In the bright and spacious office of the Xu Group, a man who looked somewhat similar to Xu Yanfeng was shown on the large computer screen. He was wearing an olive-colored suit, a white shirt, a dark blue polka-dot tie with a dark gold tie clip pinned on it. He was elegant and had a smile on his face.

The man leaned back in his chair, his hands crossed on the edge of the black slate table, and watched Xu Yanfeng leisurely as he lowered his hair from time to time.

He is Xu Yanfeng's brother, Xu Junmo.

Xu Junmo tapped the table with his knuckles, making two crisp sounds, and said good-naturedly, "How about we wait until you guys finish talking before we continue?"

"No need." Xu Yanfeng put his phone upside down on the table and said calmly, "It's already been agreed."

"Let me guess." Xu Junmo propped his chin up with the back of his hand, the smile in the corners of his eyes deepening. "Is it the one you want to give the ring to, your girlfriend?"

In front of his brother, Xu Yanfeng had no need to deny: "It's her."

Xu Junmo became more interested: "Have you given the ring away? How did she react? Was she moved to tears?"

Xu Yanfeng tilted his head slightly, pursed his thin lips, and his expression showed that he was speechless at the moment.

Xu Junmo raised an eyebrow: "Can't you tell me yet?"

Xu Yanfeng glanced at the date circled on the table, the corners of his lips twitched as he added a smile: "It's not her birthday yet."

"Oh, I see." Xu Junmo nodded, "You plan to give it to her on her birthday."

Xu Yanfeng's last business trip abroad was to inspect a laboratory and meet Xu Junmo. On the way to dinner, Xu Yanfeng asked the driver to stop and walked into a brand-name store to select a collector's diamond ring. Xu Junmo was there and initially thought he'd bought it for Zhong Yinghong, but after seeing the ring's design, he suddenly wasn't so sure.

The main diamond is a square pink diamond with extremely high clarity, surrounded by a circle of small petal shapes, inlaid with white diamonds, and the ring is also embellished with white diamonds. The style is very simple, but no one would say it is not gorgeous.

The problem is that Zhong Yinghong doesn't like pink diamonds.

"Isn't it for Mom?" Xu Junmo asked him at the time, "Who are you going to give it to?"

Xu Yanfeng was only focused on admiring the ring, imagining it on Xia Xi's hand, and without even looking up, he replied, "Girlfriend."

Xu Junmo slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing something. He'd known his brother had a girlfriend. Though they lived thousands of miles apart, they kept in touch frequently. Xu Yanfeng had mentioned Xia Xi more than once. It was just that when he was choosing the ring, Xu Junmo hadn't considered it a possible gift for his girlfriend. In Xu Junmo's mind, his brother wasn't one for romance.

People who are allergic to romance should be like Xu Yanfeng.

"Are you going to propose to her?"

Xu Junmo had just heard the salesperson talking to Xu Yanfeng and learned that the pink diamond ring was worth 14 million US dollars. He hadn't heard it wrong; it was indeed US dollars.

Apart from proposing, Xu Junmo couldn't think of any other occasion that would require such a "heavyweight" diamond ring.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll have to go back home." Xu Junmo patted his brother's shoulder. "After all, this is an important moment in your life. Besides, I also want to meet the heroine who captured you."

If she can handle a solid and cold glacier like her brother's, shouldn't she be called a "heroine"?

Xu Junmo didn't know what he said was wrong. Xu Yanfeng's eyes darkened slightly and he put the ring in his hand back into the indigo velvet tray.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Junmo asked.

Xu Yanfeng ignored him and switched to English to communicate with the salesperson. He wanted the ring and asked them to help him put it away.

The salesperson wearing white gloves smiled as he carefully and lovingly picked up the ring and put it into a black square box with a lambskin outer layer and a velvet inner layer.

Xu Yanfeng signed the bill neatly and took the ring away as if he had bought a cabbage.

After leaving the brand store, Xu Junmo pressed on, "What do you mean by not talking? Hey, doesn't your girlfriend think you're a bit of a taciturn person?"

Xu Yanfeng glanced at him coldly and answered his previous question: "It's not a proposal. It's too early, she won't agree."

Xu Junmo was stunned, then burst out laughing. He'd been feeling down for so long because of this. He smiled and tried to comfort his innocent brother, "You haven't asked her, so how do you know she won't agree? Maybe if you kneel down on one knee with the flowers and offer her the ring, she'll be so touched she'll agree."

Xu Yanfeng: "You don't understand her."

Xu Junmo shrugged: "Of course I don't know, I've never met him."

Thinking back to that scene, Xu Junmo still wanted to laugh. He encouraged Xu Yanfeng: "It's your birthday, it's a good opportunity. Are you sure you don't want to try to propose? It's no big deal to be rejected. You can find another opportunity to ask."

Xu Yanfeng didn't want to talk about this with him. He narrowed his eyes and put on a serious expression, "Let's talk business."

Xu Junmo was addicted to gossip and ignored him: "When will you arrange for me to meet her?"

Xu Yanfeng didn't look at him and sorted the documents on the table: "You have to go back to China first."

Xu Junmo felt a headache when he thought of the pile of work on hand. Then he thought that Xu Yanfeng was sitting in the Xu headquarters and would only be busier than him, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing a sigh, Xu Yanfeng looked up and looked at the person on the screen with a slightly puzzled look.

Xu Junmo explained why he sighed: "I suddenly realized that I was a bit unfair. As the elder brother, I gave up the responsibility so early and didn't give you a chance to choose."

He had felt the control from Xu Guanshan since he was a minor. The oppressive feeling like a mountain pressing down on his head often made him feel suffocated. Even when he fell asleep, he would dream of Xu Guanshan scolding him with a stern face for doing something wrong here and there.

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