"Honey, I can't tell you now. If I did, it wouldn't be a bigger surprise." Xiao Moran's furrowed brows relaxed, and he looked relaxed and cheerful, even whistling as he drove.
"Drive carefully, don't get carried away," Su Xiaonuan reminded him. "Don't let your joy turn into sorrow, I'm still waiting for your grand wedding."
"Pah, pah, pah! What do you mean by 'too much joy leads to sorrow'? Can't you say something nice?" He raised an eyebrow at her. "We finally have some time alone together, can't you say something romantic?"
He's becoming increasingly bold in his speech because he knows she doesn't reject him; she simply wants a proper wedding.
"Romantic words, huh?" Su Xiaonuan deliberately provoked him. "I really don't know how to say them. Did Lan Yin often say romantic words to you before? Otherwise, why would you have worked so diligently for her family's farm for over ten years?"
"You really know how to bring up the most sensitive topics." His voice was clearly displeased. "Don't mention that woman in front of me again."
"Oh, did this really hurt your feelings?"
"What a jerk!" he said irritably. "That kind of wicked woman, she's spent her whole life using tricks, have you ever seen her be sincere with anyone?"
"Not necessarily. As for you, my brother Mo Ran, maybe he did have genuine feelings for you. After all, you two grew up together."
"What a damn childhood sweetheart!" Xiao Moran's voice sounded like it was on the verge of exploding with anger. "Her dad works in the mine, and there's no one to do the farm work at home. She keeps calling me 'Brother Moran' all the time because she wants me to help her family with the work. It's just that I'm too simple-minded to be taken advantage of by her for so many years. To tell you the truth, I've never even held her hand."
“Wow, that’s a bit of a shame,” she exclaimed dramatically.
"What's a pity?" He finally snapped at her. "Can you please stop talking so sarcastically?"
"Is this what you call being sarcastic?" Xiao Nuan shrugged. "Just because you didn't hold her hand doesn't mean she didn't hold yours, right? Didn't she throw herself at you at the hospital?"
Su Xiaonuan is a typical example of someone who settles scores later.
Xiao Moran was acting according to her instructions, but she still managed to get a handle on him.
Just as he was about to get angry, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, staring at her with his deep, dark eyes, "Can I take that as you being jealous?"
"I'm jealous?" she retorted, her neck stiff. "That's a joke! If I were truly jealous, would I have let you and her go to take Aunt Chen to the hospital?"
"Not jealousy?" He thought for a moment, "Then is he testing me?"
"Why am I testing you?" Su Xiaonuan felt a surge of anger and embarrassment at being exposed. "What do I have to do with you? Is it necessary to test you? If you really want to stoop so low and get involved with that kind of slut, I promise I'll divorce you immediately."
"Honey, please don't." He immediately put on a smile. "Don't keep bringing up the word 'divorce.' You can rest assured about me. In this life, I will never touch anyone but my wife. If I'm going to fall, it will be in your arms. My husband is a person with emotional purity."
"Are you ever going to stop? Just drive your car properly." Her almond-shaped eyes widened in disbelief.
"It's not over yet." Xiao Moran looked at the darkening sky and slammed the car to a stop on the side of the road.
What do you want to do?
"Honey, be gentle with me." He chuckled, took her little hand, and kissed it.
"Boring!" She forcefully broke free of his grasp, her cold eyes filled with utter disapproval. "What time is it? You're still daydreaming? Hurry up and drive, otherwise we won't be home before midnight. The sooner we get home, the sooner Chen Hao can go back and rest."
Her sharp eyes were practically daggers, ready to tear him to pieces. Xiao Moran didn't know what he had done wrong. All he wanted was to stop and say a few sweet words to her.
"Uh, I just held your hand, did you have to give me that murderous look?" he said, sounding aggrieved. "I finally have a chance to be alone with you, can't I even whisper something to you?"
"No way." She continued to glare. "Don't you know you're driving? If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"
She didn't trust his driving skills. If he didn't get distracted, he drove quite steadily. But if he did get distracted, it could really turn a joyful mood into a tragedy, and that was no joke.
"I...I...drive carefully...please...stop staring at me like that..."
Xiao Moran stammered, startled by her fierce gaze.
"Okay, let's drive!" After she finished speaking, she simply closed her eyes. Since he was so glaring, she decided not to glare at him anymore, lest he get scared and not drive properly. She planned to let him drive the easy section of the national highway first, and then she would drive when the road became bad for safety.
He reached into the back seat of the car, took a small blanket, and gently covered himself with it. "Then you go to sleep. I won't say anything to upset you."
Sure enough, he didn't say anything.
I was focused on driving the whole way.
Su Xiaonuan was dozing off, occasionally squinting her eyes and lingering on him, thinking to herself, "This man looks quite handsome when he's focused on driving."
She stared so intently that her slightly narrowed eyes widened even more.
Suddenly, he turned around.
Their eyes met by accident, and he was captivated by her mesmerizing, sparkling gaze, staring at her for a long while.
Then, he said with surprise, "You're awake? Were you having trouble sleeping because of the shaking in the car?"
"Such a nice main road, and you're driving so erratically, that's because your driving skills are terrible." She snorted, quickly turning her gaze to the darkness to cover her embarrassment. "Stop the car, let me drive!"
She couldn't sleep anyway, and watching him drive was pointless and only made her anxious, so she figured it was safer to drive herself.
"You should rest and recover. I'll drive..."
"Can't you understand human language?" she shouted as she turned around.
"Honey, do you have to talk to me so aggressively?"
"It's not a matter of whether you're going to speed or not, it's that your driving skills are bad. I'm driving, but that's based on protecting the safety of both of us. This is still a national highway, and you're driving like this. How are you going to drive on a rural road?"
Actually, his driving skills weren't that bad; it's just that she was caught peeping at him and was annoyed with him because she was embarrassed.
Of course, it's true that his driving skills are not as good as hers.
“I’ll drive on the national highway, and you can drive on the country roads,” Xiao Moran told her. “You just woke up, eat something first. Didn’t Mom give you a big bag of food?”
The phrase "you just woke up" instantly gave her an out. "You know what, sleeping in the car while it was rocking and swaying made me a little hungry. I was in a hurry to get going, so I didn't eat much for dinner."
After saying that, he took out a brown paper bag, took out a peanut brittle and threw it into his mouth. The aroma instantly filled his mouth. He thought to himself, "The peanut brittle from that era is still the best. It's absolutely authentic, without any additives. It's fragrant and crispy, and I can't stop eating it."
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