Chapter 195 Fireworks Show
Master bedroom.
Yu Ling threw herself into Zhao Chen's arms, excitedly holding up the bracelets. "My mom gave them to me! She said she bought them at a street stall!"
Zhao Chen picked up a bracelet, looked at it against the light, and smiled. "Well, this 'roadside stall' has good taste. One of my mother's most precious dowry items is Burmese old pit glass."
Yu Ling: “!!!” She knew it!
"She also said!" Yu Ling's eyes sparkled, and she imitated Liu Shuxian's tone, "'If he dares to bully you, I will let Uncle Chen fly a plane to deal with him!'" She pointed to the Shiba Inu button on the armrest of the wheelchair.
Zhao Chen chuckled softly and hugged the man tightly. "Then I have to be careful. After all, no matter how powerful the 'guild' is, it can't defeat my mother's private fleet."
He lowered his head and kissed Yu Ling's forehead, his voice so gentle that it could drip water:
"Congratulations, Mrs. Zhao. You've passed the final boss's hidden level."
Outside the window, Wangcai, holding his diamond-studded dog bowl, knocked on the door panel with the Shiba Inu's paw prints on it on time.
"Woof!" (Eat a midnight snack! Celebrate!)
"Are you free this weekend?" Zhao Chen looked up from behind his coffee cup, a picture of a grumpy Shiba Inu. His eyes were calm behind his gold-rimmed glasses. "Old Wang said the Guild Logistics Department just purchased a batch of... uh, outdoor air purifiers, and they need to be tested on site. The location is Yunwu Mountain, and the scenery is pretty good."
Yu Ling was busy poring over Xinghui's quarterly financial report. She looked up suspiciously at the words, "Air purifier? Go to the top of the mountain to test it?"
"Well, the air on the top of the mountain is good, there are fewer pollution sources, and the data is accurate." Zhao Chen remained calm and pushed over a "Equipment Testing Assistance Notice" with a Shiba Inu paw print. "Sign it? It counts as overtime, and you get double the guild points."
Yu Ling looked at the flamboyantly written "Yunwu Mountain Peak Environmental Sampling Plan (Top Secret)" on the notice, then at Zhao Chen's serious face. She didn't believe him! This man doesn't even bother to write a draft when making up a lie these days!
Saturday morning.
Yunwu Mountain Winding Road.
Yu Ling sat in the passenger seat of the matte black "Guild Chariot," watching the lush greenery rapidly recede outside the window, her heart pounding. Zhao Chen was being particularly... showy today. No suit, just a perfectly tailored dark gray casual outfit. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, his hair meticulously styled, and even the "ordinary" mechanical watch on his wrist gleamed with a sense of understated luxury.
"Where's the equipment?" Yu Ling couldn't help but ask, "Where are the people from the logistics department?"
"The equipment is on the top of the mountain. The logistics department...um, is on standby." Zhao Chen turned the steering wheel with one hand, with an imperceptible curve at the corner of his mouth.
The car drove smoothly all the way to the parking lot at the top of the mountain. It was empty.
"Get out of the car." Zhao Chen turned off the engine and unbuckled his seat belt.
"Where's the air? Where's the pollution?" Yu Ling looked around. The mountain breeze was cold and the air was so fresh that it could be bottled and sold.
"Don't worry." Zhao Chen came around and opened the car door for her. As if by magic, he pulled out a thermos cup with a yawning Shiba Inu printed on it from the back seat and stuffed it into her hand. "It's windy on the top of the mountain, so drink something hot. The guild provides special ginger tea."
Yu Ling, clutching her thermos cup, walked up a pine-needle-covered path, hand in hand with Zhao Chen. Her heartbeat quickened as she walked. This atmosphere...wasn't right!
After passing through a dense fir forest, the view suddenly opens up!
Mountain top platform!
As far as the eye can see, there is a sea of red and white!
Thousands of fresh red and white roses, like the wildest painter's splashes of paint, covered the entire flat mountaintop! The petals swayed gently in the morning breeze, and the rich, sweet fragrance instantly enveloped you!
In the center of the sea of flowers, a giant, flowing Shiba Inu head is formed using vibrant champagne roses! It's adorable, yet carries a hint of arrogance that looks down on the world!
"This...this..." Yu Ling was completely stunned, and the Shiba Inu thermos in her hand almost fell to the ground. "This...this is the 'air purifier' you mentioned?!" Whose air purifier looks like this?! Made of flowers?!
Zhao Chen chuckled softly, took her to the center of the sea of flowers, and stood in front of the huge Shiba Inu flower array.
The mountain breeze blew through the strands of hair on his forehead, and the eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses were as deep as the abyss beneath his feet.
"Lingling." He spoke, his voice carried far away by the wind, with an unprecedented solemnity.
Yu Ling's heart skipped a beat and her fingers tightened around the thermos.
"The first time I saw you was in a coffee shop." Zhao Chen looked at her with a focused gaze, as if he had traveled through time. "You were so overwhelmed by calls from your aunt that you told the waiter, 'I want the bitterest coffee, to invigorate me and keep me from getting scolded.'"
The corners of his mouth curved up. "I thought at the time, this girl... is quite fierce."
Yu Ling: "..." Is this a confession or a complaint? !
"Later, when you signed that stupid agreement, your eyes lit up, as if you had gotten a great bargain." Zhao Chen's smile deepened. "Actually, it was me who got the great bargain."
"Look at you, you're so anxious about your plan being stolen that you're frothing at the mouth. You're secretly getting up in the middle of the night to look up information, like a rabbit with its fur standing on end."
"Look at you being harassed by Gu Qianqian. You're clearly furious, but you're still trying to straighten your back and fight back clumsily."
"See you being harassed by my aunt and cousin, smashing your pillow in anger, and then you turn around and bite your teeth to shoulder the responsibility and support your parents."
"Look at you clumsily making soup for my mom, queuing up to buy sugar water, peeling apples... You're obviously so nervous, yet you're still thinking about taking care of others."
Zhao Chen spoke one sentence at a time, his voice low but clear as a chorus that struck Yu Ling's heart. Those moments she had thought insignificant were now treasured and collected by him.
"You know what?" He took a step forward, getting closer to her, his warm breath almost brushing her eyelashes. "What I like most is the sight of you curled up on the sofa, holding Wangcai in your arms, clearing away all the plates while complaining that the food I cooked is too bland."
"You were clearly terrified, your hands and feet frozen cold by the threatening letter, yet you still stiffened your neck and said, 'I have money, I'll buy a villa for my parents.'"
"It was you, wearing that 'Wangcai likes' necklace and that dress with the dog tags hidden in it, standing among a bunch of socialites, clearly uncomfortable but trying to straighten your back, then secretly kicking me under the table and saying, 'Zhao Chen, I want to go home and eat instant noodles.'"
Yu Ling's eyes began to heat up and her nose felt sore. Those moments when she felt she was not good enough, not elegant enough, not strong enough, became sparkling treasures in his eyes.
"Lingling," Zhao Chen's voice deepened, carrying an almost pious gentleness. "I used to think money could solve everything, and power could shield me from all trouble. I hid myself in the shell of an 'ordinary employee,' thinking it was the safest, but also... the most boring."
"Until I met you."
"You rushed in like an unreasonable ray of light. You brought with you the flavor of life, your petty temper, your stubborn kindness, and your clumsy bravery... You turned my cold, calculating world upside down."
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