Chapter 8 Marriage is the Grave of Love
Suzuki Sonoko didn't know what Ximen Sojiro was suddenly feeling awkward about, because this time he was blinded by beauty for an unusually long time. She developed extraordinary patience with Ximen Sojiro, and at the moment, it seemed that her patience was only slightly less than that with her uncle.
However, what is meant to come will come, whether sooner or later.
When the blind date entered its sixth month, because they had less time together, Sonoko specially asked Xiaolan to go to the movies. In less than two hours, she didn't know which scene in the movie activated the formation, and the all-encompassing seventh sense came inexplicably.
The feeling that Ximen Soujiro was the most handsome man in the world suddenly disappeared.
After being worried for half a year, Suzuki Sonoko finally felt relieved: Now it’s great, I can be close friends with my partners without any grudges!
If she really had always liked Ximen so much, she would not have dared to marry him.
As for how the seventh sense came about - if you ask Ran Mouri to reveal the secret, it was probably that Sonoko discovered a young actor who was more handsome than Ximen Sojiro in a corner of the cast list.
Suzuki Sonoko was actually still taking some courses intermittently, so she was very busy. When she really didn't want to sacrifice her time playing tennis with Xiaolan to meet Ximen, she thought it was about time.
It’s been almost half a year, and everyone has an idea of whether it’s finalized or not. The sooner it’s finalized, the sooner it’s done!
In the middle of the night, she crawled into her mother's beauty salon with a pillow in her arms and reported her idea to Pengzi who was having a facial.
The main reason why Tomoko supports marrying into the family is to find a legal worker. She doesn't really care whether this worker can do her husband's work.
Since her daughter said it was good, she thought it was good too.
So the next day, when they met again at a dessert shop, Miss Suzuki Sonoko cleared her throat seriously and asked Ximen, "Do you think I... look good?"
Simon was confused: "Huh?"
Suzuki Sonoko, upon seeing him take a look, seemed to realize that her opening was lacking in momentum. She simply waved her hand away, signaling him not to take it seriously. She pondered for a moment, then spoke in an official tone, like a news report: "After these six months of getting along, we've gotten to know each other a bit better."
She emphasized with great force: "I think you are a good person!"
Simon took a cookie from the shelf. Although he didn't understand what it meant, he had already skimmed over the contents and said calmly, "Thank you."
Yuanzi was stunned by his answer and subconsciously said, "You're welcome."
Simon then used a pair of tongs to gesture to the strawberry cake on the top layer and asked, "Do you want to eat this?"
The only thing that suddenly came to Yuanzi's mind was a plate of strawberries. She nodded with sparkling eyes, "Yes!"
Half an hour later, Suzuki Sonoko was feeling sleepy while hugging the pillow prepared by the store. In front of her was a bowl of ice porridge piled up like a small mountain. She finally remembered the topic that was interrupted by the strawberries and rubbed the pillow lazily.
"I'm talking to Sojiro."
She changed her address: "If you have no objection, we'll settle it, okay..."
Simon was also feeling dizzy from the sweet aroma and replied lazily, "What are you ordering?"
"Marriage," Sonoko yawned, "It's been almost half a year. If you continue wasting time, it will be a waste of time. If you start working earlier, I can start cutting classes depending on the situation... By the way, you don't hate me, do you?"
Ximen lay on the table in the same position as her, turning his head to look at her. For a long time, he couldn't see any shyness or nervousness in her.
That look was far from what he had imagined at first, that of someone who was always being unreasonable and forcing others without realizing it. However, he yawned as if he was infected, and thought slowly: being unaware of some aspects of his situation is actually quite accurate.
Because she didn't get an answer, Sonoko finally moved her head, rested her chin on the table and shook her head.
"Simon?"
Ximen Zheng looked at her with a smile: "I can take the position at any time, Mrs. Suzuki."
——Actually, I quite like you.
"That's good," she said, suddenly perking up again, as if her worries had finally been resolved. "Next, I'll probably have to arrange a physical examination. My mother seems to have asked me to go to the temple to pray, and then I'll prepare for my classes... Are you going to change schools after you graduate this year? Or will you continue to attend Yingde?"
Simon thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it later."
"Alright," Suzuki Sonoko began to count the days, "I still have one year left to go to high school. If I don't become the heir, I can continue to study at Teitan. If there's no pressure to continue my studies at Teitan, then besides private lessons, I'll have basically no time left next year..."
"You are free now," Ximen Sojiro looked at her with amusement, "but then I will be busy, so I won't be able to play with you."
Yuan Zi waved her hand nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. Xiaolan will accompany me."
Ximen felt a little cold when he heard the name, but Suzuki Sonoko's expression was too frank, so straightforward that there was even a kind of ignorance that could give rise to guilt in others, which made him feel at a loss and could only ignore it silently.
"Where are you going?"
"University town..."
"ha?"
Ximen Soujiro burst out laughing. "What kind of trip is that? I thought you were going abroad."
"The main purpose is not actually to play."
She patted the table excitedly, trying to attract Simon's attention, just like she did every time she wanted to share something with him in the past six months. She said happily, "I went to see a movie with Xiaolan a while ago. There was a super handsome actor in the movie!"
Oh, star chasing.
Although he was not interested in such things, Simon still maintained an encouraging smile and patiently prepared to continue listening to her.
——Anyway, regardless of whether this matter itself is interesting or not, the way Suzuki Sonoko talks incessantly is still quite entertaining.
"...So I thought he was just a minor actor, but it turns out he's not a professional," she began to talk to herself. "Then the head of my uncle's company did some research and said the filming was taking place in a university town, and the minor characters were most likely students. Sometimes they're extras, or maybe they were accidentally caught on camera. Anyway, they're very hard to find."
Ximen Soujiro listened to her defense with amusement. She was so excited that she seemed to be unable to show how much effort she had put into finding an idol for her without any hand movements.
"What happens if he finds one? What if he's not interested in acting?"
Suzuki Sonoko was stunned by his question: "What does this have to do with acting?"
Ximen thought to himself, "Silly girl, you're just too excited now, and you don't even think about it: If he doesn't work in the entertainment industry, how will you see your idol in the future?"
"But I didn't say he was my idol?"
Suzuki Sonoko blinked blankly, then became naturally cheerful: "I'm looking for him because I like him, of course!"
Like...who?
The crisp sound of a teaspoon hitting the rim of the cup broke the silence in the room.
Ximen Sojiro narrowed his eyes and stretched, rubbing his neck as if he hadn't heard clearly. After the room was silent for a full five minutes, he resumed his original sitting position as if nothing had happened and asked with a smile, "What did Sonoko just say?"
Suzuki Sonoko looked at her watch in confusion, wondering if time had gone backwards... or if you were suddenly excluded from the world line?
Didn’t I ask this question just now?
Sensing that the atmosphere was a little off, she instinctively observed him carefully several times, and finally became convinced that Simon's expression was gentle and polite without any flaws, and she immediately felt relieved.
So it’s time to recommend my idol to my bestie again.
She pulled out her phone, opened her photo album, and pointed at a mosaic photo that was practically blurred to the horizon. "It was just a fleeting glimpse, but the feeling isn't deceptive. I've known people look good in glasses before, but they usually looked serious and formal. I've never known someone to look so handsome in glasses... No, it's definitely an aura thing!"
Ah, he is so handsome that she wants to stamp her feet!
"Hey, Sonoko."
Ximen Soujiro was almost amused by her: "Putting aside the fact that the colorful mosaic above doesn't look like a person, do you know what you're saying now?"
"Who do you call the colorful mosaic—"
etc.
Stay calm. This is not the place where you should argue with others over your idol's looks. You must stay calm!
Suzuki Sonoko cleared her throat awkwardly and changed the subject: "...Aren't you talking about the person I like now?"
Ximen Sojiro slammed the teaspoon on the table with an expressionless face.
"Ten minutes ago, you asked me to get engaged, and ten minutes later, you said you had someone in your heart. Miss Suzuki, do you remember what you said?"
Ximen Sojiro slammed his hand on the table again: "Bigamy is against the law!"
Suzuki Sonoko died instantly and unjustly—she hadn't even seen what her new lover looked like, so what was the point of getting married again?!
She asked this question with full confidence and without any guilt, and Ximen Sojiro's anger was pushed back.
Considering that this young lady's thinking is so strange that she can't even distinguish between friendship and love (that's Xiaolan), Ximen began to wonder: Did she fail to distinguish between chasing stars and falling in love this time?
Thinking of this, Simon suddenly became unsure of his own thoughts.
In fact, he doesn't need any ideas. His first priority is to make the blind date a success.
And now, based on the blind date, he suddenly found that he did not dislike and even had a good impression of his "boss", and he began to feel that it would be nice to spend his life with this lively young lady from the Suzuki family.
He may not be able to fall in love with her wholeheartedly, but they will definitely get along happily, and this level of marriage has actually reached the standard of happiness recognized by the world.
——A happiness that is completely different from the so-called "upper-class marriages" that always appear in dramas, which are cold, superficially harmonious but actually alienated, and each doing their own thing.
He thought that the daughter of the Suzuki family was too well protected and her heart was like a pampered flower. Because she seemed to be able to only be treated seriously, Ximen subconsciously became cautious and seriously considered the possibility of building a greenhouse.
Who would have known that this young lady who seemed to know nothing about the unspoken rules was actually the one who had lived by them from childhood to adulthood.
Under Simon's silent gaze, the lovely Miss Suzuki still seemed unable to change her mind and tried to persuade him with great sorrow.
“Life is short, enjoy it while you can, and seize the time, my friend!”
Speaking of how to live after a marriage, isn't there a set pattern? Why does Ximen act like he's hearing this for the first time...
Suzuki Sonoko advised him earnestly: "It's hard enough for us to be together physically. If we don't have some spiritual freedom, we'll be sleeping in a grave once we get married."
"Considering that both you and I are still in junior high school—dying at fourteen or fifteen would be considered premature death in ancient times!"
Speaking of this, she seemed to imagine the years after her "untimely death" and shuddered uncontrollably.
Ximen Sojiro just looked at her coldly.
Yuanzi took a sip of her drink and continued, "Actually, as long as the courses are okay, you can have a completely free love life. As for me... I don't know how to flirt with people, and I wouldn't dare to cheat. I usually just like people for fun and would never cause any trouble for the family."
Among the more than one hundred lovers that Suzuki Sonoko had in the past, a large number of them were in this situation: she fell in love at first sight for various reasons, then learned the other person's name, happily liked him for about three or two months, and when the all-encompassing seventh sense came into play, she would eat and drink well and would never cause any trouble to others.
Except for Mao Lilan, who always accompanies her to see what her "sweetheart" looks like.
Ximen Sojiro looked at her cheerful expression and thought to himself, "Now that you've finished your rant, let's just go home today. Don't be like those "model fiancées" who ask for a handshake at the end and then—"
——Then Suzuki Sonoko extended her hand and said to him with a smile: "Have fun working together in the future!"
The author has something to say: Yuanzi was a pure blind date from the beginning. Ximen thought she was a naive person who needed a perfect and happy marriage life, so...
My fiancé went from being in control of his brain to being in control of his heart.
Sonoko went from looking at the face to losing her patience.
Ximen Sojiro is definitely not the first, and definitely not the only one!
Our heroine looks silly, but she knows all about the hidden rules^O^
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