The lights in the private room were soft. Zi Xi lowered her head and sipped her sweet soup without answering the question from before. The porcelain spoon clinked against the rim of the bowl.
Unaware that Fu Senran was staring intently at her from across the table, a dark, almost obsessive intensity swirling in his eyes.
I still want to lock her up.
Once this thought begins, it will coil around his heart like a venomous snake, impossible to let go.
He wanted her to smile only at him, to speak only to him, and for her bright eyes to forever reflect only his image.
Fu Senran's knuckles turned slightly white as he gripped the teacup tightly.
"A anaconda?"
Zi Xi suddenly looked up, a trace of sweet soup still on the corner of her mouth, her eyes curving into crescents.
"This soup is really delicious, would you like to try some?"
She naturally scooped up a spoonful and brought it to his lips, her eyes pure and unguarded.
Fu Senran's breath hitched.
How could she be so completely unsuspecting of someone like him?
Does she know that the way she looks at him... can easily shatter all his dark thoughts!
He lowered his head and drank the spoonful of sweet soup from her hand. His Adam's apple bobbed, and the sweet taste melted on his tongue, but it couldn't compare to even a fraction of the joy in her smile.
"Is it delicious?"
Zi Xi tilted her head and smiled faintly.
"……Um."
Zi Xi smiled and rested her chin on her hand, then suddenly leaned closer and teased him, "Fu Senran, do you want to see me every day, and have me by your side every day?"
His pupils suddenly contracted; that was exactly what he was thinking.
But it's not good for my girlfriend to find out on the very first day!
And why would she think that?!
Was he making it that obvious?
Or perhaps... she had already sensed his ulterior motives?
Yes, Zixi has a very keen sense of things and was able to immediately detect that the company had surveillance cameras installed.
Zi Xi laughed to herself, her eyes sparkling: "So, do you want to marry me?"
"marry?!"
Why would I associate with someone like him?!
Fu Senran's breathing almost stopped.
The word was too beautiful, so beautiful that it frightened him.
How could someone like him be worthy of her?
After marrying him, she discovered he wasn't the kind of person she imagined. What if she regrets it?
Her eyes were so serious, yet there was also a casualness to it, as if she were just asking if we wanted to have breakfast together tomorrow.
This might be a joke.
But a voice inside Fu Senran told him that if he didn't seize this opportunity tonight, he might never have another chance to embrace the sun.
He heard his own voice, low and hoarse, revealing a hesitant inquiry: "Then...can we get our marriage certificate tomorrow?"
Zi Xi blinked, then suddenly let out a clear and melodious laugh: "Of course!"
She answered lightly, as if she were answering a trivial question rather than a matter of her life's most important affair.
Fu Senran's heart skipped a beat.
"Honey, do you know... what marriage means?"
"Divorce is not an option in our family."
"It means you can't escape anymore, only me."
He stared intently at her, his voice low and incoherent as he spoke.
But he had already restrained himself, wanting her to think things through, not to make a hasty decision, and not to easily trust him.
Zi Xi suddenly reached out and gently poked his brow with her fingertip: "Fu Senran, you look so ugly when you frown. Shouldn't you be telling me now that you'll give me a grand wedding and a diamond ring?"
"I've already let you skip the proposal, and you don't even want to prepare for the wedding? Then I really need to think about it..."
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