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Qi Xun thought it would take a few days for Bai Xi to consider his proposal.
But when he woke up the next day, he found a ring around his ring finger, glittering in the dark bedroom.
However, Bai Xi was not beside him. The bedside was empty, with only messy quilts spread aside.
He checked around the bedroom and there was no sight of Bai Xi. When he walked out and entered the kitchen on the first floor, he spotted what he was searching wearing an apron and glaring at something like his mortal enemy.
While Ms. Ding stood nearby looking very much like she was eager to help, her face was filled with hesitation.
Seeing Qi Xun come downstairs, she seemed relieved and called out, “Good morning, Mr. Qi.”
Qi Xun nodded. “Good morning.”
He used eye signals to request for Ms. Ding to leave, walked behind Bai Xi, and hugged around the other’s waist. “What are you doing?”
He studied the frying pan in front of Bai Xi. The suspicious thing inside might be an egg pancake roll, but it got burned too much to tell.
Bai Xi was also confused.
He cooked this under Ms. Ding’s supervision, but why did it turn out to be this?
He lowered his head and murmured, “I wanted to make you breakfast on the first day of our engagement. I even ordered roses and put them out on the table.”
Qi Xun could see the roses Bai Xi was talking about.
On the long table where they usually eat, they were lovingly glistening under the morning light.
He picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of pancake that was not as burnt, put it in his mouth, and evaluated, “There is too little salt, too much pepper, the egg tastes very rubbery.”
Bai Xi mumbled, “…Oh.”
Why did he have the impulse to toss the ring just on the first day of engagement?
Despite saying that, Qi Xun still ate the burned egg pancake roll because it was made by Bai Xi.
He gently pushed Bai Xi aside, beat some eggs, and added the seasoning.
Even if he was not a home chef, he could still make breakfast, much better than what Bai Xi could make.
Bai Xi did not fight for cooking either, so he ate the strawberries washed by Ms. Ding and fed Qi Xun the sweet fruit from time to time.
As Qi Xun made breakfast, he glanced at the diamond ring around his finger, asking, “Did you consider my proposal? It only took you a single night to decide?”
Bai Xi bit into the strawberry and smiled with his eyes.
When he got up this morning, he put the ring on Qi Xun’s ring finger, then seamlessly interlocked their fingers together.
Like they were destined to be together.
He rubbed Qi Xun’s shoulder and shared coquettishly, “I made up my mind when you asked me yesterday.”
Qi Xun looked over.
“I have no other answer except for ‘yes’.”
The breath from Bai Xi’s words tickled Qi Xun’s ear.
He turned off the stove and turned to Bai Xi.
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They were very sweet.
It was hard for him to tell if the taste was from the strawberries or Bai Xi.
When he finally separated, he hugged the other man and whispered into his ear, “Good morning, fiance.”
Bai Xi’s ears went numb as if shocked by a small electric current.
He gazed into Qi Xun’s deep eyes and felt that his fiance was overly handsome, enough to completely captivate him.
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Qi Xun placed the breakfast on the table next to the roses before the duo ate the homemade breakfast.
After their meal, Qi Xun drove Bai Xi to work.
As he sat in the passenger seat, Bai Xi looked as if he just met Qi Xun, with his hand on the armrest and eyes locked on his driver.
“What are you looking at?” Qi Xun knew the answer but still asked.
Bai Xi answered frankly, “Admiring my super handsome fiance.”
Smiles appeared on both of their faces.
When the car reached the parking at Bai Xi’s work, neither of them wanted to part.
Bai Xi hooked Qi Xun’s fingers with his own, feeling reluctant to leave. He asked, “Will you pick me up tonight?”
Qi Xun answered, “Yes.”
The smile on Bai Xi’s face widened. Seeing that he was about to be late, he unbuckled his seat belt and leaned over to kiss Qi Xun on the chin.
“Then I will go to work now. See you in the evening.”
He got out of the car and walked into his office’s door, not without looking back from time to time, of course.
Qi Xun waited until the other man’s figure disappeared into the building before driving away.
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Bai Xi entered his office.
It was hectic at work today. Many of his colleagues worked their butts off as their heads were buried in their work. Except for his young assistant, no one noticed the engagement ring around his finger.
As it happened, Bai Xi did not want to be questioned.
He bribed his assistant with a box of chocolate as hush money and also buried himself in his work.
It was not until noon that Bai Xi called Liang Song during his lunch break.
Liang Song happened to be painting in his art studio and was in a good mood when he received a call from his friend, thinking Bai Xi wanted to have dinner.
Bai Xi said, “Of course, we will go out and eat. I will treat you in two days. We are going to celebrate!”
“Celebrate what?” Liang Song asked. “You got your bonus? Are you getting a promotion?”
Bai Xi could not hold back his smile any longer as he chirped, “None of the above.”
“It is nothing much.” He toned his excitement down. “Only that Qi Xun and I are engaged.”
Liang Song began to doubt what month today was for a moment.
He seemed to have returned to that barbecue place more than four months ago. It was the day and place when Bai Xi said in dead seriousness, that he was dating Qi Xun.
And reacted the same.
“Holy fuck?!”
With the addition of a question mark, he must be in more shock than last time.
It was about the same level as an alien invasion, and he almost dropped his phone.
After catching it in time, he shouted over the phone, “Hold it right there, you calm down. Bai Xi, love and marriage are two completely different things! How can you just jump into marriage like that?”
Bai Xi turned his attention to his ring. “I did not want things to go so fast either, but Qi Xun proposed to me.”
Liang Song’s eyes widened. It was Qi Xun who proposed??
“Th-then even if he proposes, marriage is not a playhouse. You are only twenty-five, there is no need for you to rush!”
“But he proposed to me.”
“Dage, I heard you. You do not have to repeat it. But do you not think you are going too fast?”
“But he proposed to me.”
“…”
Liang Song was convinced and suspected that there was a recorder on repeat on the other end of the phone.
He sighed and pressed against his temples to stop his raging headache. “I have found that you always disregard what I have to say. You just want to brag that Qi Xun proposed to you and how madly in love he is with you.”
Bai Xi’s smile turned mischievous and denied, “Am not, you are just putting words into my mouth.”
Liang Song rolled his eyes to the ceiling.
The phone went quiet at both ends for a few seconds.
Liang Song tossed his brush to the side, trying to calm his mood and digest the fact.
He asked Bai Xi again, “Do you plan to marry Qi Xun? Are you serious? You better not regret it.”
Bai Xi confirmed without hesitation, “Yes, I will not regret it.”
Liang Song sunk deeper into silence.
He turned to his unfinished painting. It was a sea of vivid peach blossoms in scarlet that displayed their petals this spring.
Would that mean this was a restless spring?
It had not been spring for long, yet Bai Xi was in a hurry to package himself neatly to give out.
He scratched his head and didn’t know what to say. He went to the window and pushed it open.
He was at the end of his tether, as he huffed, “Fine, go tie your knot. I don’t even care if you ended up giving birth to a triplet for Qi Xun tomorrow.”
He said this fiercely, but helpless happiness appeared in the bottom of his eyes.
Bai Xi chuckled. “Sadly, I do not have that capability.”
As the morning breeze hit his face, Liang Song asked, “Have you told your family yet?”
“Not yet, it is not urgent, we planned to share it on our next visit so we can tell them face to face.”
The couple seemed to have everything planned already, Liang Song thought.
He listened as Bai Xi retold him the details of Qi Xun’s proposal, about how the other man prepared the ring long ago. As he listened, he played with the lighter in his hand absentmindedly.
He remembered that a few months ago, in the barbecue shop, Bai Xi whispered to him that he and Qi Xun were together.
That night’s moon was very bright, and Bai Xi’s eyes were also bright.
At that time, he was pessimistic about Bai Xi’s journey to love. He could only pray that Bai Xi comes out unscathed.
But who could have thought that one day, that ice-cold Qi Xun who was indifferent to anyone, would propose to Bai Xi?
He could not conclude if things just worked unpredictably or if love worked mysteriously.
But he knew that Bai Xi shared this with him first to get his congratulations.
So he did not say anything ice-cold to dampen his friend’s enthusiasm.
Once Bai Xi stopped his rambling, he chuckled. “All right, enough with your bragging. I do not have anything else to add. As long as you are happy. So congratulations.”
Bai Xi laughed as well. “Thank you so much.”
The soft spring light outside the window brought warmth and complemented Bai Xi’s smile.
He ended the call, stuffed chocolate into his mouth, admired the ring on his hand, and felt that even dull documents had become less annoying.
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When he got off work in the evening, Qi Xun was downstairs waiting for him.
When Qi Xun left the company, Mr. Yan’s eyes were filled with protest, like a court counselor staring at his useless Emperor.
Mr. Yan thought painfully about his boss’ relationship, where Qi Xun would begin to come to work late and leave work early.
It was bad enough that his boss was engaged, but also learned to skip work?!
If his boss was not blinded by love, he did not know what it was!
Qi Xun was oblivious to what was brewing inside the head of his secretary. After he picked up Bai Xi from work, they went to the restaurant and reserved a place for dinner.
While waiting for the server to bring their meals, he asked Bai Xi, “Do you have anything scheduled this weekend?”
“No, why?” Bai Xi wondered.
“Didn’t you mention you wanted to go to the seaside? I booked a villa by the ocean.” Qi Xun passed his phone to the other man, which contained all the landscape and tourist path photos on it. “Since we are engaged, we should celebrate.”
Bai Xi took a sip of his juice and lowered his head to look at the phone.
The city they lived in was not far from the sea. It is within driving distance and because it had just completed its development, the scenery was still fresh and the climate was pleasant.
He wanted to go to the beach once the weather got a little warmer. He only brought it up once in a while but it was enough for Qi Xun to keep in mind.
He smiled and asked, “Does that mean we are going on our honeymoon in advance?”
Qi Xun answered, “It will be whatever you said it is.”
Bai Xi could not hold back his giggle.
He took another sip of juice and thought how beautiful the honeymoon word was.
They were not married yet, but he felt that Qi Xun already belonged to him.
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Thank you for the chapter ❤️
they are so cute aaaa 🤧, thanks for the update<333
[screams] so so sweet
Aaaa, so cute and they are so sweet!
Thank you for new chapter
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Thanks for the chapter. Sweet 😍
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So sweet and cute, I’m dying T__T
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I think Qi Xun is just overthinking the definition of love… If what he was doing wasn’t still love… Then those ML’s who did the same thing pale in comparison 🤔😅
Just say I love you once huh…. I don’t believe his love was only a quarter… He wouldn’t proposed and felt threatened by outside forces if he wasn’t in love and he wouldn’t skip work lol
Liang Song is a great friend. Looking out for Bai Xi.
Thanks for the chapter 💞
Why did I find Bai Xi repeating “But he proposed to me” to everything Liang Song said soo effen cute(≧▽≦)
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