CHAPTER 963: CHAPTER 973: DÉJÀ VU (1)

Situ Xuan merely looked at him calmly and said, "So what?"

"So what?" That one sentence left Cheng Wanli so angry that he didn’t know what to say!

"If your sister behaves herself, I will give her enough respect as a wife." He spoke indifferently. He didn’t originally intend to marry Jian Anning just because he liked her.

From the very beginning, all he wanted was to take her away from Yu Zexiao!

If Cheng Tingting hadn’t made such a mess, hadn’t tried secretly to seduce Yu Zexiao, he wouldn’t have insisted on canceling the engagement!

No matter how much he disliked Cheng Tingting, he couldn’t let her seduce Yu Zexiao while still bearing the title of "Situ Xuan’s fiancée"!

"Enough respect?" Cheng Wanli scoffed, "I’m marrying my sister to you. Is it to worship her like a deity? Is respect all that’s needed for marriage?"

Situ Xuan glanced at him casually, lifted a wine glass with his slender fingers, "What do you suggest then? Offer her full love and trust like a young man in love?"

"I..." Truth be told, Situ Xuan’s words completely disarmed Cheng Wanli!

Indeed, this is a political marriage, a marriage by arrangement, not a romantic love match! Both parties are matched by individual and family merits, not personal preferences.

Situ Xuan was willing to give Cheng Tingting a title, respect as a wife, which was enough for this marriage. Cheng Wanli demanding more was simply ridiculous!

"But why just cancel the engagement like this?" Cheng Wanli finally found an excuse, "Even if what you said is true, you didn’t value the engagement party, never visited the Cheng Family afterwards, Tingting traveled all this way, and you still have a woman here! If you want to cancel the engagement, you owe us an explanation!"

"It’s just an engagement, not a marriage. Moreover, the engagement party was merely a formality. I have more important work to complete." Situ Xuan’s expression was indifferent, "As for the woman...I don’t have any woman here."

To be accurate, he only had someone he admired. Jian Anning was never his woman!

"You’re lying!" Cheng Tingting immediately retorted, "Situ Xuan, who are you trying to fool? Just a few nights ago, you flew to Shangcheng specifically to meet her!"

Situ Xuan didn’t bother to explain, only glanced at her indifferently, "Marriage requires a vow of loyalty. But I have yet to swear in front of God."

The prevailing values in the United States permit all sorts of play before marriage, but infidelity post-marriage, though common, is still subject to condemnation.

Hypothetically speaking, what if he had an affair after marriage? Cheng Tingting could accept it or leave him! Situ Xuan didn’t rise to prominence relying on the Cheng Family!

"You!—" Situ Xuan was blunt, but Cheng Wanli knew that this was typical! He had a girlfriend, yet he too wouldn’t mind a brief affair with other women.

Using the societal moral model to restrain Situ Xuan was laughable!