In fact, when many interstellar readers read that Caesar had returned to August Star and finally reunited with Gu Bai, they couldn’t help but feel incredibly excited.
[Ahh, they’re finally meeting again! Who knows how long I’ve been waiting for this moment!]
[Okay, okay, just meeting is enough, just meeting is enough! I don’t even want anything else now, can’t they just stick together more? Wuuu!]
After all, during the earlier serialization of “Contract Marriage”, ever since Caesar began his tragic crematorium, there hadn’t been a single day without heartbroken readers in the comment section crying out for when Gu Bai and Caesar would meet again.
But perhaps this is the strange magic of crematoriums novels.
After the wedding, they desperately hoped for a divorce, but after the divorce, they realized the dire situation of no more sweetness and started urging for a remarriage. The plot was all about torturous, entangled, and extreme pulls!
Now, Caesar finally made his powerful entrance at the critical moment, even custom-ordering a spaceship that scattered rose petals all over the city and begging Gu Bai for another chance…
This exaggerated and extravagant way of expressing love not only left the audience in August Star stunned but also deeply shocked the interstellar readers who were watching the entire process, once again marveling at Caesar’s domineering CEO persona.
[What I admire most is how Fish Soup Noodles always comes up with these refreshing romantic plots. The spaceship, that huge, cold, and fierce weapon, actually ended up being filled with rose petals for a love confession? This just shocked my entire universe!]
[Yeah, yeah, Caesar is way too good at this! If he had figured it out sooner, there wouldn’t have been so many knives!]
[This is really unbelievable, but Caesar actually did it, and now I feel so exhilarated and shocked… Help! This is so strange.]
After all, in the eyes of most normal interstellar people, a space airship had always been seen as a cold, powerful weapon, expensive, and difficult to own privately, completely unrelated to romantic gestures like proposals or love confessions!
As a result, in “Contract Marriage”, Yu Mian unexpectedly arranged for Caesar to spend a fortune ordering a private spaceship, but it was only to fill it with flowers to win Gu Bai’s favor. This move instantly left countless interstellar readers’ minds in a whirl.
—Wow, so this is what you can do with a spaceship!
—It’s not only a weapon, but you can also use it to scatter flowers across the sky just to make your wife smile?
—Domineering, this kind of ‘overkill’ behavior is just too domineering!
Though, if Yu Mian were to explain, this was really just a small part of the “domineering president” trope from Earth, just localized for the interstellar setting.
After all, in 21st-century domineering president novels, you often see helicopters filled with flower petals flying in the air, or drones lighting up the night to confess love—all kinds of flashy and arrogant behaviors of domineering presidents spending money to pursue their wives.
Now, replace that with an interstellar spaceship, and it’s basically the same thing!
But for the interstellar people who had never read these kinds of novels about a domineering president using his wealth and power to chase his wife, this was truly a shock to their entire worldview.
It could only be said that he was worthy of being the Caesar in everyone’s mind, rich, romantic, and bold!
Who wouldn’t be amazed!?
Plus, the atmosphere in the book was built up perfectly. Under the fluttering petals, not only did Miroslav, the gold medal supporting character, give Caesar a thumbs-up, but the audience around them also enthusiastically cheered, “Say yes to him!”
So at this point, many interstellar readers holding onto their light brains with bated breaths felt like Gu Bai was about to agree the next moment.
[Hurry up and agree to him! Ahhh, I want to eat some sugar! Wuuu, I want to see them married!]
[Remarry! Remarry! Remarry!~ The newlyweds are going to go see Grandpa together, I’m so greedy!]
Many readers who were sensitive to pain points and couldn’t stand the crematorium couldn’t wait to see Gu Bai and Caesar have a happy ending right away.
But! The next moment, unexpectedly, the plot didn’t develop like that at all.
[[When the spaceship appeared and scattered petals across the sky, the whole audience cheered and applauded. Caesar, holding the ring box, felt sweat on his palms.
But when Caesar looked up, eagerly meeting Gu Bai’s gaze, for some reason, Gu Bai, who had apparently composed himself, avoided eye contact and even ignored the bouquet Caesar was holding.
“Caesar, can we talk backstage?”
“Backstage? Let’s go right now…”
At that moment, Caesar looked meek and timid in front of Gu Bai, like an elementary school student whose parents had been summoned, meekly trying to communicate.
But no matter what, Gu Bai was actually speaking to him again!
This undoubtedly encouraged Caesar greatly, and he felt like he had achieved great success today!
Ever since Gu Bai paid off the last of the one million, it was as if he had disappeared, and they hadn’t spoken a word since.
Until one day, Caesar couldn’t help himself and secretly opened Gu Bai’s circle of friends on the star messaging app, only to be struck by the shocking sight of “——·——”.
And there was nothing else. It turned into a blank.
Gu Bai had actually deleted him…
Deleted him!?!!
This became another crushing blow to Caesar, making him fall into despair to the point where he didn’t even want to go to work. He collapsed at home, wanting to cry his heart out.
Gu Bai had deleted him from his account—what was the point of working at this crappy company?
He couldn’t even spend money on his wife anymore!]]
This famous scene, where Caesar was devastated to discover that Gu Bai had deleted him, was the fuse that caused the big split among the interstellar reader factions in the comment section of “Contract Marriage”.
For readers who felt sorry for Caesar, after seeing this crematorium plot, they would undoubtedly want to cry along with him.
They felt that Fish Soup Noodles wasn’t just burning Caesar but nearly roasting all the readers with the relentless drama!
They felt that Fish Soup Noodles was not just burning Caesar to death in the crematorium. All the people following the updates were being burned along with him!
The person was deleted from star messages, and now the two were living apart—how could they still be in contact? This was definitely a bad ending! [Crying uncontrollably].
However, for readers who wanted to see Caesar being burned to death, their reading experience was completely different.
This was big news worth celebrating, the kind of scene everyone wanted to see!
—Trying to act tough, huh? Still stubborn, huh?
—Think your wife is just giving you a cold shoulder?
—Ha! It turned out you were actually deleted directly! Hahahaha! We can only say that deletion was beautiful!
Of course, as the author, Yu Mian wouldn’t let the plot end there.
So, after these waves of well deserved crematorium plots, that was when the grandfather, who could no longer bear to watch, finally appeared and gave Caesar a good scolding and beating, lifting him from his despair and setting him on the path to recovery.
From there, the plot started its upward trajectory again, leading to Caesar’s passionate pursuit of Gu Bai and their eventual reunion.
But for Gu Bai’s calm reaction in that moment, countless interstellar readers immediately realized that the situation was not unfolding as they had imagined.
[Wife! Why are you so calm? QAQ Why aren’t you moved at all? Do you not like flowers or big diamond rings, wife!?]
[Yeah, why are you avoiding eye contact with Caesar, and not answering his question at all!? TOT]
As readers who were eagerly waiting for a happy ending for Caesar started to worry, another group of readers who had been holding back for a long time finally spoke up.
[I knew Gu Bai wouldn’t agree. Do you think Gu Bai would impulsively say yes just because of the crowd’s cheers!?]
[Exactly, Caesar is such a fool! Anyone could tell that Gu Bai doesn’t like such flashy, extravagant displays = =]
[Even though I know he put his heart into it and spent a lot of money, it doesn’t matter! It’s useless if Gu Bai doesn’t like it! You’re such a waste, Caesar!]
It was almost like the saying “the observer sees clearly while the one involved is confused”. Caesar, due to his nervousness and importance placed on this reunion, had planned everything so grandly.
He almost desperately wanted to spend money, to bring everything good he could find, hoping it would ease his inner anxiety a little.
But just like a student nervously preparing for their final exams, Caesar, who was excessively tense, had overlooked the most crucial point: Gu Bai’s character was not the type to be impressed by such gestures.
It was like studying for a Chinese exam when the real exam was math—completely going in the wrong direction!
[[So, under Caesar’s operation, Gu Bai finally just let out a light sigh.
He knew Caesar had put in effort, but because of the personality he developed from childhood, he always naively and confidently thought that everyone around him should like what he liked.
But perhaps this kind of personality was also the testimony of Caesar’s happy and lucky life.
And perhaps this was the reason why he was unconsciously attracted to Caesar from the very beginning?
Perhaps the more one lacks something, the more they long for it.
So, when Gu Bai and Caesar finally sat down in a quiet cafe booth, Gu Bai gently stroked the coffee cup in his hands, lost in thought and absentminded for a moment.
Caesar, who was watching Gu Bai’s silent demeanor, was so tense that even the hairs on his head seemed to be tight.
After all, no matter how dull or confident Caesar was, he could tell now that Gu Bai didn’t seem as happy as he had imagined.
And now, Gu Bai was no longer the same as before.
He had become more outstanding, more dazzling.
Even when Caesar suddenly realized that Gu Bai was no longer lacking in money and that his mother was gradually recovering from her illness…
What could he do to make Gu Bai focus on him again?]]
In fact, when Caesar finally realized this, he gradually began to touch upon the essence of the matter.
That was, when the greatest factor that caused their unequal status in the past disappeared, everything finally returned to the moment of love’s beginning.
And aside from his wealth and good family background, he seemed to have nothing else to offer.
Although Caesar’s thoughts might sound a little too versailles to the vast interstellar readers, in the context of the domineering president chasing his wife to the crematorium, it felt more poignant with each passing moment, making everyone look forward to the next part even more.
You, kid, you finally realized you have big issues to reflect on.
What use is wealth and good looks? You must also have a sincere heart!
Doesn’t this mean you need to properly chase your wife again?
[[After seeing the look on Caesar’s face, Gu Bai finally became aware of his own silence.
“Caesar, I’m surprised you came today.”
When Gu Bai’s cold voice sounded again, Caesar suddenly felt like he had never longed for everything so much.
Back then, Gu Bai would gently and patiently adjust his collar, so close that they could feel each other’s breath.
When they looked up at each other, it was as if all he needed to do was slightly lower his head to kiss him.
“But I hope you won’t do this next time. I don’t like being surrounded by so many people, and I don’t feel happy like this.”
