Zhou Kai, who had pretended to be dead, jumped up and said, "It's over, it's over. I completely forgot what I agreed with Jia Jia."

"What was the agreement?" Zhou Xiang was curious.

"We agreed to buy an engagement ring."

"You're done," Ling Ran gloated. "You're not even enthusiastic about getting engaged, you're going to kneel on the washboard!"

Zhou Xiang rolled his eyes at his lover and said, "Come on, dear cousin, tell me what your plan is. Do you think that just because you have an engagement ring, you're engaged?"

"What else?" Zhou Kai didn't care. "I don't have time to wait around at home to pick a date and make all these messy plans. I'll just tie her down first and then have a grand wedding."

"Do you have money?" Zhou Xiang asked the most realistic question.

"A little bit," Zhou Kai pointed with his little finger, "There's still two thousand left from what my cousin gave me. I think it's enough."

"Given?" Zhou wanted to catch his words.

"I borrowed it, cousin. You are my biological sister. Don't tell Jiajia."

"Do you think she's stupid?" Zhou Xiang was too disdainful to talk to this person. He had already recorded many foreign debt lists before. Now that he suddenly had money, it must have been borrowed or defrauded.

"Cousin~"

With red eyes, eye boogers in the corners of her eyes, and coquettish words, she hit Zhou Xiang's funny nerves.

After Zhou Xiang laughed enough, he said to Zhou Kai who was confused: "Okay, go buy a pair of rings. If you want to say it's an engagement ring, then it's an engagement ring. As long as you two agree on it, it's fine. Engagement is a formality, and marriage is the key.

"That money, consider it a gift from me. Give it to Jiajia and go buy it together. Don't lie to her in the future. Jiajia is straightforward. She can tolerate all your shortcomings, but she certainly won't tolerate you lying to her. All women can't tolerate their men cheating on them."

"Thank you, cousin. I'll remember that."

After Zhou Kai had breakfast, he hurriedly washed up and snatched a new set of clothes from his cousin's husband before leaving Zhou's house with his pig-headed face still swollen.

"Wife~" Ling Ran started to act coquettishly again, "You just let Zhou Kai bully me?"

Zhou wanted to push the pig-faced man away and said, "Don't you think he's being nice? He's being rude to you, which means he doesn't treat you as an outsider. You two have developed feelings for each other."

Ugh, Ling Ran looked disgusted and vomiting. He didn't want to have any feelings with this rogue brother-in-law!

However, he also realized that his wife was willing to indulge Zhou Kai just because she enjoyed Zhou Kai's unchanging rogueness. When everyone around him changed, Zhou Kai's unchanging nature was precious. Although what remained unchanged were his shortcomings, as long as he could maintain those, his wife was willing to indulge him.

In the evening, Zhou Kai came back whistling, still bringing his girlfriend with him, "Cousin, thank you for the gift, look."

Zhou Kai extended the hand that was shaking with his girlfriend to his cousin. Seeing that it was just a silver ring, Zhou Xiang also smiled and congratulated her.

Zhou Kai took out the remaining money and said, "Cousin, Jia Jia said she wanted to return the money to you."

Seeing that his hand was only placed on his chest and not extended in front of him, Zhou Xiang couldn't help but laugh, "Give it to Jiajia, ask her to calculate it for you and pay off the foreign debt. You are used to carrying debts, and Jiajia feels tired of carrying debts. Don't tire your future wife out."

This time, Zhou Kai was very straightforward and handed the money to his girlfriend. "Did you hear that? My cousin is very generous!"

"Thank you, Miss Zhou." Jia Jia took the money embarrassedly.

"Why call me Miss Zhou? Call me cousin." Zhou Kai felt that he was already trapped and his girlfriend should call him the same.

Guo Jia's face was full of embarrassment.

"Alright," Zhou wanted to stop his cheeky cousin. "You two have decided on each other for fun, but in our eyes, you haven't completely settled down yet. You just patted your butt and went back to the team, leaving Jiajia to face the doubts of others alone? Many people are not optimistic about your relationship. Gossiping women always say hurtful things. It's not too late to change your tune when you get married."

Zhou Kai immediately turned to his girlfriend and asked, "Jia Jia, when are you going to marry me?"

Zhou Xiang really wanted to kick this idiot out. If he wasn't holding Jia Jia's hand and he wasn't afraid of hurting her by mistake, who the hell would propose to their girlfriend like that?

"Jia Jia, hurry up and take him back and teach him a lesson. If you don't take this opportunity to teach such a straight man, you will have to use a broom to teach him in the future, which is too tiring."

"Yes, Miss Zhou."

Guo Jia pulled her confused boyfriend away.

Two days later, Zhou Kai returned to the team, and Guo Xuehua was freed from Lv Jing's care. This was because Xie Chen and Lv Jing had a good talk, and they both made concessions to each other. One was automatically cautious, while the other tried to relax. They planned to start by cooperating with each other on housework, and Guo Xuehua retired.

Guo Xuehua came to discuss Zhou Kai's affairs with Zhou Xiang. She felt that Zhou Kai was so separated from his eldest daughter and still wanted to get married. She was reluctant and didn't want to agree.

"Zhou Kai will retire." Zhou Xiang was very sure.

"How do you know?"

Guo Xuehua was surprised. In the past two days, Zhou Kai had been trying to get Jia Jia to agree to get married. Jia Jia naturally told her about it after returning home. She also told Zhou Kai about her reluctance, but Zhou Kai avoided answering.

Zhou Xiang smiled mysteriously, "I guessed that he couldn't save any money. I asked him what he would do after retiring, and he said without hesitation that he wanted to work for me. It's obvious that he has no intention of staying in the team for long."

What Zhou Xiang didn't say was that it would probably be a long time before Zhou Kai retired. Not to mention that the captain wouldn't let him go easily, Zhou Kai himself hadn't lost interest in the team and would definitely not leave easily.

Of course, these absolutely must not be known to Guo Xuehua and Guo Jia. No woman can stand being defeated by her boyfriend's work when they are still in the midst of a passionate love affair. Zhou Kai's avoidance of the question must be due to this thought, and it is difficult for him to lie.

After hearing this, Guo Xuehua temporarily dispelled his doubts, "Jia Jia said she still wants to date. We've only been together for about twenty days in the past six months. Let's wait a year or two before talking about marriage."

"Okay!" Zhou Xiang agreed. Only when Zhou Kai himself was anxious could he consider retiring and cherish Guo Jia.

Two days before school started, Chen Wenlian brought Zhou Weibin to Zhou's house.

Looking at his nephew, who seemed like a completely different person, with a completely different spirit and outlook, Zhou Xiang smiled and said, "Yes, now he is like a man."

"Thank you, aunt and uncle, for your support!" Zhou Weibin saluted Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran.

Ling Ran raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and his body tilted. His originally heroic image immediately deflated like a punctured balloon.

"Uncle!" Zhou Weibin shouted dissatisfiedly.

"If it's fake, it's fake. It's just good enough to fool laymen." Ling Ran mocked him lightly.

"I didn't say I was real!" Zhou Weibin protested. "I just wanted my family to feel at ease and see the changes in me, even if it's just a little bit."

"Yeah, yeah!" Zhou Xiang quickly supported his nephew, "Weibin is right. I see that you have made a good change. I will go again next summer vacation."

"Ah?" Zhou Weibin exclaimed in surprise. He was almost skinned alive and had already regretted it so much. Why did he still go?

"Yes!" Ling Ran agreed. "Next year, I'll definitely be stronger and more energetic than I am now."