Chapter 56: Heartbeat Fifty-six "Ahuai, please give it to me"...
What this sentence means is self-evident.
Xu Youjing's Adam's apple rolled and he forgot to react.
Wen Huai looked around before standing on tiptoe in the empty corridor and quickly kissing him on the lips.
"My aunt passed away yesterday."
The heavy carpet thumped. Wen Huai had already taken the room card and trotted off. Xu Youjing lagged behind, his fingertips brushing against the warmth of his lips, raising the corner of his mouth.
"Slow down."
“…”
On the deck, Xi Guan was playing with balloons, while Nandy stood aside, sighing as he looked at the endless seashore.
"At the beginning, we, the North City F5, had it so good. Everyone was single, and no one had to envy anyone else. But now, it's been so long, and everyone's married, leaving us two singles, and now we have to play with balloons."
As soon as he threw the bait, several seagulls flew over, chirping non-stop.
Xi Guan frowned: "You said it as if you hit it. Besides, it's already been fixed. I only used the air pump to hit it when I had nothing to do. If you really have time, there is another one over there."
"Oh, I don't want it." Nandy clapped his hands and walked to a chair to sit. "Don't fight anymore, we have enough balloons."
After securing the inflated balloon, Xi Guan didn't even look at him. "I just came up here to get some peace and quiet, and you keep on blabbering on. Enough? If you have, get out of here."
"Hey!" Nandi hit him with a piece of grass from the vase. "Why are you hiding away? Do you have a lover down there?"
"I was wondering why I hadn't seen you two for a long time. Turns out you were hiding here."
The person who came was Gu Kuangchi.
Behind him was Xie Songbai, who had just returned to China.
"Brother Chi, Brother Bai."
After Xi Guan called everyone, Nandi moved from one end of the chair to the other, as if refusing to communicate with Xie Songbai.
Xi Guan tried to smooth things over, "Brother Bai, don't mind it. Nandi has been like this all these years. He's shy."
"Why are you complaining about giving birth to your own brother? What are we to blame?" Gu Kuangchi didn't tolerate him and insisted that he call for help.
Nandy reluctantly said "brother" in a low voice before sitting back in the corner.
Seeing this, Xi Guan and Gu Kuangchi looked at each other and sighed.
In fact, before Xie Songbai went abroad, Nandi was the one he was closest to. Not only because they were cousins, but more because Xie Songbai had always been an excellent student since childhood, with all his skills fully developed, making him the child of other families who could do anything with ease.
Among the few people, Nandi Muqiang likes to follow Xie Songbai the most.
The reason why they feel so unfamiliar now is because Xie Songbai did not refuse his family's arrangement to go abroad and went abroad alone.
Nandi felt that he had betrayed their friendship and was deliberately distancing himself from them. Until his return, the two brothers had spoken to each other no more than five times.
"He's been protected so well by his family. Where's the child? Brother Bai, don't bother with him."
Xie Songbai shifted his cold gaze away from Nandi, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.
But he has always been like this, so Xi Guan was not surprised. "Where is my sister-in-law? Why didn't I see her?"
Gu Kuangchi: "Are you talking about mine or his?"
Xi Guan knew that he was deliberately making a point again and rolled his eyes. "Yours, my two sisters-in-law, that's enough."
Gu Kuangchi: "Rest in the room. I'm seasick."
"Are you okay? Your sister-in-law wasn't feeling well, so you left her to go out and play by yourself?"
"Get lost." Gu Kuangchi kicked his stool. "I came out to look for seasickness patches and came to see you guys."
Xi Guan was speechless, "Where's Sister Qiao Mian?"
"Filming."
Finally, his phone rang, and when he saw the note, a smile finally appeared in his dark eyes.
Xie Songbai: "You guys chat."
There were only three of them left on deck.
Xi Guan glanced at the time: "Have Brother Jing and Sister-in-law arrived? I also wanted to ask when Grandma will come. Otherwise, what if the blind date my mom arranged for me talks to me?"
Gu Kuangchi raised his eyebrows: "Blind date?"
"Yeah!" Xi Guan was distressed. "I was about to fly to South Africa to dig for gems, but you brought me back to the airport just to meet Miss Zhou. It's all because you two all had successful blind dates, and it drove my mom crazy. I heard she's here today too, right downstairs."
He asked him sincerely, "Brother, do you think blind dates are useless? Can you send a message to my mom saying that blind dates are useless?"
Gu Kuangchi didn't say anything, but Xi Guan had already taken out his cell phone, pressed the voice button and handed it to him, his eyes full of anticipation.
"Just listen to Aunt Nan—"
"Hey! Brother Chi, how could you do this!" Xi Guan was still frightened and almost sent a message.
"It's just a child's trick. Do you think I can just let it go after I tell Aunt Nan?"
"Then your divorce will be——"
"Go away."
Before Gu Kuangchi stood up, he kicked his stool and said, "Let's go."
Xi Guan looked at the departing figure and muttered softly, "Don't think I don't know what you're doing, wife slave."
There was no sound behind him. He looked over and found Nandi was withdrawing to himself: "Are you okay? Everyone is gone."
Nandi looked up, his peach blossom eyes filled with disgust, "I'll go downstairs and take a look."
"Hey, if you run into her, don't tell her I'm here."
"knew."
As the footsteps faded, Xi Guan was drawn to the sound of seagulls. He looked at the last one still on the deck, unable to bear it any longer. He stood up, threw the entire plate of bait to him, and then called for someone to clean up.
In the bed compartment, Xu Youjing said "I understand" to the person on the phone and stopped playing with his phone. He knocked on the door lightly and entered only after getting permission.
Wen Huai was having his makeup done by a makeup artist and came over when he heard the sound.
"Are you getting impatient?"
"Won't."
He sat down in the chair behind him and looked at the beautiful face in the mirror, feeling only beautiful.
So, he said so.
Not only Wen Huai, but even the makeup artist did not expect that the seemingly aloof and cold Xu Youjing would be so straightforward in praising others. They could not help but sigh that the relationship between the two was really good.
Wen Huai's ears are puffy.
After coughing, she asked, "Has grandma arrived yet?"
"Not yet. I asked Uncle Li to leave later. He should be here in half an hour."
The dinner officially starts at eight o'clock, and it's only a quarter past six.
No rush.
The makeup artist didn't stay after finishing her makeup, but packed up and left. Xu Youjing had prepared all the clothes and hung them on a rack to the side, waiting for her to choose the one she liked.
Wen Huai turned around and looked at him from time to time while picking clothes.
Xu Youjing understood and got up from the sofa.
"Do you want my help?"
"Hmm." Wen Huai had his own thoughts. "How about this light blue one?"
"nice."
He took the clothes off without noticing, and hung all the clothes of the same color in the fitting room for her.
"These are made to your size, try them all on."
Wen Huai was surprised.
She looked at those simple and elegant dresses and thought they were rented or something. Now she thought she was just too naive.
"There are so many, I don't have a chance to wear them."
"Won't you have it when you join the new company and attend the year-end dinner? If not, wear it at home and show it to me."
"Pfft." Wen Huai thought about it and decided to tell him his idea. "An internal competition announcement was released a week ago for the position of Deputy Manager of the Peak Product Department. I want to give it a try."
"Branch?"
Xu Youjing was pragmatic and said, "With your abilities, going to a branch office is a waste of talent."
"But I've never worked in management. I've been working in general departments for several years. I'm thinking of changing jobs and I'm currently quite interested in the product department."
"If you're interested, go try it."
Wen Huai felt as if there was more to his words, so he tilted his head and asked, "If I don't win the election, will you help me?"
Xu Youjing raised his eyebrows: "If you don't like it, I won't do it."
"Besides, if you can't even get the job with your abilities, the branch manager probably isn't someone you can trust to utilize talent effectively. He'll probably be replaced sooner or later."
He kissed her lips and said, "I'll give you one step at a time."
Knowing it was a joke, Wen Huai didn't take it seriously, but he was still very happy.
She pulled his neck with a smile and kissed him on the cheek before letting him go. "I'm going to change my clothes first."
"Um."
"It's still early, take your time and try. I'll wait for you outside."
More than ten minutes later, the two of them unanimously chose the long light blue tulle dress that she had originally liked.
Under the light, the light blue silk surface from the waist to the hem is dyed into nebula-like ripples, like a star cluster that cannot be blown away by the wind.
The same snow-white veil passed from Wen Huai's fair neck and spread out to the stars behind her. She seemed to be walking in front of the starry sea, and only then could we glimpse half of her beauty.
Xu Youjing stood there in a daze, forgetting to look away.
Wen Huai felt embarrassed when being looked at, "Are you okay?"
He walked closer, his tall figure half-blocking the light above his head, and leaned over, proving it with practical action.
...
The night deepens.
The clouds on the horizon are so thin and transparent that you can see the sparkling stars and moonlight, which complement the loneliness of the cold blue melody and seem to be a natural contrast to the huge ship with bright lights on the sea.
Inside the cruise ship, the crystal chandeliers cast a halo of light like broken gold, illuminating every corner.
Wen Huai's high heels stepped on the dark blue wavy patterned carpet. She had just come from Li Changying's place and was now being led by Xu Youjing to recognize his friends one by one.
Apart from Nandi and Xi Guan whom she had met before, this was the first time she met Gu Kuangchi and Xie Songbai after they became adults.
"Happy birthday, sister-in-law."
When Gu Kuangchi shouted, Xu Youjing and Xie Songbai both looked over.
"Thanks."
Wen Huai didn't notice anything wrong. After greeting Xie Songbai, he looked at the unusually beautiful woman beside Gu Kuangchi.
"This is my wife, Yu Mu."
"Hello."
Wen Huai felt that she looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her before, so he kept quiet and responded politely.
Later, when we were chatting, I learned that she was from the University of Tokyo, and I finally remembered where I had seen her.
"The graduates hosted the party, and you went on stage as a representative of the freshmen, right?" Yu Muxian said.
"Yes, I didn't expect it to be a senior."
Unexpectedly, they had such a connection, and the unfamiliar atmosphere between them instantly became much closer. But before they could say much, Yu Mu frowned, apologized, and left, heading towards the bathroom.
Gu Kuangchi followed closely behind.
Wen Huai asked Xu Youjing, "Is Miss Yu feeling unwell?"
Xu Youjing glanced at her but didn't see anything, so he gave up. "She's pregnant. She just came to see you. She won't stay on the boat for long."
"I see." She followed his gaze, feeling a little worried.
"Where's Nandi?"
"You looking for him?"
"No, I'm afraid Miaomiao will meet him..."
"I didn't see it either. I'll ask Xi Guan later."
When Wen Huai invited Lu Miaomiao, he told her in advance that Nandi would also be there, but Lu Miaomiao said that he was there to celebrate her birthday, so she didn't say much.
Maybe it was just as Xu Youjing said, it was destined.
The people who came tonight were all close friends, all young people, and they quickly got along. A few games brought them closer, but Wen Huai kept searching for Nandi in the crowd.
Lu Miaomiao pointed out: "Nandi got off the boat."
"when?"
"When I first arrived, I was in a hurry and didn't know what to do."
"So, did you meet?"
"Yes." Lu Miaomiao didn't hide it. "He asked me to get back together, but I refused. I guess he felt embarrassed and got off the boat on his own."
"So how are you feeling now?"
Perhaps Wen Huai was too worried, but Lu Miaomiao didn't care. "It's fine. Seeing you and Xu Youjing so happy, I'm relieved. Apart from hiding it from me at the beginning, everything has been fine. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought he was a scammer when he called."
Wen Huai knew that she said she was drunk and called Xu Youjing on video, so he offered her some drinks and even wanted to rub her shoulders, but she interrupted him.
"Save your energy so you can do other things tonight. I've put the gift I gave you in your room. I'm sure you'll like it." She corrected him, "Xu Youjing will definitely like it."
"You're not really going to buy that, are you?"
"you guess."
"Miao Miao!"
Wen Huai was about to stand up, but her skirt was too long and she had some difficulty. At this moment, a warm hand supported her wrist, and she turned to see Xu Youjing.
"Why are you here?"
"I've been looking for you for ages but can't find you. You didn't even reply to my messages."
"I was chatting with Miaomiao, so maybe I didn't notice."
Xu Youjing nodded, "Nandi got off the boat before setting sail."
Ten minutes ago, Xi Guan said that Nandi went back to the hotel before sailing, saying that he was not feeling well.
Xu Youjing didn't say anything. Xi Guan thought he didn't believe it and said, "If I cover up for Nandi's lies to you, I will be ridden by my sister-in-law like a dog!"
The silent man looked at him with a deep look in his eyes: "It's not your turn to be ridden by a dog yet."
Xi Guan: “…That’s not what I meant.”
“…”
"Yeah, Miaomiao told me. They met each other, and I guess Nandi was also very upset and didn't feel like playing anymore."
"Um."
He reminded: "It's almost midnight."
"So soon?"
"Well, do you want to go up to the deck? There are fireworks."
She became interested and said, "Okay, call Miaomiao and Grandma."
"Um."
Xu Youjing's palms were sweating. He looked at Xi Guan and took her hand to go onto the deck.
Wen Huai only knew that Xu Youjing and Li Changying had specially arranged a birthday party for her, but she didn't know that Xu Youjing had also prepared a marriage proposal.
It can be said that among all the people on the boat, only Wen Huai didn’t know.
Before leaving, Lu Miaomiao smiled at her with a meaningful look. She didn't react yet and thought he was saying hello.
It was not until she stepped onto the deck that she was stunned by the venue arranged in front of her.
The white silk swayed in the wind, and petals fell in front of the two of them.
Between the sky and the earth, it seemed as if there was snow all over, adding a bright color to the deep blue sea.
When they stepped on it, Wen Huai's fluffy skirt sparkled with tiny stars, like a misty Milky Way connecting the sea and sky. It adorned Xu Youjing's dark blue shirt, making them a perfect match.
There was only one minute left. Wen Huai saw Xu Youjing turn around from the corner of his eye, and then saw him kneeling on one knee.
There was an exclamation from everyone present.
Wen Huai didn't expect this either.
She squeezed his hand hard, "What's wrong? Get up."
A smile crossed Xu Youjing's cold face, and his ears turned pale pink under the light. He couldn't help but laugh: "Have you ever seen anyone propose while standing?"
Proposal......
Xu Youjing took out the square box, opened it, and the huge diamond ring shining with light appeared in front of her.
But she was looking at Xu Youjing.
She saw him pursing his lips nervously, his deep pupils gazing at her expectantly and lovingly.
She heard him say:
"Wen Huai, will you marry me?"
The waves, screams, and the crisp sound of the cup colliding with the wall were no match for Wen Huai's heartbeat at this moment.
The surroundings were bustling except for this place, and only the two of them understood the silence here.
She held back her tears and nodded. Only when the diamond ring was slipped onto her finger did Xu Youjing stand up and hold her in his arms.
Amidst the noise around them, many people were clamoring for a "kiss," and Wen Huai naturally heard it. But with so many people around, she really...
"boom!"
A dazzling flash of light cut through the silent night, followed by more colorful fireworks exploding overhead, as if numerous dazzling fireworks were blooming on a natural black curtain.
Wen Huai looked up and spoke, not noticing that the person next to him was looking at him.
"Happy birthday, Ah Huai." He leaned over slightly and moved closer to her. "I wish you all your wishes come true and all your wishes come true."
The sound of fireworks covered her words and Xu Youjing couldn't hear clearly.
Wen Huai was about to move closer when he caught a glimpse of a starlight lighting up somewhere in the black sky.
“That star is so bright!”
He looked, but saw nothing.
The sky was completely black without a single star.
Wen Huai knew he didn't believe it, and was about to say that he had seen it wrong, but he saw him looking at him seriously, emphasizing each word:
"Dad is back to see you."
"He hopes that we, Ah Huai, will be safe and happy, eat on time every day, and have no worries."
"Happy birthday, wife."
-
When the birthday party ended, it was almost two or three in the morning when I returned to the room.
Wen Huai had a great time today, but she didn't drink any alcohol. Xu Youjing, who was accompanying her, also didn't drink a drop of alcohol.
He prepared the bath water and asked Wen Huai to take a bath.
Half an hour later, both of them finished their shower and lay down on the bed.
Wen Huai was on the left and Xu Youjing was on the right. Just like the previous few days, he hugged her and did nothing.
Hearing long breathing in his ears, Wen Huai opened his eyes and looked over. Seeing that Xu Youjing was fast asleep, he wanted to get up from the bed to see what Miaomiao had sent him.
But just as she lifted the quilt, her waist was tightened and she was pulled back into the quilt and pressed under him.
"Where are you going?"
"Drink water."
Xu Youjing stood up and said, "I'll pour it for you."
Wen Huai stopped him in a hurry, but couldn't think of a reason when he got it.
The room was dark, vision was obstructed, but the senses became sensitive.
She felt his heavier breathing, and the rising temperature in the air made her realize what was going to happen next.
Xu Youjing pressed his lips against hers, his teeth raised, entangled in each other's arms, unable to let go.
After a brief coolness, it was warm again.
Looking through the gap in the curtains, the inky sky continued to merge with the sea, and it was impossible to tell where the sky began and the sea began.
Xu Youjing sucked her lips gently.
There was silence beside me, but I could hear the sound of waves hitting the rocks on the shore not far away.
He leaned over.
Like an aimless cruise ship in the dark night, it continues to explore and develop in the deep sea.
The split waves produced white foam, which disturbed the original tranquility of the dark blue sea surface. The waves swept over and then gradually subsided.
He stared at her, taking her in his gaze.
"husband."
With their palms touching, Wen Huai's voice trembled a little.
"I am here."
Feeling her warmth.
Xu Youjing didn't dare to continue.
He kissed her again and again, his slender fingers twisting her nimbly.
The words were so gentle that it seemed as if one was about to suffocate and drown.
"Give it to me, please, Ah Huai."
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