concerned about the coldness in Gu Jinyan's eyes.

That look was like a sharp knife, dissecting her mercilessly and leaving her with nothing to hide.

In the next few days, Gu Jinyan's attitude towards Su Li changed subtly.

He was no longer indifferent to her as before, but distanced himself from her intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was deliberately keeping a distance.

Su Li understood that Gu Jinyan was giving her, and himself, time to digest the shock of the diary.

Su Li did not sit idly by, she began to actively look for opportunities to resolve this marriage crisis.

She cooked for him and prepared delicious breakfasts; she tidied up the study and put his books and documents in order; she even tried to learn his preferences, hoping to bring them closer.

Gu Jinyan was indifferent to her advances. He was always cold and indifferent, as if everything she did had nothing to do with him. Su Li's heart sank little by little, and she began to doubt whether she could really change Gu Jinyan's opinion of her.

News also came from the Su family that Su's father's health was deteriorating and the situation of the Su Group was becoming increasingly difficult.

Su Li understood that time was running out, and she had to find a way to resolve the feud between the Su and Gu families as soon as possible in order to truly protect herself and her mother.

That night, Su Li received a call from her father.

On the other end of the phone, Father Su's voice was weak, but it revealed an unquestionable majesty: "Su Li, you have been married into the Gu family for a while. I hope you can complete the task as soon as possible, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Su Li's heart sank suddenly.

"Otherwise, you can just wait to collect your mother's body!" Father Su's voice was chilling and chilling, like a demon from hell, making people shudder.