Confession is a proposal
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Xie Ci took a big step back. Maybe it was because he was choked or for some other reason, but his face turned red. He couldn't even look directly at Tong Zhenzhen's slightly worried gaze.
"Are you okay? You're the one who usually teaches me to chew food slowly, but how come you choked?"
"Well, it's okay. I was distracted just now." Xie Ci put his hand across his lips and made up an excuse to cover it up.
Chen Miao, who was not far away, snapped his fingers and said proudly:
"Look, what did I say? This guy is good at attacking but weak in defense. He really did a great job!"
【The Only True God】:
If he continues to attack like this, I will be dead...
Tong Zhenzhen sighed silently after sending the message. When she thought about what might happen next, she was so nervous that she couldn't eat. She stuffed the remaining tofu into her mouth in one gulp, which was quite tragic, like a last meal before execution.
Fortunately, Xie Ci had no intention of showing his true colors right away. While patting the overfed Tong Zhenzhen on the back, he suggested:
"Why don't we go for a walk along the city wall? It can help digestion."
"Okay, let's go." Tong Zhenzhen agreed without thinking too much, but Chen Miao sensed something was wrong. Seeing the two of them moving, she followed them down from the restaurant and continued to lurk:
"Tsk, why are we going to the city gate at this time? There's no one around and there's no romantic spot... Wait!"
She hid behind a tree and sent a private message to Qu Fei:
Mama Fei, I remember you forwarded me a post from a forum created by the indigenous people. It seemed to be about the romantic attractions in Yuandu?
It’s Feifei:
Yes, it's still my Jiabao, ahem, Xue Yide forwarded it to me, I'll send it to you
Chen Miao bent forward and clicked on the post. Her eyes widened before she finished reading it:
[The top of Yuandu City Tower is perfect for watching the sunset! 】
[My friends, this check-in spot is really hard to criticize. From there, you can directly overlook the entire city of Yuandu! ]
[It is no exaggeration to say that my husband and I expressed our feelings here. I recommend this to families who want to express their feelings to their loved ones! ]
She quickly scanned the photos and saw that they were all beautiful sunset views taken by Yuandu residents and sweet photos of young couples. Then she thought that Xie Ci was the leader of the Linyuan Army, so it would be easy for him to book this attraction for half a day!
"Level 1 alert, level 1 alert!" Chen Miao immediately called Tong Zhenzhen, "Xie Ci definitely wants to take you there to confess his love, Zhenzhen, be extremely careful!!"
【The Only True God】:
What?!
Tong Zhenzhen paused and saw the post that Chen Miao posted in the dormitory group. Her pupils trembled and she froze in place.
"Huh? Why aren't you leaving?" Xie Ci, who was walking in front, suddenly noticed that the person behind him had stopped, and turned around to ask.
Tong Zhenzhen cursed herself in her heart for being useless. Wasn't it just a confession? Besides, she wasn't the one confessing, so why was she so cowardly?! She couldn't even walk!
She put on a hopeless smile and lowered her head in an attempt to delay time:
"I'm so tired, I can't walk anymore..."
Can we let her collapse on the ground and turn into mud...
Xie Ci was slightly stunned, and pointed forward helplessly:
“But we’ve arrived already?”
"What?!" Tong Zhenzhen looked up in shock, only to find that in front of her was a towering blue brick wall, with a ladder hanging next to the tower for climbing. She stared at the ladder blankly and struggled again:
"I can't climb—what the hell are you doing?!"
Before Tong Zhenzhen could react, Xie Ci grabbed her waist and pulled her into his arms. Then she felt a sense of weightlessness as if she were floating in the air. When she felt the solid ground under her feet again, she had already landed steadily on the city wall.
Xie Ci skillfully bent his dislocated ankle back into place with a crisp snapping sound. Tong Zhenzhen said with a little guilt:
"Thank you for your hard work..."
"Hey, why are you so polite today?" Xie Ci laughed and looked up at her. "If someone could eat less, I wouldn't be so hard-working."
"You!" Tong Zhen was so angry that she stamped her feet, but Xie Ci laughed and ruffled her head:
"Alright, alright, I was just kidding. Don't be angry. You can eat as much as you want. Even if you eat until you become a ball, this general can still hold it!"
"You're the one who ate a lot, you bastard!" Tong Zhenzhen muttered softly, walked forward, and imitated him to prop his arms on the wall, overlooking the capital under the setting sun:
"This should be a military stronghold. Is it okay for it to be treated as a tourist attraction?"
Xie Ci squinted his eyes to feel the cool evening breeze and chuckled:
"What does it matter? This just shows that the people can put their minds at ease and live and work in peace. Now that you and I are in charge of this city, who would dare to invade? Even if they do, they won't be able to get in."
"My biggest wish is that the people no longer need me as a general. At that time, the world will be peaceful, and there will be no more chaos and disputes. The city walls and watchtowers built to resist the army will all be abandoned and eventually converted into private schools, clinics, or restaurants and post stations."
The orange afterglow of the setting sun shines on the young man, outlining his silhouette with incomparable tenderness. His red clothes flutter in the wind, and his sparkling eyes reflect the lights of thousands of homes lighting up one after another under the city wall. Looking down from a high place, everything in the city seems like the landscape on a sand table, tiny and grand. The countless living beings walking like ants are all living their lives step by step. No matter it is a blade of grass or a brick or a tile, everything melts into this intoxicating twilight.
Somehow, Tong Zhenzhen couldn't take her eyes off Xie Ci, this young man who always loved to quarrel with her but always tolerated and took care of her. He was also Linyuan's general. He had never shirked his responsibilities and always adhered to his beliefs.
I always feel that he is a little handsome...
Tong Zhenzhen tried hard to suppress the rising heat on her face, trying to kill this bad mood by making jokes:
"Hey kid, why are you acting so mature all the time?"
Just as she was about to pull her hand away and step back, Xie Ci suddenly grabbed her hand. Tong Zhenzhen looked up in surprise and met Xie Ci's burning eyes.
"I'm not young anymore," he said dryly, and perhaps feeling that it was not enough, he added:
"Although it's still early for you, I can start a family in Linyuan at my age."
"Cheng Cheng Cheng, Cheng Jia?!" Tong Zhenzhen was so nervous that she couldn't speak.
"Yes, start a family." Xie Ci nodded affirmatively, and then took a deep breath. Perhaps he made some kind of decision, and under Tong Zhenzhen's astonished gaze, he bent his knees and knelt on one knee:
"When I was little, I thought that I might as well never get married so that I could always fight with my father. Now that I think about it, my mother was right to slap me twice after hearing that."
He smiled self-deprecatingly, took out a brocade box from his arms, and solemnly held it in front of Tong Zhenzhen:
"When I first met you, I thought you were just a nuisance. You had all these magic skills and you were lazy and gluttonous. You almost pissed me off to death... But later I realized I was really blind. You have brought miracles to me, to Lin Yuan, and to the world time and time again. I never dared to dream of such a peaceful scene now, but you made it happen."
The sunset glowed with a layer of warmth for him. His eyes were as gentle as water, staring at Tong Zhenzhen without a moment's departure. He slowly opened the brocade box, revealing the intricately carved jade bracelet:
"This is what my mother told me. If you meet a girl you like, you must give this bracelet to her. Zhenzhen, you are the girl I want to spend my life with and grow old with. Are you willing to accept it?"
He thanked her sincerely and looked at her expectantly, but he did not urge her. He just waited patiently for his beloved's reply.
However, the sweetheart's brain has already crashed.
Chen Miao, who was watching the video call from the city wall, collapsed and screamed:
"No, who taught him to express his feelings like that! How can this be called a confession? This is a fucking proposal, right?!"
At the same time, a familiar cheer rang out from the other corner:
"Great thank you! I know your brothers have not taught you in vain!!"
Um? !
Chen Miaowu looked up, with a vague guess in his mind, and tiptoed towards the source of the sound with Qu Fei and Tong Zhenzhen. As expected, they found Lin Shizhu and the other two squatting in the corner.
Chen Miao was furious. Before Lin Shizhu could react, she stepped forward and grabbed his ear:
"I knew that someone must have given Xie Ci bad advice behind his back! Isn't it that some nice guy uses the posture and tone of a proposal right after confessing his love? Isn't this too advanced for our child?!"
"Hey, hey, Xiao Miao, be gentle! Aren't you guys also giving advice behind Tong Zhenzhen's back..." Lin Shizhu complained in a low voice, but when he saw Chen Miao's unhappy expression, he held it back, "We discussed it and felt that expressing our feelings this way is more manly and responsible!"
"I agree. It's better to be serious when expressing one's feelings." Xue Yide nodded beside him. He didn't feel at all that it was outrageous that he used the fallen petri dish to express his feelings.
"Speak less! This is too much. How can Zhenzhen bear it? Look--" Qu Fei knocked on his head and pointed at the video call screen. Tong Zhenzhen looked like his CPU was overloaded and was completely stunned.
“The children were terrified!”
Ma Chengyun stroked his chin and tried to contact Xie Ci:
"Hiss, it's no use to keep on being in a stalemate like this. General Xie, why don't you say something? Hey, General Xie, are you listening?"
However, they made too much noise just now, so Xie Ci simply hung up the phone, and Tong Zhenzhen was completely blocked out from the outside world because of the great shock she received. Chen Miao held her forehead helplessly and announced sadly:
"I'm sorry, Zhenzhen. What happens next really depends on you. Think carefully about what you really think of Xie Ci. Come on, we are with you!"
Tong Zhenzhen then woke up as if from a dream. She stared blankly at the jade bracelet that was sparkling in the twilight, then turned to Xie Ci who was still staring at her intently.
What did she think of the thank you?
Apart from her roommates, no one had ever been as indulgent and caring as Xie Ci, washing clothes and cooking for her, always rushing to the front to protect her when she was in danger, and even made her feel the maternal love she had always been missing. But Chen Miao said again that a man could not be anyone's mother, unless...
He is a male mom!
Tong Zhenzhen suddenly looked up. She understood, she understood completely. Xie Ci was her male mother. She liked men like Xie Ci who were like mothers to her! !
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