Chapter 3: Marry Me

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“I, I’m an adult!” Jonny frowned, as if thinking carefully about how old he was, and finally said very solemnly, “I must be forty years old!”

“Pfft!”

With such a cute and cuddly appearance, he claimed he was forty years old?

Little cutie, he must be teasing her!

Valerie’s irritation at being abandoned by Isaac vanished at once.

She teased him back, “Okay then, show me your SmartBit. If you’re really over twenty, help me out by marrying me. When the danger is over, we can get a divorce if you want.”

Although it was not so easy to get a divorce in the Empire, it was better than getting married to a random man. Who knew what he would look like?!

The key point here was that Valerie prioritized good looks and could not stand anyone ugly. If she married an ugly husband in the future, she would not be able to eat or sleep!

In the past, she was always willing to act deeply in love with Isaac and get married to him because he was not too bad-looking.

Nonetheless, compared to Jonny, Isaac was basically a potato!

“SmartBit…” Jonny looked left and right, then saw the SmartBit on his wrist.

However, it seemed to be broken. He fiddled with it for a long time before finally opening the interface for the marriage application.

“Big sis, is it this one?”

Valerie looked over and saw that he had a black SmartBit. She could not tell what brand it was, but the material had a polished sheen and it did not look cheap.

Perhaps it was a privacy setting, or it might be damaged, but she could not see anything else on the SmartBit. The personal information page was a bit garbled, but fortunately, the optical code on the marriage application was clear.

If Valerie pulled up her personal information page and they scanned each other’s optical codes, it would be considered as an application for marriage to the Empire’s System.

If they met the marriage requirements, the System would approve the application.

At this moment, footsteps sounded behind them.

Valerie turned around and saw two women approaching.

The older one wore a purple cheongsam, looking graceful and refined.

The younger one was accompanying the one in the purple cheongsam.

They happened to be Isaac’s mother and younger sister.

“Valerie, my brother hasn’t come yet. So, what do we do about this wedding?” Jenny smiled wickedly at this turn of events.

She had always disliked the frail, sickly Valerie. This was because, in her opinion, Valerie was just shamelessly clinging on to her brother.

More importantly, Jenny was good friends with Madeline. They had known each other for seven years.

On the other hand, Mrs. Holt was not opposed to the marriage. After all, this concerned the relationship between the two families.

Moreover, to Mrs. Holt, Madeline was merely an adopted daughter of the Sullivans.

How could she compare to Valerie who was a proper young lady?

Mrs. Holt said earnestly, “Val, if you wait for Isaac, he’ll come back.”

Valerie lowered her head and looked at the time on her SmartBit. It was past nine p.m.

There were less than three hours left until midnight.

If Isaac wanted to make it back, he should be in the Third District by now.

However, he was not.

Valerie smiled and said, “Auntie, the wedding will go on as planned. You should go back to the banquet hall first.”

Mrs. Holt nodded with satisfaction. Although Valerie was not in good health, she had a good family background, decent manners, and was obedient and sensible.

As Jenny helped her mother walk back to the hall, she glanced back at Valerie with a sneering remark. “You’d do anything to keep up appearances, won’t you?”

They walked away, never noticing Jonny who was hiding around the corner.

Valerie narrowed her eyes, turned around, and found that Jonny was still sitting there. Just now, he had retracted his big fluffy tail, afraid of being seen, but now he stuck it out again.

His tail shyly curled around Valerie’s ankle..