Full of Fragrance (Part 1)
Ann has been urgently recalled to Cloud City by Codfish, to the bars in Cloud City.
The loud thumping sound was making An's ears hurt.
But what bothered her even more was the cod's constant squealing and howling.
"Oh no! I've been cheated on! Waaah..."
The cod's voice completely drowned out the stage noise as she poured herself a drink and tearfully recounted her history of being cheated on.
It's probably saying that Han Fei is a scoundrel who slept with the daughter of the investor's boss in order to get better resources.
Cod said, "They're not investors. Even without resources, any female dog would beckon a male dog to come!"
An stopped Cod from drinking another glass of wine, saying, "Drink less, or you'll be too drunk to carry you."
An had stopped paying attention to entertainment news and even took out her phone to search for it.
There were no reports of such incidents, but some comments seemed to mention such rumors.
These messages are vague and ambiguous, seemingly designed to lead people to think in that direction.
Suddenly the search software seemed to freeze for a moment. An thought there was something wrong with her phone, so she exited and reopened it.
The moment I opened it, I saw a trending topic rushing forward: "Han Fei's official announcement."
Supporting the person wagging their tail beside them, An was starting to panic.
She clicked on it and saw that the first post was a status update from Han Fei.
The dynamic is simple and straightforward: Debunking the rumor, I already have a girlfriend and I am a fish.
An Yi's heart settled back into place, and with quick reflexes, she stopped Cod from drinking another glass of blue liquor.
She held the phone up to Cod, saying, "Stop drinking. You shouldn't have been cheated on."
"Burp!" Cod let out a burp reeking of alcohol. "What was that?"
An pulled Cod down to sit, ordered her a glass of warm water, fed her some, and then pried open her eyes.
Unfortunately, Cod couldn't experience the joy of the official announcement right away. She was so drunk that she couldn't understand the Chinese characters as if they were Korean. She could still recognize the name in bold, though. She pressed her eyes to the screen and cursed something very offensive.
Just when An was at his wit's end, Han Fei called Cod.
Codfish is in such a bad state that he can't even figure out how to answer a call on his phone. Even if he does see the call clearly, he just hangs up while cursing.
An answered the phone and gave an address directly.
She hoisted the cod and staggered out, when suddenly her shoulder felt lighter as the weight of the cod shifted.
It was too noisy in the bar, and people couldn't hear each other clearly. Huaichuan pointed towards the door and told An to follow behind.
Once outside the noisy door, Ann grabbed Cod's arm: "Let me do it."
Huai Chuan took a quick step forward: "I'm about to leave anyway, so let me help you this one time."
Although she never needed his help.
Huai Chuan's gaze fell on the glass window reflecting An Yi's figure, and she spoke first, her voice tinged with unease: "How have you been lately?"
"It's fine." An Yi replied simply, ignoring any unnecessary small talk.
Huai Chuan paused for a moment, then said, "Actually, I wanted to ask you to meet me one last time. I'm going abroad."
An Yi's gaze held a hint of inquiry.
Huai Chuan spoke frankly: "The working environment is better abroad, and there's no one here I miss."
An nodded.
Huai Chuan then asked, "If I were to ask you to meet again, would you come?"
Before An could answer, he gave a self-deprecating laugh: "No need to think about it anymore, at least we've met once."
The two waited for Han Fei in the hall.
Taking this opportunity, Huai Chuan greedily gazed at the girl at the tail end of his youth.
Han Fei arrived quickly and took away the cod.
An and Huai Chuan went out and saw Ji Qingzhou walking towards them.
Ji Qingzhou became wary as soon as he saw Huai Chuan, and he quickly went to An Yi's side.
Huaichuan said "Goodbye" and turned to leave.
“Huai Chuan,” An called out to him, “everything is going well.”
An was already sitting in the passenger seat, and the streetlights outside the car window flashed by before the next one appeared.
She called Cod and confirmed Cod's situation with Han Fei.
"Actually, Han Fei is alright," she said, opening the trending topics. Han Fei's official announcement was still at the top. "Maybe this time, Xueyu has really found someone she can entrust her life to."
Ji Qingzhou countered, "And what about you?"
An was stunned. After the dream was complete, she thought that Huaichuan was the person she could entrust her life to.
She told Ji Qingzhou that he was Huai Chuan.
"Ji Qingzhou, do you believe you are Huaichuan?"
She never asked him if he believed he was Huaichuan.
How could he answer this? Should he firmly believe in love and deny the scientific laws governing the development of things, or should he firmly believe that he is a materialist?
Ji Qingzhou tensed her jaw and remained silent.
I glanced at the rearview mirror, and the person who shouldn't have been there was no longer visible.
The more silent he remained, the calmer Anji's heart became.
A small flame ignited in Ji Qingzhou's heart, growing larger and larger until it couldn't find a way out.
All the way until they got off the car, got to the elevator, and opened the door to their home, Ji Qingzhou pressed An Yi against the door and kissed her.
In front of An Yi, he couldn't help but give up on himself. He didn't care what he was, he didn't care what he was, Huai Chuan, a substitute... as long as An Yi didn't say goodbye or leave him.
The cod had already left the next day.
The appointment was for noon, but Cod was two hours late.
An had been sitting in the shop saying several times that they could meet again next time, but Cod insisted on meeting today.
Cod rushed over, and Ann pointed to the hickey on her neck: "You almost couldn't get up, could you?"
Cod blushed, a rare occurrence for him, and covered his neck as if burying his head in the sand: "That dog, this is his last meal of the month."
After Cod devoured a plate of spaghetti, he finally revealed that Han Fei had been cuckolded.
In short, it's nothing like that.
"That's good."
An is very happy for the cod.
The cod is fine, but An is alright.
She told Cod that Ji Qingzhou had been acting mysteriously these past two days, and she didn't know what he was doing.
For example, as soon as she gets close to the computer, he immediately blocks the screen. When she tries to throw her recently changed pants into the washing machine, Ji Qingzhou snatches the clothes away.
She later checked the pants and found nothing strange about them.
"Tch!" the cod scoffed. "Men are all sick; they flare up if they don't take their medicine."
An frowned, unable to understand, and let it go.
We were supposed to go home after dinner, but Cod suddenly said she wanted to go shopping.
Passing by a luxury store, Cod insisted that An go in and pick out a dress to give to her.
Why would An want that?
The cod said, "Han Fei told me to thank you for your phone call last night. You absolutely have to buy one, just so I can take advantage of you!"
That arrogant tone made it seem like they'd only plucked a hair from a pig.
An couldn't resist any longer and picked out a reasonably inexpensive apricot-colored wide-shouldered halter dress.
The skirt is fairly casual, but Cod persuaded me to wear it.
Seeing that An had put on a dress, Codfish breathed a sigh of relief as if he had completed his mission. He even helped her touch up her lipstick before letting her go home.
Before leaving, Cod gave An a black box.
Cod repeatedly assured An that the door could only be opened before going to bed.
Cod wore a smug smile; tomorrow she wouldn't be the only one with hickeys on her neck.
As soon as An opened the door, she was greeted by a wonderful fragrance, as if she had entered a flower shop.
One hand grasped An Yi's hand, which was about to touch the switch, and led An Yi into the house.
An was so frightened by the sight before her that she took a half step back: the house was filled with crabapple and rose flowers, it was like being in a pink sea of flowers, with soft, shimmering light in the ocean.
She had a vague premonition.
Ji Qingzhou led An Yi forward, stepping on the flowers beneath their feet.
As I walked to the balcony window, the outside suddenly lit up, and a cluster of drones formed a pattern, then words, and finally the English phrase: "marry me."
An Yi turned to look at Ji Qingzhou, and found that Ji Qingzhou had knelt down on one knee beside her without her noticing.
Light and shadow fell into his eyes, and crabapple blossoms bloomed at his feet. He held up the ring and asked, "An Yi, will you marry me?"
My previously turbulent heart calmed down at that moment.
An nodded slowly.
The moment she nodded, Ji Qingzhou nearly went crazy, managing to restrain herself as she slipped the ring onto An Yi's finger.
The ring was custom-made.
Ann no longer liked complicated things; her ring only had a small, dazzling diamond.
Next to the diamond is an engraved tilted oil-paper umbrella, or more precisely, an oil-paper umbrella tilted to cover the diamond.
An rarely buys jewelry, but this ring was one of the rare things that made her fall in love with it at first sight.
An's eyes were already brimming with tears, and this time she finally couldn't hold them back and they started to fall.
This was indeed unexpected for her; if things had progressed normally, they would have just started dating.
She didn't say it aloud, but Ji Qingzhou clearly wouldn't agree with her idea.
Ji Qingzhou got up and gave him a long kiss.
An pushed Ji Qingzhou away and asked, "Why did you suddenly decide to propose?"
Ji Qingzhou hadn't kissed him enough, so he casually said, "Your mother urged you to," and kissed him again.
Kong Yue, who was in a meeting, suddenly sneezed.
How should I explain this? He had wanted to do this for a long time, and he regretted not having let An wear something that symbolized his existence when they first met.
Those were the seeds planted by the wind blowing from the window as it passed him and reached her.
Later, he was afraid that one day someone who looked like Huaichuan would suddenly appear, even more like him, and that An would regret it and kick him away.
Ji Qingzhou was taking a shower in the bathroom when An Yi finally had time to look at the things that Cod had sent.
There was a note on top of the box: Congratulations on your proposal!
An gasped in surprise; no wonder the cod had been behaving strangely today.
She glanced in the direction of the bathroom.
Take out the slip of paper; underneath are several pieces of fabric.
An picked up the fabric to examine it, her face burning hot enough to cook an egg. Sure enough, there were only a few pieces of fabric.
At this moment, Ji Qingzhou pushed open the bathroom door...
The two looked at each other in surprise. Just a second before An hurriedly put away the fabric, Ji Qingzhou pounced on her.
After a hearty meal and drinks, An was completely unable to move a single finger, and began to think about what happened last year.
Do you remember last year? I told you, I might like you.
Ji Qingzhou kissed An Yi's hair: "Yes, I remember."
An tilted her head slightly: "What were you thinking at the time?"
"Yes, I was very happy at the time."
I'm really happy because he also likes An Yi, so it seems they are mutually in love.
But she said "I might like you," not "I like you," not "I like you 100%." What if she doesn't like him? What if she realizes it and then doesn't like him anymore?
What if she likes him because of the old friend she mentioned?
From the moment she saw that message, Ji Qingzhou's mind was filled with these few questions, which troubled her for a long time.
That's why it took two months to reply.
He also discussed the problem with his mentor and his wife, who said he was indecisive. He never imagined that the word "indecisive" would be used to describe him.
After realizing this, Ji Qingzhou felt lost and confused for several days.
The teacher's wife comforted Ji Qingzhou, saying, "You just like her too much."
Because Ji Qingzhou's answer was too brief, An already felt that he was just giving her a perfunctory answer.
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