Chapter 26 Wedding Ring
The two drank tea quietly, while Lin Jingyun quietly left the room without disturbing them and went downstairs.
Downstairs, Tan Qingwen was talking to Grandma Lin, while Lin Shuhe and Liu Zhengying were preparing to go to the vegetable garden to plant vegetables. Assistant Chen, Ye Lingzhi, and Lin Jingyun followed behind, excitedly joining in the fun.
Upstairs, only Lin Yi'an and Zhou Mingshi were upstairs. After finishing their tea, Zhou Mingshi asked, "The wedding ring designer created several designs. Would you like to choose one?"
Lin Yi'an nodded, and Zhou Mingshi went back to his room to get his tablet, opened the pictures for her to choose from.
Lin Yi'an flipped through the photos one by one, and after she finished, she said, "They're too big, it's inconvenient to wear them."
Zhou Mingshi: "To avoid outside speculation, the marriage between the Lin and Zhou families must have the proper ceremony and scale. If you find it inconvenient, we can make another pair for everyday wear."
After hearing this, Lin Yi'an said, "This arrangement is quite good."
After saying that, she looked at the pictures again. The designer knew how to please girls; every picture was beautiful, exuding luxury in a low-key way. She could imagine how beautiful the ring would be when it was made.
Clearly, Lin Yi'an was also pleased. She liked every picture and, after careful consideration, circled her favorite one and handed it to him.
Zhou Mingshi placed the tablet on the other side of the sofa, looking at her, his gaze lingering on her slender, fair hands casually resting on the sofa: "I still don't know your finger size..."
After saying that, he gently took her hand.
Lin Yi'an looked at him in surprise, but he remained calm: "Do you have a measuring tape? I'll measure your finger circumference."
His hands were large, and when he held hers, their warmth enveloped her. She instinctively tried to pull away, but couldn't, so she stopped and looked at the coffee table in front of her, saying, "It's in the coffee table drawer."
There was a ring at the time of the engagement. We didn't measure the size of the ring at the time, but the engagement ring given by the Zhou family was the right size.
Zhou Mingshi didn't let go of her hand, and pointed to the drawer near him with his other hand, asking, "Is this it?"
Lin Yi'an: "Open it and take a look."
Zhou Mingshi opened the drawer, and sure enough, there was a soft measuring tape inside. He took out the tape, closed the drawer, and moved a little closer to her. The light scent of cedar wafted over him. Lin Yi'an glanced at him and then sat quietly, cooperating with his movements.
His expression was calm, his eyes lowered. He gently pressed the overlapping part of the measuring tape with his fingertips, smoothing the tape surface flat. He then wrapped the tape around the base of her fingers and asked, "Is it tight?"
Lin Yi-an: "It's not tight, the fit is just right."
Zhou Ming said in a gentle tone: "51 millimeters, that should correspond to circle number 11."
After taking the measurement, he put the measuring tape back, but didn't let go of her hand.
Lin Yi'an looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Yi'an looked down at their clasped hands. Zhou Mingshi then released her hand and asked, "Going downstairs?"
Lin Yi'an: "Okay."
The two walked out together. When they reached the stairwell, he naturally took her hand. Lin Yi'an looked at him, and he said, "It's safer to hold hands when going down the stairs."
Lin Yi'an: "......"
She wanted to say that they weren't children, and that she didn't need to hold hands to go down the stairs, so she glanced at him sideways...
Zhou Mingshi could only explain, "We're getting married in a few months, so we can't keep going like this. We need to gradually get used to physical contact with each other. If you feel it's too much, we can take it slow."
Lin Yi'an thought for a moment and decided to start by holding hands. She didn't feel forced and said, "You're right."
Tan Qingwen and Grandma Lin were sitting on the sofa. Although they were surprised to see the two of them walking downstairs hand in hand, they pretended not to see them so as not to make them feel uncomfortable.
When they got downstairs, Zhou Mingshi let go of her hand. Grandma Lin saw them and said, "Come and sit down."
Lin Yi'an called out, "Aunt Tan!"
Tan Qingwen smiled and responded.
Lin Yi'an sat down next to her grandmother and asked, "Where are Mom and Dad?"
Grandma Lin smiled and said, "They've gone to plant vegetables. If you find it boring to stay inside, you can go and take a look with Mingshi."
Lin Yi'an asked Zhou Mingshi, "Are you going?"
Zhou Mingshi: "Let's go take a look."
The two walked out side by side, and Grandma Lin watched their backs with a smile on her face.
Looking at the distant mountains and rivers, Zhou Mingshi said, "Autumn presents a different scene altogether."
Lin Yi-an: "Our four seasons are fairly distinct."
As the two were talking, a car pulled up in front of them and stopped. The window rolled down, and Zuo Mingyang greeted them with a smile from inside: "When did Lin Yi'an get back?"
Lin Yi'an smiled and said, "I arrived at noon."
Zuo Mingyang then looked at Zhou Mingshi: "Mr. Zhou, hello!"
Zhou Mingshi: "Hello!"
Zuo Mingyang: "I'll go home first, we'll talk again when I have time."
Lin Yi'an: "Okay."
After walking a while, she ran into Hu Lili again, who was playing with her child by the roadside. When she saw Lin Yi'an, she wanted to avoid her, but then she remembered how Hu Lili had cured her child's diarrhea last time, so she awkwardly came over and greeted her: "Lin Yi'an is back?"
Lin Yi'an hummed in agreement, then looked at Xiao Bao standing beside her. Seeing his rosy complexion and grinning face, it was clear that his family had taken good care of him during this time. She smiled and waved to him, about to walk forward, when Hu Lili looked at Zhou Ming beside her and asked, "Lin Yi'an, is this your man?"
Lin Yi'an: "......"
Zhou Mingshi: "..."
He paused, turned to look at Lin Yi'an, and Lin Yi'an straightened her expression and said, "This is my fiancé."
Last time Xiao Bao had diarrhea, Hu Lili was worried about him and afraid that Lin Yi'an wouldn't take good care of him. Although she noticed a handsome young man sitting next to her, she didn't pay attention to him. Now that she had nothing to worry about, she naturally noticed him.
When she heard Lin Yi'an say that he was her fiancé, her eyes lit up: "Lin Yi'an, you have great taste in men."
She had never seen such a handsome and imposing man before. She had heard that Lin Yi'an's biological parents were wealthy, so the man she found must also be from a wealthy family. Thinking of this, she looked at them with gossip in her eyes.
Hu Lili couldn't help but ask, "You guys..."
Before she could ask, Lin Yi'an said, "We have things to do. You take Xiaobao to play." Then she grabbed Zhou Mingshi's arm and left.
Hu Lili watched their retreating figures with some regret. She was very curious about the affairs of those wealthy families and wanted to ask Lin Yi'an about it.
Although she didn't get the answer, it didn't stop her from gossiping in her village friends' group chat.
"Lin Yi'an is back, and she's brought her wealthy man with her."
"real?"
"Really, I ran into them and greeted them."
"Didn't you come back? Would you like to come and see us?"
"Forget it, we don't get along anyway, and I even bullied him when we were kids."
Hu Lili continued sending messages: "I don't believe you guys aren't curious."
"Even if we're curious, we won't go. She's successful now, and those of us who bullied her in the past are just cannon fodder who get slapped in the face. What's the point of going there? Are we just waiting to be slapped in the face by her?"
Hu Lili thought about what happened the day Xiaobao had diarrhea. Although it was embarrassing to be told the truth by Lin Yi'an, as Xiaobao slowly recovered, she began to feel grateful to Lin Yi'an and couldn't help but say a good word for her: "Lin Yi'an is very magnanimous, unlike those who slap back at those who looked down on them after they become successful."
"No matter what she's like, we're not going."
Lin Yi'an, of course, knew nothing about these things. After pulling Zhou Mingshi a few steps away, she said, "She speaks too directly."
Zhou Mingshi smiled and said, "That's true."
Lin Yi-an: "I thought you would say that it was too presumptuous."
Zhou Mingshi took her hand: "No, it's the truth after all."
Lin Yi'an: "......"
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