"What did my dad tell you?"
When Zhuang Yan came out of the room with his pocket in his pocket, Xie Ning couldn't help but ask.
Zhuang Yan showed an innocent expression and said slowly, "I didn't say anything."
Xie Ning didn't quite believe it: "It's mysterious, don't let me hear it."
Zhuang Yan suddenly reached out and rubbed his hair.
This action carried a taste of pity. Before Xie Ning could react, he was pulled over and kissed again.
Xie Ning looked left and right, and when he saw that no one passed by, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Why did you suddenly move your hands and feet?"
Zhuang Yan narrowed his eyes, thinking about the conversation with Xie Jing in his mind.
"My parents will be yours in the future." He said and held Xie Ning's hand, "My home is your home."
His hand had been in his pocket for a long time, the heat was very high, his palm was wide, and he gently wrapped Xie Ning's hand completely.
Xie Ning froze for a moment, tilted his head, and asked again: "What did my dad say?"
Zhuang Yan made a joke: "your dad gave me a check to leave you."
Xie Ning couldn't help laughing bitterly: "You are... who are you burying?"
"Stop teasing you." Zhuang Yan put his hand in his pocket and took out a red envelope, "Your dad has entrusted you to me, and you will be my dealer from now on."
Xie Ning looked at him blankly, Zhuang Yan stopped his funny expression, and couldn't help pinching his face.
Song Qingqing also returned to the living room after a while, frowning at them.
"How is it?" Zhuang Yan asked.
Song Qingqing shook her head: "I persuaded a few words, but it didn't work. Aunt Xia Wan... very stubborn."
Xie Ning didn't find it strange at all, and even thought this was normal.
His expression was slightly cold: "She has always been like this, and she can't listen to persuasion."
Song Qingqing hesitated for a moment and said, "I think her attitude towards this matter is too paranoid."
Shane didn't speak.
He had long been accustomed to Xia Wan's attitude, and when he introduced Zhuang Yan to her, he was ready for her to make a scene.
Just like now, he still feels lighter.
When Song Qingqing came, she brought a gift, which she never had the chance to give before, but now she has time to give it to Xie Ning.
It's a work she painted by herself. The style is similar to the bird last time. The tone in the second half is darker, and the higher it goes, the brighter it is. It's like someone standing in the abyss and looking up, but seeing the light.
Song Qingqing smiled and said, "Happy birthday."
"Thank you." Xie Ning liked this painting very much.
"I also like painting this style of work." Song Qingqing smiled gently, "No matter how dark and painful the past was, the future is always full of hope."
The three of them didn't chat a few words, and one after another, another visitor came to the door.
As dinner time approached, people were almost there.
If you really want to count the past carefully, in fact, there are not many. There are only a few people who have a good relationship with Xie Ning, and you can count them with one hand.
Zhuang Yan suddenly understood why the Zhuang Xie family was not completely unfriended, but he never knew that Mr. Xie and the grandson of Xie Ning were.
He remembered that he had attended Xie An's birthday party before, but of course it was not held in the compound.
At that time, the Xie family made a big fanfare of turning the birthday party into a social banquet, and basically everyone in their circle and the business circle was invited.
At the banquet, the chips were staggered and the cups were exchanged, so that everyone remembered Xie An.
Today, Xie Ning's birthday, there are not many people invited, but they are all close people. Even the venue is in the courtyard where Mr. Xie lives.
Mr. Xie has always been very clear about the positioning of these two grandsons.
One is the heir of infinite glory who is pushed to stand in front of everyone's eyes.
One is the little grandson who is hidden in his heart and is protected and pampered.
Yan Xi didn't come early or late. He came first before he got off work, but the compound was a long way from his company. When he arrived, it was almost time for lunch.
"You look very good today." He smiled and gave Xie Ning a hug.
Zhuang Yan separated them with a dark face and said, "I picked it for him."
Yan Xi raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Okay, in terms of vision, you have nothing to be picky about."
Zhuang Yan sneered very shamelessly.
The sky was slowly getting dark, and when the lights all over the courtyard were lit up, the drinks and meals in the hall were almost ready, and there were a few servants helping out.
When Mr. Xie came down, he changed into a formal suit, showing the importance he attached to this birthday party.
Xia Wan also entered the venue calmly. She cried a lot in the afternoon. She washed her face and made up again. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find her strangeness.
Mr. Xie looked at the guests and asked, "Azun and the others haven't come yet?"
Uncle Zhong said: "It was said that it was delayed by the company's affairs. Now I am on my way, and it is estimated that I will arrive soon."
Mr. Xie glanced at the door and shook his head: "In the end, it's still not enough."
Uncle Zhong didn't dare to answer, and helped Mr. Xie to enter.
As the protagonist, Xie Ning is biting the bullet and chatting with people today. It's just friends, and there are some close relatives of Xie's family.
Zhuang Yan couldn't help laughing: "Not used to it?"
"Well." Xie Ning replied, "I'm not used to it."
Zhuang Yan said, "Then you have to get used to it quickly."
Xie Ning: "?"
Zhuang Yan looked at him with a smile: "When we get married in the future, you will receive more people."
Xie Ning: "… "
Before the two were together, Zhuang Yan had already talked about getting married, and now it seems like they are about to get married soon.
But no matter how many times he listened to it, Xie Ning couldn't help but look hot: "...what are you talking about."
Zhuang Yan spread his hands innocently: "No way, my family has too many relatives, and the wedding scene will definitely not be small."
Xie Ning blushed completely, too lazy to talk to him.
Seeing that he was shy, Zhuang Yan stopped joking and followed Xie Ning calmly, admiring his red ears.
Father Xie looked at them from a distance and said with emotion, "It's a good match."
Uncle Zhong responded and said, "Zhuang's child is a good person and can take good care of the young master."
"I'm a person with half of my body buried in the ground, I just hope that Ning Ning can get out of that hurdle and live a little more comfortable." Mr. Xie said.
Uncle Zhong said, "The young master has changed a lot now, and he laughs a lot more today than before."
Father Xie nodded: "Yes."
When Xie Zun's family arrived, the dinner officially started.
Mr. Xie stood up first and said a few scenes. Perhaps with him in charge, the night was very peaceful, and it was even better than the ups and downs in the afternoon.
Xie Ning received a load of birthday wishes and drank some wine.
But Zhuang Yan was afraid that he would get drunk and didn't let him drink too much. Someone came to toast behind him, and he was directly blocked by him.
In the past, Yan Xi was responsible for this, but this year he suddenly changed people, and others were discussing the relationship between him and Xie Ning.
It looked very intimate, and Mr. Xie's attitude towards him was also very polite.
Others have scruples and dare not ask directly. As Xie Ning's cousin, Xie An has nothing to worry about.
Holding a wine glass, he came over and hooked Xie Ning's shoulder, and asked, "This is your new boyfriend?"
Xie Ning frowned and glanced at him, but did not refute: "... um."
Xie An smiled: "The vision is better than last time."
He also disliked Xu Qing, but he didn't have a deep friendship with Zhuang Yan, but he knew Qi Rui.
Both of them hang out in the mall and have met several times.
Xie Ning didn't answer, and asked silently, "Does my cousin have a girlfriend?"
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Xie An: "Why do you even ask me this?"
Xie Ning said calmly: "I'm not single anymore, and my relatives are afraid that the firepower of urging marriage will be concentrated on you."
Xie An: "..."
Xie Ning added: "I saw my aunt coming over here, I guess she's looking for you."
Xie An said quickly: "...I'll go first."
After he finished speaking, he hurried away with the wine glass in his hand.
After the dinner, Xie Ning washed his face a little and sat in the living room with Zhuang Yan to sort out the birthday gifts he received.
Xie Ning looked at Zhuang Yan who insisted on sticking to him: "Don't Grandpa Zhuang also live in the compound, why don't you go back?"
Zhuang Yan tilted his head and kissed him: "I want to live with my boyfriend, can't I?"
Xie Ning didn't stubborn him in the end: "... Then I'll let Uncle Zhong clean up the room and come out."
"Don't be so troublesome." Zhuang Yan said shamelessly, "I'll just live in a room with you."
"… "
Xie Ning didn't want to talk to him anymore, and turned to open the gift.
Zhuang Yan said, "I'll help you."
Xie Ning arranged the gifts in rows. Most of the gifts sent by the people were not very useful. Xie Ning picked them out and put them aside for Uncle Zhong to receive them in the warehouse.
Yan Xi gave him a mobile phone as in previous years. The latest one is black and looks pretty cool.
Zhuang Yan felt that this appearance was too sci-fi, and it was incompatible with Xie Ning's painting style.
"You suit white," he said. "It's cooler, more elegant, and more flattering to your skin tone."
Xie Ning glanced at him and didn't speak, but just used the phone.
Xie Ning was silent for a few seconds when he finally opened the gift from Zhuang Yan.
Too much.
First, Zhuang Yan's grandfather gave him an out-of-print famous painting for his birthday, and the price was exorbitantly high.
The painter was a famous painter in the Ming Dynasty. Xie Ning liked it very much and planned to cherish it.
Zhuang Yan's father gave a pair of Wenwan walnuts, a lion head with a water dragon pattern, or a four-sided opposite sex, which is extremely rare in the market.
I don't know if it's because they know that Xie Ning learns to paint, the father and son are giving away works of art.
Ms. Qiao's gift was packed in a small brocade box with a very modern and exquisite packaging. Shaining opened it and saw that it was a couple's watch.
The logo above is an internationally renowned luxury brand, and this couple watch was quite famous when it first came out.
At the time, the designer said that this was a pair of watches he designed specifically for same-sex couples, with men’s and women’s models.
Zhuang Yan commented: "This pair of watches is good. Would you try it on?"
He skillfully removed the watch and put it on Shainin's left wrist, then removed his own and replaced it with another.
Xie Ning glanced at the same watch in their hands, and suddenly asked, "Didn't Auntie say... It will take a few days for the gift to arrive?"
Zhuang Yan replied, "Yes, the gifts they bought are still on the way. I bought them."
Xie Ning: "... why are you so troublesome?"
Zhuang Yan said: "On your birthday, if my parents don't say anything, I'm afraid your family will misunderstand that they don't pay enough attention to you."
Xie Ning asked, "Then you actually picked these?"
Zhuang Yan: "Yes."
Xie Ning didn't know what to say. After a while, he said, "This is... too expensive."
Zhuang Yan smiled and leaned over to kiss him: "Not many, compared to those who send houses and cars, I'm just a pediatrician."
Xie Ning didn't avoid it this time, opened his eyes and let him kiss his lips.
Zhuang Yan said: "There are still gifts, you haven't opened the ones I gave."
Xie Ning: "Aren't these all from you?"
Zhuang Yan hooked the corner of his lips: "Only this is given in my name."
Zhuang Yan's gift was also a small red brocade box, about the same size as the one given by "Ms. Qiao".
Xie Ning thought it would be cufflinks, wallets and other gadgets, opened it, and his breath suddenly stagnated.
is the ring.
The surroundings were silent for a few seconds.
His heart stopped - it resumed beating again, and then Xie Ning turned his head and fell into Zhuang Yan's dark and deep pupils.
When his eyes were facing each other, Xie Ning could hear the beating of his heartbeat, and then he clearly saw Zhuang Yan's lips curved upwards and smiled.
Xie Ning took a while to react, and closed the lid abruptly: "This is..."
"It's a ring." Zhuang Yan said.
His voice is obviously very close, but in Xie Ning's ears, it seems to be coming from a distance, very illusory.
Zhuang Yan said affectionately: "I originally wanted to propose to you today when there were many people, but I was afraid of being destroyed, which would ruin your birthday mood instead."
"Although there are not many people now, but... it hasn't passed today."
Zhuang Yan approached Xie Ning, lowered his head, kissed his forehead, and said, "Ningning, happy birthday."
"Also, let's get married, Ningning."
The night outside is dark, but the house is brightly lit.
The light was so bright that Xie Ning could see Zhuang Yan's gleaming eyes.
He could see all the emotion in those eyes.
The sky was full of starlight, as if the heaven had gathered all his love in a pair of pupils, and the overflowing affection was so hot that it could burn people.
It was like when the two met for the first time, Zhuang Yan covered his face with a scarf, revealing only a pair of eyes, and the moment he saw Xie Ning, the starlight flashed in his eyes.
Zhuang Yan lowered his head again and kissed his lips.
Xie Ning didn't move or close his eyes.
He just stared at Zhuang Yan blankly, as if his soul was out of his body.
His heart seemed to be grabbed by this short sentence.
The author has something to say: is it abrupt to finish typing the text at this time (just kidding)
After 23W, I finally wrote the title, and it's a long way from the end.