Chapter 167 It Starts with a Confession
Lu Zhenyu and Shen Jingsi arrived in Verona on the evening of the second day. After changing into their evening gowns, they rushed to the golden wedding anniversary party.
"Elise, Jean, happy golden wedding anniversary!"
"Oh my god, we've finally been waiting for Angel to come."
They were siblings and lovers whom Lu Zhenyu met at a party on her last night in Verona a year ago, before she returned to China.
This year marks their 50th golden wedding anniversary. Lu Zhenyu once wrote their story into a book, and they were very grateful to her for being the first to be invited.
Elise called Lu Zhenyu an angel because she was the kindest and most beautiful girl she had ever met.
Just as the two were about to embrace, they discovered that their dresses were the same.
Both wore white satin off-the-shoulder dresses, but Elise wore her hair down while Lu Zhenyu wore it half-up.
One is beautiful, the other is elegant.
Elise's eyes lit up. "Angel, you know, in our hometown, if you wear the same outfit as someone else at a golden wedding anniversary party, it has a very, very wonderful meaning."
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Shen Jingsi, who stood quietly behind Lu Zhenyu. After a moment of careful consideration, a look of amazement appeared in her eyes.
"This handsome gentleman is yours..."
Tonight, Shen Jingsi wore a double-breasted waistcoat suit with a peak lapel, and a brown-grey striped tie tied below his Adam's apple.
The wide-shouldered brown coat accentuated her slender figure, its imposing silhouette completely enveloping the curvaceous young woman. Coupled with her sharp, handsome face, it exuded a special sense of security.
Shen Jingsi and Lu Zhenyu exchanged glances, then Shen Jingsi smiled and extended his hand, "Hello Elise, I am..."
"He is my husband, Shen Jingsi."
Shen Jingsi's hand, which was reaching for Elise, froze in mid-air.
Guessing it out loud is a completely different feeling from hearing it from the person in question. Elise, who is nearly eighty years old, looked not kind but delighted.
He stepped forward and pressed his cheek against Shen Jingsi's, then looked him up and down carefully before patting him on the shoulder. "You are truly a child blessed by God. You must take good care of our angel."
It took Shen Jingsi several seconds to react.
Looking at the girl in front of him, the man felt a sense of triumphant pride, "It is truly God's blessing upon me, and I will love her for the rest of my life."
Being invited to a golden wedding anniversary celebration is a very fortunate thing.
Hugging and taking a photo with a couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary will also bring them some of their good fortune.
The atmosphere was fantastic, and at the climax, everyone rushed to the center of the dance floor.
Lu Zhenyu's eyes today showed not only intoxication but also excitement; her genuine happiness was clearly visible.
Sitting in the lounge area with Jean, Shen Jingsi transformed into a wife-obsessed maniac, watching his daughter flutter like a joyful white butterfly in the center of the dance floor. His eyes were filled with boundless love.
"It's obvious that you love Angel very much."
Although eighty-year-old Jean's temples were already gray, he still looked like a gentleman in his tuxedo. Looking at his wife, who was dancing with him, his eyes were filled with love no less than Chen Jingsi's.
Shen Jingsi smiled, his sharp eyes crinkling. "She is my faith."
Jean clinked glasses with him, saying, "You're the second person I've ever met whose answer has amazed me."
Shen Jingsi asked who the first one was, and he humorously pointed to himself, then to Elise, "She is my goddess."
The two laughed in perfect unison.
The wives returned, and Elise pulled her husband away, leaving only Lu Zhenyu sitting to the side drinking water and Shen Jingsi staring at people.
The girl drank heartily, swinging her legs under the chair as she did so.
Shen Jingsi reached out and wiped the water from the corner of her lips, his eyes full of doting affection. "Are you hot?"
Lu Zhenyu nodded, "Elise's physical fitness is too good. I am ashamed of myself in front of her."
Shen Jing laughed heartily twice, his long, well-defined fingers pinching a handkerchief to wipe the fine sweat from the girl's forehead. "Shall I take you out for some fresh air?"
Where to?
…
The two went to the rooftop, where the Verona night was like a glass of ancient wine, rich and mellow.
Shen Jingsi draped his coat over Lu Zhenyu's thin shoulders and hugged her from behind.
Lu Zhenyu held her hand on her lower abdomen, leaned back against his broad chest, letting Shen Jingsi support her, and quietly admired the bustling city below.
The alcohol didn't make the girl drunk, but the faint scent of nicotine mixed with a cool, refreshing aroma did make her somewhat intoxicated.
“Sinking in the capital.”
"Um?"
"Do you believe in destiny?" Lu Zhenyu asked herself, but answered, "I do."
Shen Jingsi listened quietly.
“I’ve been here before, on this very rooftop, where I heard the story of Elise and Jean.”
Shen Jingsi lowered his eyes. "And then you thought of us?"
Lu Zhenyu nodded, "Back then, I didn't remember anything. With an empty head, I traveled all over the world. It seemed like I was very happy, but also very empty, because I didn't know where my home was."
At that time, it was Elise's words that illuminated her way out of confusion.
Lu Zhenyu turned around and cupped Shen Jingsi's face as he looked down at her. "Elise said that people who love each other may drift apart, but they will never be separated."
Shen Jingsi said seriously, "Then she really is a great philosopher."
Lu Zhenyu was amused.
I was trying to have a good heart-to-heart talk with him, but after holding it in for ages, he said this.
She shook her head helplessly, "A vulgar person, truly a vulgar person."
"uh-huh."
Shen Jingsi raised an eyebrow and took a step back under the girl's disdainful yet loving gaze.
Before Lu Zhenyu could react, he had already opened the ring box he had pulled out from somewhere and knelt down on one knee.
"Then may I ask, Ms. Lu Zhenyu, are you willing to associate with the vulgar Shen Jingsi?"
The word "dating" made Lu Zhenyu laugh. "We've been married for four years, and you're only starting to date now?"
"I don't care." Shen Jingsi said with a touch of arrogance.
They met when the girl was three years old, and have stumbled along the way to this day, as if they have walked through countless years together.
But if you really think about it, it seems like they've never even had a proper romantic relationship.
That's not right.
It wasn't that Shen Jingsi wanted it; it was that he felt no girl disliked a sense of ritual.
What other girls don't have, his daughter must have; what other girls have, he must make sure she has even more.
“I said I want to pursue you again, so it has to start with confessing my feelings.” Shen Jingsi looked at Lu Zhenyu in front of him with sincerity. “Zhenzhen, I like you. I’ve liked you since the first time I saw you. I want to be your boyfriend, your fiancé, your husband. So, can you allow me to be your boyfriend first?”
Lu Zhenyu pursed her pink lips, and in the next second as the wind picked up, she nodded, "I'm willing to be your girlfriend."
She reached out her hand, and he slipped the plain gold ring onto her middle finger.
He stood up, cupped the girl's blissfully happy face in his hands, which were also adorned with a plain ring, and bent down to kiss her.
The myriad neon lights beneath them could not outshine their dazzling presence as they stood in the darkness.
In the height of their passion, they ran away hand in hand.
Lu Zhenyu was a little impatient, and before the night was over, she took him deep into this "city of love" and retraced every place she had once walked alone.
Then, in front of that lake, Shen Jingsi embraced her tightly from behind and whispered in her ear:
“Zhenzhen, you’ve never really been alone.”
Lu Zhenyu, quietly waiting for the dawn, asked, "Why do you say that?"
Then I heard in my ear, "In those four years, every place you went, Shen Jingsi was there."
Her fox-like eyes, gazing into the darkness, flickered. After standing still for a long time, Lu Zhenyu turned around. "When?"
He smiled, reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind the girl's ear, then kissed her forehead.
"Desert, penguins, cherry blossoms, aurora borealis, Mount Everest..."
etc.
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