{"id":17826,"date":"2026-01-23T11:51:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-4403\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:51:49","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-4403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-4403\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 4403"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/p>\n

Du Yumeng gave him a sharp look. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen you in a few days, and you\u2019re still the same\u2014smooth-talking. I can\u2019t tell what\u2019s genuine and what\u2019s just empty flattery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t dare believe you, Zhan Yiyang. I prefer mature, steady men\u2014not ones who talk nonsense and make promises they don\u2019t keep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhan Yiyang quickly responded with a serious expression, \u201cYumeng, I am mature and steady. I\u2019m not just being glib\u2014I\u2019m speaking from the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wasn\u2019t he mature enough?<\/p>\n

Zhan Yiyang honestly believed he was. In his mother\u2019s teasing words, he was nearly thirty\u2014rounding up, that made him middle-aged.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a few years, I\u2019ll qualify as middle-aged,\u201d he thought with a wry smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, I\u2019m just teasing. You\u2019re so tense.\u201d Du Yumeng couldn\u2019t help but laugh again. \u201cWhen did you get here?\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeing how nervous he looked only made her more amused. He clearly cared how she saw him. The fact that her words could unsettle him showed just how much he loved her.<\/p>\n

She no longer appeared before him in disguise as the fox. She wanted him to understand that the woman he loved was Du Yumeng\u2014not some fantasy version of her.<\/p>\n

She wanted him to love the real Du Yumeng.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just arrived,\u201d he said. \u201cGot off the plane and took a taxi straight here. I haven\u2019t even gone home yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Du Yumeng looked him up and down. \u201cYou don\u2019t look tired at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhan Yiyang: \u201c\u2026\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou came straight here after your flight and waited outside the office just to give me flowers and jewelry? Nothing else?\u201d<\/p>\n

Like treating her to dinner or watching a movie, perhaps?<\/p>\n

Zhan Yiyang caught on immediately and said, \u201cOf course I want to treat you to dinner! But it wasn\u2019t time to get off work yet, and I know how busy you are, so I didn\u2019t dare disturb you. I just waited here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYumeng, are you done for the day? If you\u2019re free, let\u2019s go to the hotel now. By the time we order, it\u2019ll be just about dinner time.\u201d<\/p>\n

And if it\u2019s a little early, well\u2014there\u2019s nothing wrong with that either.<\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t hurt to have dinner a bit earlier.<\/p>\n

Du Yumeng smiled and said, \u201cWait here for me. I\u2019ll head back to the office and get my car.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that, she turned around and walked back inside, carrying the bouquet and the red gift bag holding the jewelry set.<\/p>\n

Zhan Yiyang was briefly stunned, then replied cheerfully, \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll wait right here.\u201d<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t reject him.<\/p>\n

In the past, if he asked her to dinner ten times, she\u2019d only agree two or three.<\/p>\n

Most of the time, she declined.<\/p>\n

She would say she was busy, had client dinners scheduled, and couldn\u2019t make time for him.<\/p>\n

Once, he even followed her shamelessly to the Haicheng Hotel, only to find she really was entertaining clients.<\/p>\n

Being a businessman himself, he understood the demands and compromises involved in doing business.<\/p>\n

He empathized with her and felt a deep sense of pity.<\/p>\n

He vowed that once he successfully won her over, he would love her, cherish her, and spoil her for the rest of her life\u2014never letting her work so hard or suffer so much again.<\/p>\n

She had so many cousins. There was no reason she should carry all the burdens alone. She wasn\u2019t even the Du family\u2019s heir.<\/p>\n

After Du Yumeng returned to the company, Zhan Yiyang remained waiting outside. Just two minutes later, a black Mercedes pulled up beside him.<\/p>\n

He instinctively turned to look and saw Xiang Yang lower the window. With a half-smile, he said, \u201cStill waiting outside, Fourth Young Master Zhan? Has Meng Meng kicked you out again? Want a ride? I can take you in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can come and go freely at the Du Group,\u201d Zhan Yiyang replied coolly.<\/p>\n

After all, he was Mrs. Du\u2019s godson\u2014and Yumeng\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n

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