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◎When will it be made public?◎
Noticing Ning Yuxuan's gaze, Xie Zhiyan raised an eyebrow and slightly withdrew the hand holding the egg tart.
"What's wrong?" Xie Zhiyan asked. "Afraid of being seen?"
Ning Yuxuan: "I didn't..."
Xie Zhiyan's tone was clearly amused: "Where did you find the courage to pounce on me just now?"
Ning Yuxuan: "..."
What do you mean she took the initiative to pounce on him? He was clearly very proactive afterward too!
It wasn't her who held her in her arms for a long time in the room to calm her down, and then had to take a cold shower to cool off.
She clearly understood that Xie Zhiyan was using reverse psychology, but... she just fell for it.
Ning Yuxuan gritted her teeth and raised her chin: "Then you do it."
Xie Zhiyan was amused by her seemingly heroic sacrifice.
So he stopped rushing to feed her and said leisurely, "Are you so worried about being discovered?"
Ning Yuxuan blinked her eyelashes.
Thinking about it carefully, she had no reason to worry.
Because it wasn't made public on the show, she subconsciously wanted to hide her relationship with Xie Zhiyan.
But so what if you get caught?
She's not a celebrity; she's just having a normal relationship. It's no big deal if she gets caught.
Thinking of this, Ning Yuxuan said, "No, I'm just a little not used to it."
Xie Zhiyan's eyes flickered slightly.
Ning Yuxuan glared at him: "Why do you ask so many questions? Are you going to give me any more food or not?"
Xie Zhiyan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Here you go." Xie Zhiyan's voice was incredibly gentle. "Come on, open your mouth."
Ning Yuxuan felt uncomfortable with his coaxing tone, and glanced at the egg tart that he had put to her mouth again.
Then, as if he had made an important decision, he took a big bite.
……tasty.
With delicious food in front of her, Ning Yuxuan slowly forgot the awkwardness of being fed by a man.
She devoured more than half of the egg tart in two bites. Finding it inconvenient to eat from Xie Zhiyan's hand, she simply snatched the rest of the egg tart and stuffed it into her mouth.
Xie Zhiyan looked at her chubby cheeks and chuckled softly.
Ning Yuxuan finished the food in her mouth, took a sip of water, and then glanced at the man opposite her with dissatisfaction.
"What are you looking at?" she said. "Haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman eat before?"
Xie Zhiyan smiled even more happily.
After a moment, he said, "I've never seen anything so beautiful."
Ning Yuxuan gave a soft hum.
Considering he was quite eloquent, she decided not to hold it against him.
By the time we finished all the desserts on the table, it was almost evening.
Ning Yuxuan glanced at the time and complained to Xie Zhiyan again, "If it weren't for you, we would have finished all the egg tarts at this place long ago, and we could have gone to have dinner now."
Xie Zhiyan said gently, "Then let's go for a walk first, and then we can slowly think about what to eat for dinner?"
Ning Yuxuan: "That's all we can do."
Xie Zhiyan: "There's a small park not far away, shall we go for a walk?"
There is a neighborhood park nearby, the kind that doesn't require an entrance fee, making it convenient for local residents to relax.
After paying the bill, the two left the dessert shop and headed to the park.
Neither of them noticed that as they left, two pairs of eyes were fixed on their retreating figures inside the shop.
"Xinyi!" After the two left, one of the girls, who had her hair styled in a princess hairstyle, immediately spoke up, "I saw you had your phone. So, let me see what you took a picture of!"
The short-haired girl called "Xinyi" replied, "Don't rush, don't rush, let me see!"
Twenty minutes ago.
The short-haired girl is a viewer of "Dear Mom". Although she doesn't watch every episode live, she watched the latest one.
She was eating a small cake with her best friend when she saw a man and a woman walk into the dessert shop, and she immediately felt that they looked familiar.
Feeling embarrassed to stare at people too closely, the girl could only pretend to observe her surroundings and subtly confirm her suspicions.
During this time, she accidentally made eye contact with the other person, which startled her so much that she gasped for breath and quickly looked away, pretending that she was playing on her phone.
But that brief eye contact made the girl even more certain that the person was Ning Yuxuan!
She looks almost the same as in the live stream, except that her small face appears even smaller and more delicate to the naked eye, giving her an even more striking appearance as a stunning beauty.
As for the tall, handsome man beside Ning Yuxuan, it's undoubtedly Xie Zhiyan.
As a viewer who just watched the latest episode, the girl was deeply impressed by Xie Zhiyan, especially by the interaction between Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan.
Anyone who has followed the live stream will find it hard not to remember it.
Back then, as long as the two exchanged a few words or interacted during the live stream, fans would immediately become obsessed with the couple, exclaiming in the chat that it was so sweet.
At that time, the girl wasn't a serious CP fan; she just thought the two were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and that they were indeed a good match in terms of appearance.
Later, Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan became trending topics, but the girl only glanced at them and didn't even click to read them.
The girl had also shipped some actors with romantic pairings, and knew that CP fans would analyze the smallest clues to find a lot of "sweet moments," which might actually be just the CP fans indulging in their own fantasies.
But things are different now.
She saw Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan together at the dessert shop, and they looked very intimate!
The girl felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest with excitement.
She eagerly typed to share with her friend on the other end: "Look at those two people two doors down from us! Be careful, don't let them spot you!"
Soon after, the girl with the princess-style haircut across the way replied via WeChat: [I saw them! Those two are so good-looking! Do you know them? Which celebrity came to the store?]
The short-haired girl excitedly explained: "That beautiful woman is Ning Yuxuan, the guest on that mother-daughter reality show I told you about. The guy next to her is Xie Zhiyan, who's also incredibly impressive! A big shot!"
Girl with a princess-style hairstyle: [So they're boyfriend and girlfriend?]
Short-haired girl: [That's the key point! They said on the show before that they were just friends, and although they have many fans who ship them as a couple, they haven't gone public!]
Princess-style haircut girl: [So, does this mean we've stumbled upon a couple on a private date that they haven't publicly acknowledged?!]
Short-haired girl: [Yeah!]
Princess-style haircut girl: [Don't get excited yet. Maybe they were just discussing business at the dessert shop, and it wasn't actually a date?]
Short-haired girl: [Impossible! Who would choose to discuss business in a dessert shop! I'm not talking anymore, I need to look around some more!]
The two girls had a heated conversation on their phones, then simultaneously put them down and looked at the table two tables away.
I didn't dare to look too obviously, I only dared to turn my head slightly and look cautiously.
The waiter brought the desserts to the table. Ning Yuxuan took a bite of the egg tart and chatted and laughed with Xie Zhiyan across from her.
The short-haired girl lowered her voice: "Look? Don't they look like a perfect couple?"
The girl with the princess-style haircut also whispered, "It seems so, but since there was no hug or kiss, it's not necessarily true..."
Short-haired girl: "Shh, let's look again—"
The two girls quieted down again.
Two minutes later.
Xie Zhiyan picked up the egg tart beside him and held it to Ning Yuxuan's lips.
The two girls held their breath at the same time, not even having time to look at each other, afraid of missing this moment.
The short-haired girl quietly picked up her phone, staring intently at it while using the shortcut keys to bring up the camera, hoping to take a couple of photos.
Ning Yuxuan didn't eat the egg tart. She spoke a few more words with Xie Zhiyan, but they were too far apart to hear each other clearly.
Finally, Xie Zhiyan held the egg tart to Ning Yuxuan's lips again.
Ning Yuxuan glanced at Xie Zhiyan as if she were angry, and then took a bite.
...
Neither girl spoke, but their hearts were screaming silently.
What a sweet scene between this young couple!
Add to that the two's stunning good looks, and what's the difference between this and an idol drama?
The key point is that this is a unique perspective on the entire internet, and they are very likely to be the first netizens to verify the relationship between Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan!
After the two left, the short-haired girl immediately checked the contents of the photos on her phone.
Then her eyes slowly widened.
The girl with the princess-style haircut sitting opposite her, seeing this, wished she could snatch the phone and see for herself: "Hurry up! What did you take pictures of? Let me see too!"
The short-haired girl swiped her finger across the phone screen and murmured, "I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"
The girl with the princess-style haircut clicked her tongue impatiently: "What kind of time is this to keep us in suspense! Okay, then let's get to the bad news!"
Short-haired girl: "The bad news is, I pressed the wrong button just now, and I didn't take a single photo."
The girl with the princess-style haircut sighed, her face showing disappointment: "Oh, how could this be! What's the good news?"
The short-haired girl's eyes suddenly lit up: "The good news is, I accidentally clicked to record a video, and it seems like I captured a video!"
...
After walking for ten minutes, Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan arrived at the neighborhood park.
They ate dessert too late and weren't ready to have dinner yet.
However, many middle-aged and elderly people who usually eat early are already in the park, having eaten and drunk their fill, and are now strolling and enjoying themselves.
There are various recreational activities throughout the park.
People walking their dogs, playing shuttlecock, and using fitness equipment.
Of course, there are also all sorts of group activities.
The group activity was divided into several different groups: some elderly women danced fan dances together, some practiced Baduanjin (Eight Pieces of Brocade), and a group of people of all ages danced square dances together.
Ning Yuxuan was overwhelmed by the sights and didn't know which side to be a spectator on.
After thinking for a long time, she finally decided to go and observe the one that sounded the most rhythmic.
Ning Yuxuan naturally took Xie Zhiyan's hand and led him to the square dancing area.
Xie Zhiyan held her hand in return.
They weren't the only two people watching.
Having finally found a suitable spot, Ning Yuxuan stopped.
To the beat of upbeat music, a group of people danced the same steps in the summer breeze.
Although everyone's skill level varied, there were a few people in the back row who were obviously beginners, their movements were not standard, and they sometimes missed the beat.
But everyone had a smile on their face.
Even Ning Yuxuan was infected.
She glanced at Xie Zhiyan beside her and said, "When I get old, I want to join them and dance in the square every day."
Xie Zhiyan smiled and said, "No need to wait until later, you can go now if you want."
Ning Yuxuan glared at him, annoyed: "Xie Zhiyan, what do you mean? Are you saying I'm already old?"
Faced with her accusation, Xie Zhiyan's tone remained gentle: "Of course not. You are still so young, and you will always be younger than me. If anyone is older, it is me."
"That sounds alright," Ning Yuxuan said with satisfaction. "So, what do you mean?"
A smile flickered across Xie Zhiyan's eyes: "What I mean is, you seem really eager to try it out right now. If you want to join now, I won't stop you."
Ning Yuxuan: "..."
She stared at Xie Zhiyan: "What do you mean you won't stop me? Aren't you coming with me?"
Xie Zhiyan: "I can't dance this."
"I can't do it either. It looks easy, I can learn." Ning Yuxuan persisted, "What if I insist that you dance with me?"
The man, who had remained calm throughout, finally showed a flicker of emotion in his eyes upon hearing these words.
It seemed like he was genuinely torn about whether or not to go with her.
Ning Yuxuan couldn't help but laugh after she realized it.
I also imagined Xie Zhiyan going up to dance in the square, and because the image was so vivid, I found it more and more hilarious.
In the end, he almost collapsed laughing onto Xie Zhiyan's shoulder.
Xie Zhiyan helped her steady herself while looking at her helplessly.
Ning Yuxuan finally stopped laughing.
"Alright, alright, I'll let you off the hook today," Ning Yuxuan said. "I'm afraid if I really let you jump, and someone takes a picture, Hengjiang's stock price will drop by several percentage points."
She mimicked the tone of a news report, saying with great seriousness, "Hengjiang Group has encountered a huge change and is facing a bankruptcy crisis. Chairman and CEO Xie was spotted in a park in a neighborhood in Beicheng, dancing to relieve stress."
Xie Zhiyan listened helplessly to her fabricated news. After she finished speaking, he solemnly corrected her: "If that day really comes, the news report should be about President Xie and his wife dancing in the square to relieve their worries."
Ning Yuxuan was amused by him: "No, I'll definitely pretend I don't know you then."
Xie Zhiyan gently lifted Ning Yuxuan's left hand by holding her hand tightly.
Following his movements, Ning Yuxuan looked at the hand that had been raised.
The diamond ring she bought in Jiangcheng is still on her left middle finger.
Ning Yuxuan had only bought the ring a few days ago, and she was still excited about it. She wore it every time she wasn't filming a show these past two days.
Xie Zhiyan: "We're holding hands, and you still have the ring on your hand. It's no use denying it."
Ning Yuxuan looked at the ring on her hand and blinked.
She originally just treated the diamond ring as an accessory, so how did he make it sound like the ring had trapped her?
Ning Yuxuan glanced at Xie Zhiyan and said, "I suddenly feel that this is a bit unfair."
Xie Zhiyan cast a look at him, as if he wanted to hear more details.
Ning Yuxuan: "When people see my ring, they'll probably think that even if I'm not married, I must be in a relationship, but you have nothing on your hand."
Xie Zhiyan smiled and said, "Then you should buy me a ring too, to show my ownership?"
Ning Yuxuan: "..."
Why did she feel like she had dug herself another hole?
Ning Yuxuan: Let's talk about it later!
As they were talking, the fast-paced music stopped and was replaced by a more soothing one.
The people dancing in the square have slowed down their steps.
Ning Yuxuan had heard this tune before and hummed along twice.
She has average musical talent, sings off-key, and the only instrument she ever learned was the piano, which she later abandoned.
However, moving to the rhythm of music is a human instinct.
Ning Yuxuan swayed her body casually to the rhythm.
She was still holding Xie Zhiyan's hand.
She glanced at their clasped hands, then at Xie Zhiyan, giving him a look that said: You're ruining my fun.
Xie Zhiyan did not let go, but instead lifted her hand and raised it above her head.
After realizing what he meant, Ning Yuxuan laughed out loud.
She took his hand and twirled around him as if dancing a waltz.
She happened to be wearing a cotton dress with a very large hem today, and as she moved, the hem drew a smooth arc in the air.
Ning Yuxuan's mood also soared.
Xie Zhiyan was looking at her with a smile.
Ning Yuxuan met his gaze and said, "Xie Zhiyan, when we're old, you have to come dance with me."
After they got together, they never made any serious vows of eternal love.
But this time, Ning Yuxuan didn't think much about it and just said those words naturally.
She herself was unaware of the implied promise.
Xie Zhiyan looked at her intently.
Ning Yuxuan raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong? If you don't want to, I'll find another old man to dance with me. Someone as naturally beautiful as me will definitely still be popular even when I'm old—"
Before she could finish speaking, Xie Zhiyan suddenly tightened his grip on her hand.
Ning Yuxuan was caught off guard and pulled into his arms.
Xie Zhiyan lightly touched the corner of her lips: "Don't even think about it."
Ning Yuxuan's heartbeat suddenly quickened because of his movements.
After a moment, she finally came to her senses.
Ning Yuxuan straightened up from the man's embrace and replied in a deliberately nonchalant tone, "Say what you will. Anyway, you'll be an old man by then, and you might not be able to stop me."
However, the upward curve of her lips couldn't be suppressed.
It was almost 7 p.m. when we came out of the park.
The two went to a nearby casual restaurant for dinner.
After dinner, the Xie family's driver drove the car to a nearby location and took Ning Yuxuan home first.
On the way, Ning Shiyue sent me a message: [Have you seen the trending topics?]
Ning Yuxuan was puzzled: [No, what's wrong? Did you win an award?]
Ning Shiyue: [...]
Ning Shiyue: [Are you and Zhiyan planning to go public? Or do you want to continue keeping it a secret?]
Ning Yuxuan looked at the message and had a premonition that something had happened.
Before she could think it through completely, Ning Shiyue sent another message.
Ning Shiyue: [Forget it, it doesn't matter which one it is anymore. Go check the trending topics yourself.]
Ning Yuxuan: "..."
She opened Weibo and immediately saw the trending topic that Ning Shiyue had shown her.
#NingYuxuanXieZhiyanDate#
Clicking on the topic, the top video shows the two of them in a dessert shop.
The video isn't very clear, but it's enough to identify a man and a woman.
In the scene, Xie Zhiyan gently lifts up an egg tart and feeds it to Ning Yuxuan's mouth.
The comment section was filled with excited netizens, and couples flocked to the comments section.
The previous trending topic had already provided netizens with a lot of evidence that Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan were together.
But no matter how logical the analysis is, it's still just analysis, and it lacks that bit of solid evidence.
So after that, no matter how confidently the CP fans were, they were still frequently met with skepticism.
This time they can finally hold their heads high.
[Ahhhhh, so they really are a couple! My dream has come true!]
[Who took this picture?! They deserve to be enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!!]
[Who understands? I'm so excited! I've replayed that ten-second video dozens of times!]
[So sweet! Mr. Xie was so gentle when he fed Xuanxuan, I'm so touched!]
While feeding the egg tarts, Xie Zhiyan seemed to say something, and some people were curious about what he said.
The ambient noise in the video was very loud, and almost no sound of the two people speaking was recorded.
However, not long after, lip-reading masters appeared.
[What Xie Zhiyan probably said was: Xuanxuan, when do you want to go public with our relationship?]
Netizens compared the images and found that the lip movements matched the exact words.
The crowd became even more excited.
[Ahhh! So Mr. Xie can't wait to announce his relationship with Xuanxuan, right?!]
[President Xie: I want to announce our relationship to the whole world!]
The haters also said that Xie Zhiyan didn't want to be with Ning Yuxuan, and that Ning Yuxuan was the one throwing herself at him. This time, they've been completely proven wrong! Xie Zhiyan is the one who actually wants to go public!
A large number of netizens are watching this video, and fans of the pairing are even analyzing it frame by frame.
Not long after, someone else noticed that when Ning Yuxuan's hand was facing the camera at a certain angle in the video, there seemed to be a suspicious reflection on her left middle finger.
It looks like... a diamond ring.
This was such a huge surprise that even the CP fans couldn't believe it.
Good news kept coming in, as if they were about to be overwhelmed with it.
[Is this really a diamond ring?! No way, could they not just be dating, but already married?!]
[Sisters, calm down! The ring looks like it's on the middle finger, so it might not be a wedding, just an engagement.]
[What do you mean it's just an engagement?! They're engaged! My favorite couple is not only real, they're about to get married!]
[Help, I'm almost crying! This is the first time I've ever shipped such a genuine couple!]
However, the reflection only appeared for a few seconds in the video and disappeared when the angle was changed, leading some netizens to question its appearance.
Is it really a diamond ring? The image quality is so blurry, it's impossible to be sure.
[It might just be a regular decorative ring. It's not only diamonds that reflect light; ordinary metals can too.]
However, new revelations soon emerged.
A netizen claimed to be a saleswoman at a jewelry brand in Jiangcheng. A few days ago, she served Ning Yuxuan and Xie Zhiyan in the store. The two bought a lot of jewelry, including a diamond ring.
The saleswoman didn't post any photos or other evidence, but she clearly described the time and place where the two appeared, which sounded somewhat credible.
She also included a picture of the design of the diamond ring the two of them bought.
Netizens zoomed in on the video and compared it carefully with the design images, finding that they were indeed very similar.
So it's true! The two just went to Jiangcheng to buy their engagement rings! It seems like good news is on the way!
Oh my god! I'm going to binge-watch this!
Ning Yuxuan silently watched all the videos and several trending posts in the hot search topics.
There are also comments from netizens.
After reading it, Ning Yuxuan remained silent for a few seconds.
Although she didn't really intend to keep their relationship a complete secret, she just took a chance once, and she actually got photographed?
Ning Yuxuan glanced at Xie Zhiyan.
The man was right next to her while she was looking at the trending topics.
"What...are you thinking?" Ning Yuxuan asked him. "Do you want to clarify something?"
Xie Zhiyan raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Clarify what?" the man asked casually. "Clarify that we're not just getting engaged, but already married?"
Ning Yuxuan: "..."
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