Luan Yining frowned slightly, his expression a little solemn. He had wanted to say these words for a long time, but had not found the right time. Qi Yan was still young and should have his own space to expand his own circle, instead of making him the whole of his life.
"No!" Qi Yan grabbed Luan Yining's shoulder, making him look at him, and said urgently, "It's my own choice. I don't feel that my standard of living has dropped, I haven't lost myself. I'm willing to revolve around you and make you happy. You are a part of my life, the most important part."
Luan Yining should be admired, respected, and followed. How could she be concerned with these things? Age, class, and status should not be things that bother Luan Yining.
It was all his fault that he influenced Luan Yining. How could he say such nonsense that made Luan Yining doubt him? He was angry and forgot what he said as soon as he spoke, but Luan Yining remembered it.
Luan Yining is not bad at all; he is the perfect lover, and Professor Luan will always be the most outstanding person.
Qi Yan's eyes reddened, and he suddenly raised his voice, as if trying to prove that what he was saying was true: "I don't like those activities at all. If it weren't to attract your attention, I wouldn't bother going. I don't really like making friends either. I only have a few people I'm close to. Everyone else is hypocritical, saying one thing to my face and another behind my back. If it weren't for the Qi family, they wouldn't be trying to please me."
“It was my fault for saying those nonsense things that made you misunderstand. You are the best,” Qi Yan said, both excited and aggrieved. He leaned into Luan Yining’s arms and murmured softly but stubbornly, “Divorce will not give me a better life. No life will make me happier than being with you. My ideal marriage has never been with someone my age, it’s you.”
Luan Yining stroked Qi Yan's head, ran her fingers through his hair and gently brushed it back, then soothed him gently along his back: "Yes, I understand now."
Qi Yan raised his head slightly, meeting Luan Yining's focused gaze, wanting to see if he really knew or was just trying to comfort him.
Suddenly, he realized a very important problem.
Luan Yining wasn't as omnipotent as he thought; he also lacked confidence in matters of the heart. This was partly due to his own reasons, but also partly due to Luan Yining's personality. He indiscriminately attributed all the problems to himself, while completely absolving himself of any responsibility, even though the initial blame lay with him. Luan Yining downplayed the matter, as if he had never been blamed.
Hearing Luan Yining say so much for the first time, and that it was all self-reflection, Qi Yan suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, feeling both angry and sad. He hugged Luan Yining tightly, his thick black hair brushing against her neck.
Luan Yining is really going too far. Does she like him that much? The Alpha, who has been spoiled for too long, is unreasonably jealous of her former, unaware self.
Luan Yining had no idea how absurd and willful the Alpha in his arms was at that moment. He was being squeezed so tightly that he could hardly breathe, but his movements remained gentle. His warm palms were placed on the back of Qi Yan's neck, his fingertips gently kneading, and he soothed him in a soft voice: "I was presumptuous in this matter, and I apologize to you."
Qi Yan didn't want him to take the blame, and announced in a complaining tone: "You are my only wife. If I don't accommodate you, who will I accommodate? My hobby now is to serve you. Taking good care of you makes me feel very accomplished. I'm going to revolve around you, unless you find it annoying!"
“However, I won’t accommodate your schedule. My schedule has always been healthy. It’s you who always stays up late working. From now on, you have to go to bed at 10 o’clock!” Qi Yan said stubbornly. No matter how you look at it, he was right.
Luan Yining said helplessly, "Fine."
Recalling what Luan Yining had just said, Qi Yan continued, "I haven't stopped contacting my old friends. We still do business together, but I'll leave it at that for personal life." He wrinkled his nose, looking disgusted, "You have no idea how frivolous those people are. If you let me hang out with them, I'll be corrupted."
"Jiang Li is a bit annoying, but he's a good person, and you like him too." Qi Yan had just been tricked last night, and his forced attempt to say nice things was awkward and forced. "Anyway, I'll try my best to maintain this friendship."
Luan Yining suddenly burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at?"
They laughed at how their silly son had become much more sensible.
Qi Yan noticed the relief in Luan Yining's eyes and felt inexplicably dissatisfied. He glared at her and said, "I'm your husband! You can't treat me like a child just because I'm younger than you and only let me enjoy your sacrifices. All the choices I make are what I truly want. You can't use the excuse of doing what's best for me to bring up divorce. If you're so terrible, then it means I'm terrible too. You're not allowed to say anything bad about my Teacher Luan!"
"Okay, I was wrong. I won't mention it again." Luan Yining's eyes were full of tenderness.
"Then call me husband!" Qi Yan pursed his lips expectantly, muttering to himself, "You always call me by my full name, but Jiang Li and my sister-in-law have affectionate nicknames for me."
"Yan Yan?"
"Ah Yan?"
Luan Yining thought for a couple of seconds, then smiled and said.
"It's my husband!" Qi Yan grinned. "Do you know that?"
Luan Yining smiled faintly and remained silent.
Qi Yan snorted unhappily, but he didn't argue. Anyway, there was no rush. He would eventually get Luan Yining to say it.
"Oh, and don't treat me like some rich young master. I'm living a much better life now than I was at home. At home, I was bullied by my older brothers every day. You know our family's values. We don't expect me to be waited on hand and foot. If I really dared to do that, Mom would beat me to death."
Having the opportunity to educate Luan Yining, Qi Yan pretended to be serious, but the smile in his eyes and brows made his inner smugness impossible to hide.
However, through this incident, Qi Yan finally understood what he had found strange before. No wonder Luan Yining asked him several unrelated questions: Are you used to sleeping here? Are you used to living here? Are you happy?
"I've already said it, as long as I'm with you, I'll do anything and be happy doing anything. If you think you're not precious, then I'm not precious either!" Qi Yan stopped smiling, his gaze firm and stubborn as he looked at Luan Yining, determined to correct her misunderstanding of him.
"You still remember something from so long ago," Luan Yining said softly, gently stroking the back of his eyes with her thumb. "You are the most precious."
“…Oh,” Qi Yan’s ears suddenly burned, his eyes darted away, his head was spinning from being teased, but he still remembered to remind her: “Then you too, listen to me, have the housekeeper bring you meals from now on.”
"good."
It turns out that Teacher Luan is so easy to talk to...
Qi Yan felt he had missed out on too much, and he wanted to make up for it.
He raised his head again, his eyes shining brightly. Seeing that he was staring at her without saying a word, Luan Yining asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask? Shall we go around in circles again?"
Qi Yan turned to look at the track he indicated, nodded, got up and walked away, saying, "I started racing because of the trend. When I was good at it, everyone admired me. I had a lot of cars and just wanted to show off. It wasn't because I had any deep feelings for it. Besides, I'm a married man now, so of course I have to be careful. I definitely won't participate in races anymore, but if you want, we can come and race occasionally."
"Um."
"I still have questions I haven't finished asking. I'll save them for later. You have to answer them for me later. Even though I won, you can still ask me questions. You can't keep making decisions behind my back anymore."
Qi Yan's voice was muffled through the hood, and only his eyes, which were visible, shone like stars, as bright as they had in the past. Luan Yining gently pulled down his neck and placed a kiss on his eyes: "Okay."
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