After Our Contract Marriage, the Little Deaf One Goes Viral on a Couple's Reality Show

His cousin and the person he was supposed to marry both disappeared without a trace.

With his parents dead since he was young, Wen Guizhou had been raised by his aunt. Now he stepped up to take his cousin's place and entered into a marriage of convenience with the other party's still-single uncle, Jiang Du, a former Best Actor.

The news set the whole internet abuzz.

After all, one of them was deaf in both ears, while the other had difficulty walking.

Netizens had this to say: A deaf guy and a cripple. They really are a good match.

Not long after the wedding, the two were invited to appear on a marriage variety show, where the producers deliberately set them up as the contrast to the hottest celebrity couple of the moment.

The celebrity couple were childhood friends who had fallen for each other, shared a deep bond, and were madly in love. They were also a powerful duo made up of a musical prodigy and a top-tier star.

By contrast, Wen Guizhou and Jiang Du barely knew each other. They were so polite that they might as well have been strangers. Wen Guizhou, in particular, was an obscure college student, his eyes hidden behind his fringe so no one could make out his looks. He was deaf and couldn't hear people speaking, and he couldn't even find the camera.

The contrast was so stark, you could imagine how badly they would fare.

Before the show had even aired, plenty of people flocked to the official account to mock them, eager to watch the fake rich couple crash and burn.

Later,

The four couples visited a water park together. Wen Guizhou got soaked by accident and swept his fringe back, revealing a smooth, fair forehead and a face so stunning it took your breath away. His soaked white T-shirt clung to his waist...

[That waist is killing me! Hah, hah (drooling)~]

[Husband? Husband!]

[Hahaha, look at Jiang Du. His eyes are glued to our Zhouzhou and he can't look away!]

[Look! The moment they meet eyes, Zhouzhou's ears turn red!]

One edited clip was all it took for Wen Guizhou to go viral.

Deaf and unable to hear?

[Zhouzhou can read lips even with his cochlear implants. So why are his ears red again? What did Jiang Du say to him?!]

Can't find the camera?

[He's shoved his whole face into the shot again. Don't take advantage of being handsome to act so shamelessly, hey!]

An obscure college student?

[Girls, a first-year graduate student from Yanda's botany department says this is a senior in their key laboratory!]

The more people dug into others, the more dirt they found. But when it came to Wen Guizhou, all they could say was: Bro, what other surprises do you have for us?

Of course he had one.

Wen Guizhou had a secret he'd never told anyone: he could hear what plants were thinking.

At the marriage meeting,

Two bird-of-paradise plants with their branches intertwined thought: [Jiang Du's so pleased with himself for marrying Zhouzhou, and he's still putting on an act. Wasn't he the one who talked his niece into running away?]

Wen Guizhou: ?!

On the marriage variety show,

A freely spreading areca palm thought: [What a load of crap, this musical genius. He just plagiarizes everything. Disgusting. He was just with a staff member over here... Eww~]

Wen Guizhou quietly withdrew his hand from the leaves and discreetly mentioned it to Jiang Du.

The next day, a certain musical genius was exposed for plagiarism, cheating, and domestic abuse.

At the water park,

The mosquito-repellent plants along the road cried: [Bro, bro, stop plucking us! Our leaves are nearly all gone... Sob, sob. It's someone else who's lusting after your wife, not me (slurp).]

Wen Guizhou's hand paused as he grabbed his fringe. He turned and met Jiang Du's gaze, aggrieved beneath a show of strength.

The more plant thoughts Wen Guizhou heard, the more he realized that his spouse in this marriage of convenience seemed to really like him!?

As it happened, the variety show was a hit, and the business partnership between their families was progressing smoothly.

His cousin had eventually gotten together with the person he was meant to marry, so Wen Guizhou's job was done.

That very night, he tried to bring up ending their contract.

The moment the words left his mouth, thoughts rushed in from every direction:

[Don't go, Zhouzhou! I can't bear to be without you~]

[Zhouzhou, don't choose your husband. Choose me, take me with you.]

[No, I'm going to cry.]

[Say something, hubby! You're about to lose your wife!!!]

The man in the wheelchair suddenly got to his feet. He spoke while signing, looking utterly pitiful:

"Don't go, wife."

#You won your wife fair and square, so how can you just let her go#

After suffering a serious injury that left him with a broken leg, Jiang Du grew gloomy, volatile, and prone to wild mood swings. He was practically a madman, dragging himself through each day like a walking corpse, unable to see any hope.

Until a ray of light seeped through the cracks in the darkness and pulled him back into the world.

Later,

He learned to pretend,

playing the part of a perfectly normal person: gentle, refined, and polite.

When he appeared at the marriage meeting, he asked softly for the other's answer:

"Would you be willing to marry me?"

"If you aren't... that's all right, too."

He had plenty of other ways.

[Upright, sunny prince-like bottom VS scheming, two-faced top who'll stop at nothing to win his wife]

Reading notes:

1. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.

2. The bottom's deafness is irreversible. The top really does have a leg condition, but not the whole truth.

3. The top can't hear any thoughts. Only the bottom can.

4. Side-couple warning: there are both straight and lesbian couples.

5. More to be added if I think of anything.

Theme: Live toward the sun, stay true to yourself, and live as your real self.