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Chapter 112




Edited by: kapekopicoffee
After being astonished for a moment, Su Mingqian lifted his hand and reached for the flower where the ring was hidden.
The light of the diamond reflected on the petals, and the scarlet of the petals tinged Su Mingqian’s gradually approaching fingertips, making a light layer of shyness emerge on his pale fingertips.
In the next second, those fingertips staggered away from the flowers.
Su Mingqian’s raised hand didn’t touch the ring, but Li Shuoxing’s hand.
He gave Li Shuoxing a little poke, just like how he used to poke him.
“If you’re giving me a ring, shouldn’t you put it on for me?” he said with a smile.
Mingqian agreed to my proposal!
At that moment, all the language skills that a writer should have vanished from Li Shuoxing’s mind.
Infinite sweetness was the only thing left, pouring into Li Shuoxing’s heart, then gushing out from his rapidly beating heart, transforming into the power of excitement coursing throughout his body!
Li Shuoxing abruptly stood up and horizontally picked up Su Mingqian from his wheelchair.
Su Mingqian felt slightly surprised. He subconsciously raised his hands to hold onto Li Shuoxing’s neck.
Li Shuoxing took a look at Su Mingqian, raised the corners of his mouth at him, and then carried him to the bedroom in one go.
At this moment, his overwhelming excitement was finally let out.
Li Shuoxing still felt extremely happy. He came to the sofa, with a clear goal in mind, and carefully placed Su Mingqian on it.
Li Shuoxing: “Last time, we had a kissing photo here. This time, I think we can have a proposal photo. After we take it, we can hang it with the kissing photo on the wall…”
He removed the ring from the petals.
The centre of the ring was inlaid with a round diamond, surrounded by five narrow rhombus diamonds, altogether forming a dazzling star. In addition to that, the platinum ring was inlaid with a ring of crushed diamonds, which were the starbursts of stars.
He took Su Mingqian’s hand and slipped the ring onto his ring finger. They fit seamlessly.
“Look, it fits perfectly.” Li Shuoxing lifted his head. “It only fits you.”
Su Mingqian: “So, is that why you’ve been secretly touching my fingers in the game the last few days?”
Li Shuoxing didn’t feel embarrassed at all. “I’m witty, right?”
Su Mingqian: “You’re witty. Actually…”
Li Shuoxing: “Hmm?”
Su Mingqian’s gaze drifted for a moment, then fixed on Li Shuoxing’s face. “I forgot to tell you. Actually, I was able to apply for leave now because I wrote ‘request for marriage leave’ in my report to the top…” He held Li Shuoxing back. “We thought of it together.”
The raised corners of Li Shuoxing’s mouth tightened a bit.
He pressed his fingers against Su Mingqian’s lips and responded in a low voice, “Mingqian…”
The other’s name was on the tip of his tongue, twirling into an endless aftertaste.
Li Shuoxing leaned forward and touched Su Mingqian’s lips, kissing them slowly, like sucking on a piece of candy, to see how many layers of packaging it had, to taste how many flavours it had.
Rapid breathing soon resounded in the room.
Su Mingqian’s intermittent voice was also between the breaths:
“There are others in the house… Medical staff followed… Did you notice? But… forget it. Who cares about them, let’s continue.”
None of them cared.
No one could disturb them at this moment.
This was their time, their world.
After the deep kiss, Li Shuoxing embraced Su Mingqian. He sat with him on the small sofa, just like last time, listening to his heartbeat, feeling his body temperature.
After they sat for a while, Li Shuoxing suddenly noticed a little sweat on Su Mingqian’s forehead.
He wiped Su Mingqian’s forehead with his fingers. “Cub, are you tired?”
Su Mingqian: “A little.”
Li Shuoxing: “I’ll carry you to bed and let you lie down to rest.”
As he said that, he stood up and was about to bend down to pick up the person from the sofa when he suddenly paused, looking nervous.
Su Mingqian had already raised his hands to encircle Li Shuoxing’s neck. He was puzzled. “Ximu?”
Li Shuoxing placed Su Mingqian’s hands down. “Cub, wait a minute.”
He went out the door, went downstairs, and got the wheelchair from downstairs up, placing it in front of the bedroom sofa.
At that moment, he bent down again, lifted Su Mingqian up from the sofa, and placed him safely on the wheelchair. He pushed the wheelchair three to five steps forward, towards the front of the big bed. Then, he bent down, moved Su Mingqian from the wheelchair to the bed, and laid him down flat.
Su Mingqian was stunned. “It’s just two steps. Why’d you go down to get the wheelchair instead of just carrying me over?”
Li Shuoxing: “What if I accidentally drop you while carrying you?”
Su Mingqian: “But you looked really at ease when you just carried me up from downstairs…”
Li Shuoxing was serious. “This has nothing to do with being at ease or not. You’re so weak now, and we can’t take any risks. Technology’s still more reliable.”
The current Li Shuoxing was still very upright and handsome, but through the surface, Su Mingqian seemed to see a wimpy Ximu, hugging the wheelchair, running around, refusing to let go, and holding up a finger, with a clever look.
“This is the safest. We have to trust science!”
He collapsed on the bed, laughing so hard he was sweating.
When Li Shuoxing saw that, he was a little worried that Su Mingqian would catch a cold, so he went downstairs again. After asking the medical staff, he went to the bathroom to get a dry towel, then sat on the edge of the bed and wiped Su Mingqian’s sweat off.
The fine beads of sweat were like transparent pearls, all over his white porcelain-like skin. When he wiped them off, his gentle strokes would bring up red marks. The red marks and blue veins under the skin were crisscrossed together, and held a feeling of suffering.
And the cub did suffer, having only woken up half a month ago.
As he wiped, Li Shuoxing felt distressed again. “Cub, you’re really too light. When I carried you just now, I felt that you were lighter than a bag of rice. When will you recover your weight?”
Su Mingqian sighed. “I’m already trying my best eating nutritious meals…”
Li Shuoxing: “Don’t worry. Let’s take our time!”
Su Mingqian thought about it, then suggested, “Ximu, why don’t you come and cook for me these days? I want to taste your cooking.”
Li Shuoxing’s hand that was wiping sweat suddenly stopped.
An alarm bell rang wildly.
A very, very, very urgent problem had arisen.
He had been lying to the cub about cooking his own food while he had been having food delivered from restaurants. What was he going to do to make a normal meal and go with the lie in front of the cub?
Numerous solutions appeared in his mind in turn.
But…
One lie must be followed by another lie.
Once the two of them were together for a long time, it’d be exposed sooner or later, no matter the solution!
Li Shuoxing learned from his painful experience and lowered his head to admit his mistake. “Cub, I’m sorry, I lied to you.”
Su Mingqian: “…”
Li Shuoxing: “I occasionally cooked in the past, but I ordered takeout most of the time.”
“Occasionally?” Su Mingqian asked.
Li Shuoxing continued to lower his head. “Whenever you wanted to watch me cook.”
Su Mingqian: “…”
Li Shuoxing: “Every time you wanted to watch me cook, I said that I wanted to eat something light, and then made something really simple, like boiling a pot of noodles and throwing two vegetables into it, or boiling a pot of porridge and serving it with some bean curd…”
Su Mingqian thought about it, then asked a very practical question: “Were you hungry at that time?”
Li Shuoxing: “Yes, a little.”
Su Mingqian smiled. “That’s okay. Ximu, if you don’t want to cook, I’ll cook for you from now on.”
Li Shuoxing felt surprised.
But, halfway through his surprise, he suddenly remembered something.
Wait, if I remember correctly.
The first dish that the cub fried in the game was the grass on the ground, and it was fried… black, right?
“Cub, if I remember correctly, you don’t seem to know how to cook either…” he said carefully.
“I don’t know how to. But don’t worry, I’ve learned how to cook in the game,” Su Mingqian said frankly.
Li Shuoxing: “…”
Charred cuisine swayed back and forth in front of his eyes.
He was not at all at ease.
But, he couldn’t dampen the cub’s enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm was crucial!
He brainstormed, then said with deep affection, “Cub, although I’d love to eat your cooking, we have to be efficient. I think it’s more appropriate for you to spend your time on scientific research. For example, you could research a cooking machine that can make any dish; as long as ingredients are thrown in, it can cook them step by step and finally produce a hot dish. And, before that, I’ll work hard to make money and hire a chef. When the time comes, we’ll hire two chefs, one for Western food and one for Chinese food, and eat whatever we want.”
Su Mingqian thought about it again and thought that Li Shuoxing was right. He said, “Then, I’ll just learn a few dishes and make them for you when I have time and want a change of pace.”
He said, reaching out and hooking Li Shuoxing’s finger.
“Ximu…”
Li Shuoxing: “Hmm?”
Su Mingqian’s fingers moved further forward. He pulled Li Shuoxing’s sleeve, tugging the cuff and flattening it.
He smiled faintly. “When I was in the game, I always wanted to do some things for you. Even if it’s just getting up early in the morning to prepare a simple breakfast for you, or pulling the wrinkles in your clothes for you, it’s all good. Now it’s finally happened.”
***
As the sun dipped slightly on the horizon, the person lying on the bed fell asleep.
Li Shuoxing looked at Su Mingqian’s sleeping face for a while, interlocking their fingers with each other. Then, he felt for his phone, took a photo of their holding hands with a “click”, and then uploaded this photo to Weibo with a sweet feeling.
@Caramel Ximu: “I’m in a relationship. [image]”
The post was sent.
Five minutes later.
The comments under his post blew up, or to be precise, exploded.
“Holy shit, what grade is that diamond ring? It looks like it’s five carats, right?”
“I’m crying, are authors that rich? Eunuch, you’re inhuman!”
“A five-carat diamond ring, about five or six million? I really admire it.”
Weibo wasn’t the only place that exploded.
When the news came out, it radiated to the Terminal circle with the speed of a tornado.
All the editors related to Li Shuoxing came to congratulate him, and the Terminal Food Group also experienced an earthquake. Everyone gathered together and wildly pinged Li Shuoxing. “Eunuch, come out quickly and give the wedding candy and invitations!”
Li Shuoxing came out. “Hello everyone.”
“Not good!” Everyone jokingly sprayed Li Shuoxing. “You’re really good. You’ve solved life’s major event without saying anything, not revealing a word to us.”
Li Shuoxing seemed to apologise but was actually bragging. “Sorry, sorry. I don’t pay attention to my surroundings when I’m in love…”
Many authors collectively gave Li Shuoxing the middle finger. “You have a wife and no brothers.” Then, they said, “Eunuch, this major happy event has come out. Add extra updates to celebrate?”
Li Shuoxing agreed in a breath. “No problem, isn’t it just extra updates? Brothers, I want to have a wedding and honeymoon next, but I haven’t thought of what to do and where to go on holiday. Those of you who have experience, don’t hesitate to share.”
Everyone: “No problem!”
The authors in this group were very willing to share this with Li Shuoxing.
They urged, “Okay Eunuch, no more questions, right? Hurry up and send us a picture of your wife.”
Li Shuoxing was a little bashful at this point. “Actually, you all know him.”
The air suddenly became quiet for some reason.