In the big and dim bedroom, dim light came in through the cracks in the curtains, and the sky was about to get dark.
A low voice could be faintly heard in his ears, Lin Mian frowned and closed his eyes, and shrank back into the bed with his head buried.
"Mom, she was worried and embarrassed to call you at this time, so she urged me to call." In the flower hall of Que's house, Que Min finished drinking morning tea and called Que Qingyan with a smile. I want to ask the little girl if she has any taboos and what she likes to eat, so that my aunt can prepare them in advance."
Que Qingyan just came out of the bathroom, wearing a bathrobe, answered calmly, and reported the names of several dishes.
Know without asking? Que Min said again: "I heard that you are bringing people back, and they were all very curious. Two days ago, they even asked me about the little girl in private, and asked about everything." He added with a smile, "Still Someone is interested in your private life."
They refer to the seven aunts and eight aunts who are close relatives of the Que family.
"We are fine." Que Qingyan had a rare opportunity to gossip, with a calm voice, "If they want to know, they can ask someone to call me directly."
The shrimp ball on the bed slept peacefully, only the ends of black hair and ear tips scattered outside the bed were exposed. Que Qingyan's gaze paused for a few seconds: "After all, logically speaking, I know my wife better than you do."
Que Min was clear in his heart, those people came to gossip in private, just want to know if there is any chance to build a relationship, and want to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to walk around and introduce famous ladies and ladies they know.
Originally, if they knew that she was just an ordinary girlfriend, others might not take it to heart. I don't know what my reaction would be when I heard Que Qingyan's straightforward "my wife".
During morning tea, Que's mother, Song Ranhua, teased and chatted with Que Min: "Where does he treat Mianmian as an ordinary girlfriend? Lishu's side... we didn't need us to come, we have already come to chat in advance. Nursing It’s so well done, I wouldn’t be surprised if the two of them get the certificate quietly one day.”
"You don't know, when you mentioned it to us, it wasn't 'girlfriend'." Song Ranhua shook his head and smiled, "It was..."
A person who is willing to take on long-term responsibilities.
On the other end of the phone, Que Min smiled meaningfully, didn't ask any more questions, and confirmed the details of a few family dinners, as if he already regarded Lin Mian as his family.
After hanging up the phone, Que Qingyan turned back out of the bedroom and dialed the hotel's internal number. When I came back, the quilt on the bed had moved, and the lower half of my face was still buried in the quilt, and my fair ears turned red at some point.
woke up.
Lin Mian was almost awake when reporting the names of the dishes.
Although Que Qingyan's voice was low when he was on the phone, he could still hear it clearly in the quiet bedroom. Lin Mian closed his eyelashes and listened to the content of the phone in a half-dream and half-awake state. He only understood the general idea, and soon turned his attention to other places.
After finishing the phone call, Que Qingyan seemed to have left the bedroom, and the door was closed with a soft click.
Lin Mian clutched the corner of the quilt and moved her hands. Just as she was about to adjust her sleeping position, she was forced to take a deep breath by the discomfort and secret soreness coming from all over her body, and her eye sockets turned red uncontrollably. up.
After the eyes were red, the ears were also suddenly red. Lin Mian was still struggling between pretending to sleep and getting up from the quilt. He felt that the side of the bed around him was sinking slightly, and the clear water vapor swept over his ears after taking a bath.
"Are you hungry?" Que Qingyan tucked down the corner of the tightly covered quilt, giving Lin Mian enough room to breathe, and kissed her ear pinna with lowered eyes, "Sleep a little longer?"
Last night, Lin Mian was taken to the bathroom by Que Qingyan to take a bath, and when she came back, she forced herself to delete the frigid search page with her remaining sobriety, and almost fell asleep with her eyes closed the moment she put down her phone.
Thinking about it now, she didn't even bother to eat yesterday's dinner.
The light in the bedroom was dim, and Que Qingyan was still wearing a black bathrobe. When he leaned down with the head of the bed on his back, his collarbone and shoulder sockets were exposed. Lin Mian couldn't help drawing sketches in his mind, thinking of the beautiful and smooth muscle lines from the tall and powerful body of the other party, he was so impatient that he didn't dare to take a second look, and nodded against his will.
Que Qingyan couldn't help but laugh: "Are you feeling hungry, or do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Lin Mian continued to nod, but remained silent.
"Where is it uncomfortable?" Que Qingyan saw that her eyes were flickering, and she was still ashamed to get under the covers, and asked, "Let me see?"
Let me see…
She was really ashamed to let Que Qingyan examine herself calmly, so she wanted to find a reason to stay in the bedroom alone.
Lin Mian's face was flushed, and he scratched the wall hoarsely in his heart, but without making a sound, he rubbed his face into the pillow and shook his head vigorously.
Que Qingyan closed her eyes and smiled.
Although he didn't restrain himself last night, he also restrained his efforts and didn't bully too hard. Unexpectedly, she was ashamed to speak at this moment.
The hotel's food order service came very quickly. At this moment, the waiter just pushed the dining car to the door of the villa and rang the doorbell. Lin Mian saw that Que Qingyan closed the curtains for her, turned up the heating temperature, and closed the bedroom door when he left, giving her enough time to adapt.
The clean clothes were folded on the bedside, Lin Mian calmed down for a while, then slowly got up, sat by the bed and changed into pajamas.
The pajamas were put on by Que Qingyan last night.
After putting on her pajamas, he seemed to rub her waist...
The memory came back little by little, and the long-cherished wish of being a sleeper for many years was fulfilled. Lin Mian was so excited that he just wanted to shrink back into the bed and roll around a few times.
When Que Qingyan entered the master bedroom with a glass, he happened to catch a glimpse of the person who had been sleeping softly and docilely a moment ago. At this moment, he was only wearing a long-sleeved underwear and was rolling around in the corner of the quilt, with his white and slender legs rubbing against the sheet. There is also an obvious ambiguous hickey on the neck.
The instigator paused, his eyes darkened.
"It's snowing outside, and the outdoor itinerary has to be postponed by a day." Que Qingyan put the honey tea on the bedside table, leaned on his lower body and looked at Lin Mian, and said with downcast eyes, "There are indoor ski resorts and hot springs nearby, wait for you not so It’s hard, we can go for a walk.”
After a pause, he asked, "Do you want to get up for breakfast first?"
"Yeah." Lin Mian hugged her waist and hugged herself beside the bed in Ren Queqing's words, and she no longer felt awkward when she just woke up. She responded, put her arms around the other's neck with bright eyes, and confessed in a low voice, "Even if it's just to watch the snow in the hotel with you all day... that's fine."
The voice dragged a little hoarse and soft nasal.
I just turned over the frigidity last night, and I can still talk to people in the early morning. Que Qingyan's slender fingertips caressed the smooth and soft skin of Lin Mian's lower back, and asked, "Did I make a mistake?"
"Actually, you want me more than you want breakfast," he pondered for a while, and then continued with a low voice at the end, "do you want me more?"
Finally remembering to tease Lin Mian who was crying and fainted on the bed for a while: "..."
A few seconds later, Lin Mian obediently shut up and sat down beside the bed with her hot face, not daring to tease anyone again.
The heating in the room was fully turned on, Que Qingyan opened the curtains of the bedroom's floor-to-ceiling windows, leaned over to button Lin Mian's sweater in the bright morning light, and briefly mentioned the family banquet.
The family banquet of the Que family will be next week, and it is approaching the end of the new year. Que's mother, Song Ranhua, has already started to make preparations a few weeks ago. At that time, there will be a lot of people at the family banquet. Although most of them are just for fun, it is better than being lively.
Lin Mian was stunned for a moment, then belatedly remembered the phone call made by Que Qingyan, and asked, "Are you going next week?"
If you go to the Que family banquet, you will definitely meet Que's father and Que mother.
It's not that Lin Mian has never met Que's father and Que's mother before this, but it has been many years ago. The last time I saw Que's mother Song Ranhua was also at the birthday party a few months ago, and that time she was identified in front of Que Qingyan by accident.
Lin Mian's heart beat suddenly.
Does this count as... going to meet the parents? ! !
"It's just a meal, it's not a formal occasion." Que Qing said, "If you think it's too abrupt and you don't get used to it, we don't have to go."
"I don't want to go, I just..." Lin Mian was caught off guard, at a loss in his heart, and explained, "I haven't had time to prepare a gift." After thinking for a while, Qi Qiran suddenly added, "Do you want to... have a confession first ?”
If Que's father and Que's mother really asked how the two of them got together... She couldn't say in front of everyone that she helped Xu Xiaotong lie to Que Qingyan, and she shamelessly chased him for so long before successfully abducting him. right
Although it's all true...
"There is no need for a confession." Que Qingyan could see Lin Mian's nervousness. He squatted down beside the bed, lifted Lin Mian's ankles to put on socks for her, and said calmly, "No matter what you say, I will admit it. If we really have—"
Que Qing paused, and continued with the word "confession": "If we really have inconsistencies in the confession, I can leave the rest to me. I have more experience in repairing the loopholes in the testimony and confession."
"..."
Looking down from Lin Mian's point of view, the light outside the floor-to-ceiling windows reflected the man's handsome facial features, brushed his deep eyebrows and straight nose bridge all the way, and finally stopped on the distinct finger bones supporting her ankle.
Like a hot spring in the vast world of ice and snow, the coldness is calm and restrained, but it is sexy, considerate and gentle, and it will make the apex of the heart hot when you get close to it.
"Que Qingyan," Lin Mian said softly with his heart pounding, "I want to go."
"I want to know you, I want to know your friends, I want to know your family." It's all done. She curled her fingers, and said in the most solemn tone, "I want to participate in your life."
There was a moment of silence.
Que Qingyan stopped moving and raised his eyes to look at Lin Mian, narrowed his eyes slightly, paused for a moment, and asked with a smile, "Are you still uncomfortable?"
"..."
Lin Mian blushed for a moment, didn't go into the meaning of this sentence, felt herself silently, and stammered: "It's okay..."
Fifteen minutes later, Lin Mian was pushed into bed by Que Qingyan unbuttoning his sweater and cardigan, his love words turned into intermittent whimpers, trying his best to suppress the scattered small gasps, and was unable to think.
Don't mess with it, don't mess with it again.
Heavy snow fell in City Y for several days in a row, and most of the itineraries on the schedule were changed from outdoor to indoor. Fortunately, there is still a winter art exhibition being held in the town. Between hot springs and indoor skiing, I can take the time to go shopping.
The night before our departure, the snow just stopped.
The second floor of the villa is an open-air stargazing platform with a wide view, and you can see the stars all over the sky at night when the snow stops. After soaking in the hot spring downstairs that night, Lin Mian put on a sweater, went up to the second floor with his mobile phone, and called Mother Lin.
In a few days, we will go to the Que family's family banquet. Although Que Qing said it was just a meal, Lin Mian knew that he was trying to appease her nervousness. And for the past two days, she has been thinking about how to find a suitable time to take the initiative to bring up Que Qingyan's matter with Mother Lin.
Lin Mian struggled in his heart, thought for a moment, but still didn't speak directly.
Such an important matter can't be said in a few words on the phone, so it's better to say it face to face...
On the other side, Ruan Lishu received a call from her daughter, of course she knew why her daughter called at this time to make an appointment to meet. She didn't ask any further questions, and after her usual inquisitive inquiries, she said softly, "The day after tomorrow, my mother will come back from a business trip. When I get home in the afternoon, I happen to have something for you."
Just after hanging up the phone, Lin Mian held the phone in place for a while, and was about to go downstairs when there was the sound of steady footsteps behind him. After a short pause, the warm and comfortable blanket wrapped itself up.
Que Qingyan hugged the man in his arms with the blanket attached, leaned over to him, and tested the temperature of Lin Mian's side face.
"Just now... I was calling my mother," Lin Mian rubbed his back against his joy, took a deep breath, and confessed in a low voice, "She doesn't know that I've been with you for a long time, and I didn't tell her before. "
Que Qingyan responded.
Before, Lin Mian and Lin Mu said that it was her wishful thinking towards Que Qingyan. These Lin Mian were embarrassed to talk to Que Qing, and only mentioned that she was going back to Lin's house in the afternoon in three days.
Three days later, that night was the family banquet of the Que family. The two incidents happened to coincide, Lin Mian thought for a while, and continued: "After I go to see my mother in the afternoon, I should have time to come back to the apartment to find you."
She didn't mention to let Que Qingyan see Mother Lin.
Before explaining their affairs to Lin's mother clearly, Lin Mian had a restless heart and always felt uneasy.
Lin's mother doted on her daughter since she was a child, and she held Lin Mian in her hands and protected her well, and basically never said a few harsh words. Lin Mian wasn't sure, if her mother knew that she and Que Qingyan were together, would she have some criticisms about the relationship she had chased after her.
In the relationship between the two, Lin Mian was always on the straightforward side, without the slightest bit of twitching. But once she gets out of her personal feelings, she sometimes hesitates when facing various external factors.
She likes Que Qingyan too much, wants to cherish this relationship too much, worries that there are too many unknown variables, worries...
"Don't go back to the apartment to find me, I will come to pick you up."
Lin Mian was still deliberating how to explain her little thoughts when Que Qingyan's voice sounded above her head. He continued in a low tone and calmly: "I said that we will develop a closer relationship in the future. During this period, you will inevitably face some problems."
"There are many problems, ranging from family problems to life choices." Que Qingyan touched Lin Mian's soft jaw lightly with his slender fingers, motioning her to look up, and said, "But you don't have to be afraid to take a step forward, because I'll be right behind you."
The night sky in front of me is full of stars. Lin Mian was next to Que Qingyan behind him, separated by a layer of fluffy blanket, and could vaguely hear the slow and powerful heartbeat of the other party.
Her heart was beating loudly, and the little springbok in her chest had already started scurrying around like chicken blood, and she heard him say in the midst of her own heartbeat that was getting stronger and stronger:
"Mianmian, I am your retreat.".
On the second night after returning to City B, Lin Mian received a call from Bai Jiayi.
"Shen Yanwen?" When she answered the phone, Lin Mian was shopping with Que Qingyan in the supermarket. She thought about it for a long time before asking softly, "Are you from the Shen family?"
Bai Jiayi gritted his teeth and said, "It's the scumbag brother."
Ever since Mr. Shen started chasing Miss Bai for no apparent reason last time, the latter hired a private detective to find out what kind of medicine the scumbag had taken by mistake. This investigation led to Shen Yanwen. body.
The Shen family has two sons, Shen Yanzhou is the youngest son, and the eldest son is Shen Yanwen.
Shen Yanwen started to take over the family's business in his early years. Unlike his flirtatious younger brother, he is a ruthless character who takes power in the business field. In this two commercial marriages, it was Shen Yanwen who cooperated with the Bai family in business, and Shen Yanzhou who married in the name of the Shen family.
Since Miss Bai and Mr. Shen divorced in private, the business of the two has not been interrupted. Shen Yanwen needed a solid cooperation, so he froze all of Mr. Shen's sources of income. The latter's pleading was fruitless, so he could only follow his brother's wishes to get Miss Bo back again.
Shen Yanwen has contacts with the Que family, and also has good friends with Que Qingyan. Bai Jiayi called because he wanted to borrow a favor and ask about Shen Yanwen.
"He's right next to me." Lin Mian looked up at Que Qingyan beside him and asked, "Do you want to ask him directly?"
Bai Jiayi caught the subtle noise on the other end of the phone, and Chi asked, "Mianbao, are you outside now?"
"We're shopping at the supermarket."
After returning from City Y, Lin Mian moved into Que Qingyan's apartment in an open and aboveboard manner. The two of them came out today, and in addition to buying the door-to-door gifts for the Que family banquet, they also picked out some daily necessities.
The night is long. Bai Jiayi didn't mention Shen Yanwen's matter again, and finally shook his head and sighed, and commented: "Mianbao, when I call you now, I feel that I can have 100 million kilowatts."
In the car back to the apartment, Lin Mian rarely sat obediently in the passenger seat without saying a word.
The car slowly stopped in front of the red light at the intersection, Que Qingyan turned to look at her: "What's wrong?"
Lin Mian looked back at him blankly, and said honestly, "I'm a little... nervous."
Tomorrow night's Que's family banquet, she is already getting nervous.
She looked really worried. Que Qingyan opened the storage layer, handed Lin Mian a bottle of water, and laughed, "Don't be so nervous. At a family banquet, you should be more confident than anyone else."
Lin Mian was at a loss when he heard it, and it was not until the next day that he really understood what the phrase "righteous and confident" meant.
The next day, Ruan Lishu, Lin's mother, returned to City B from Lin City and asked the driver to take Lin Mian back to Lin's house.
Lin's house is located in the suburbs. Ever since Ruan Lishu turned from a wealthy wife to a strong woman in the workplace, she seldom came back to live in it, and Lin Mian came back even less. Now there is only one aunt taking care of the house. Seeing the two of them coming back, they rushed to the kitchen to prepare refreshments.
Ruan Lishu took Lin Mian upstairs, responded, and said, "Sister Lan, there are guests coming this afternoon, so prepare an extra serving of dessert."
Are there any guests coming
In the study room on the second floor, the aunt served exquisite refreshments on porcelain plates. Ruan Lishu made scented tea, pushed the teacup and dessert plate to Lin Mian, and said with a smile, "Mom thought you two came here together today, Qing Yan, is he busy today?"
Clear words...
After being dazed for a while, Lin Mian pursed his lips, and whispered in surprise, "You... you already know?"
Before coming back, Lin Mian had prepared himself mentally and considered a series of words.
If Lin's mother really disapproves of the relationship between the two, or even holds an opposing attitude, she can do it step by step. The other party is her only close relative, so Lin Mian would never quarrel with her beloved mother because of this, but she would not compromise on this relationship because of Lin's mother's objection.
But in this way, the relationship between mother and daughter will definitely not be as good as before.
Lin Mian thought of these things, and Que Qingyan could think of them too.
So Que Qingyan quietly took the rope from Lin Mian's hand in what was supposed to be a tug-of-war between mother and daughter. Ruan Lishu understands her daughter's temperament is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and forcing her will only be counterproductive. No matter how she has opinions, she can only choose Que Qingyan as a breakthrough.
Therefore, if Ruan Lishu does not support the relationship between the two, all opposition and obstruction will only fall on Que Qingyan in advance. And all potential problems and hidden dangers, he can more or less resolve part of them without Lin Mian's knowledge.
Fortunately, after several meetings, Ruan Lishu became more and more satisfied with Que Qingyan, and she didn't have any objections.
Ruan Lishu recalled that when the two met for the last time, the other party drafted an agreement and handed it over to her.
"Mianmian, before my mother said that I have something for you." Ruan Lishu opened the drawer of the mahogany table, took out a file bag, and smiled, "You young people discuss and make decisions on your own, and mother doesn't care too much. gone."
In the portfolio was a prenuptial agreement.
The agreement gave Lin Mian the right to divide the property after the divorce, and it had already been signed. It will take effect immediately after Lin Mian signs it for notarization.
Que Qing said that he could give the agreement directly to Lin Mian in private. The reason why he planned to hand it over to Ruan Lishu was to express his attitude to Lin's mother.
In front of Ruan Lishu, a businessman, she targeted and confessed all her sincerity and sincerity.
Lin Mian didn't open the file bag, apparently still in the middle of the conversation just now, and didn't recover from it.
Que Qingyan met her mother more than once in advance.
But he never told himself once.
At the beginning, the confusion and the annoyance of being kept in the dark gradually faded away, and more of the happiness and sourness that came up after knowing it, together with the heart was sore and tense.
Lin Mian's eyes suddenly turned red, she pursed her lips tightly, and suppressed the surging tears with all her strength.
The uneasiness and uneasiness that had been present in her heart for a while gradually dissipated.
Lin Mian subconsciously felt that she had been secretly in love with Que Qingyan for so many years, and she must have liked him more than him. But he didn't expect that the other party had already given him a complete heart.
When dusk approached, Que Qingyan called Lin Mian.
Mother Lin still had some things to say to Que Qingyan. Lin Mian was waiting in the bedroom on the second floor, entertaining herself with digging out an old comic book and nestling beside the bed to pass the time.
"My wife is still chatting with people in the teahouse, so I guess it's time to come out." The aunt knocked on the door with tea, bowed and put the china plate on the low table near the bed, and added with a smile, " It's snowing heavily outside, so be careful when you drive back, miss."
Lin Mian thanked her softly, and after her aunt went out, she put down the comic book and came to the terrace.
Over the years, the white-painted railings of the terrace have been renovated many times. It was snowing heavily outside, Lin Mian leaned on the railing and looked down, with snow particles on her eyelashes, her eyes passed through the garden behind the terrace, just in time to see the man coming out from the teahouse.
Lin Mian recalled it with a sigh of relief.
This scene... is too familiar.
It was also such a snowy day. Also on the terrace.
Lin Mian's heart was beating fast, and he wiped off the snow with his hand holding the railing, and quickly added a sentence in his head.
It might still be the same date.
Que Qingyan walked into the garden along the path of the teahouse, looked up, and happened to meet Lin Mian's shining gaze on the balcony on the second floor.
After staring at each other for a while, Lin Mian suppressed the little joy in his heart, and asked, "Que Qingyan, may I come down and get you an umbrella?"
Not far away, Que Qingyan stopped on the spot, with a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows, and he responded.
"I'll be down soon," the little girl's voice gradually merged with the anticipation and hope in her memory, and she said seriously, "You have to wait for me."
…
Five minutes later, Lin Mian went downstairs to look for Que Qingyan. In addition to holding an umbrella in his arms, he also carried several gift boxes, large and small.
The gift boxes were all the door-to-door gifts that Lin's mother ordered to bring. Lin Mian carried some and went downstairs, and there was a pile of the rest upstairs that hadn't been taken down.
Originally in the little theater in her mind, it should just be a romantic gift of an umbrella.
Lin Mian struggled to put the gift box at his feet, raised his eyes to look at Que Qingyan, and said embarrassedly: "I still haven't taken some... Is it too much?"
These, plus the ones I bought before, can fill up the entire trunk when piled up. I know, I'm going to a family dinner...
Lin Mian blushed and thought silently.
I don't know... I thought it was to propose a marriage.
Que Qingyan took the umbrella from Lin Mian's hand, put it aside, and said calmly, "It's still the same."
Lin Mian was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
What's wrong
The presents were still piled up at his feet. Just as Lin Mian was about to look around and think, the tip of his left finger, which was hanging by his side, touched his slender and well-proportioned joints, and the next moment he took his hand.
The black velvet and satin ring box is lined with true red, and there are two lines of hot silver prints on the side of the box.
A radiant ring is embedded in the central depression.
"It will be a little faster." Que Qingyan looked down at Lin Mian who was already stunned, took out the ring and put it on her, stroked her fingertips with his fingertips, and paused, "But ten years is too long, in the future I won't make you wait any longer."
"Now let me wait for you," he continued calmly with deep eyes, "you don't have to respond so quickly. If you don't like wearing the ring, you can take it off temporarily."
The snow fell harder and harder, Que Qingyan put on the ring, took the umbrella and opened it. He held Lin Mian's hand in his spare time, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead, and completed the sentence:
"I still have a lot of ten years to wait, enough for us to run in with each other and stay together forever."
The warm breath was on the forehead as soon as it was touched, and Lin Mian seemed to have regained her heartbeat and consciousness suddenly. The next second, she slowly raised her hand and grabbed Que Qingyan's coat cuff.
Immediately afterwards, she sobbed, half-struck and half-armed the other party's neck, and finally wept uncontrollably.
Que Qingyan let Lin Mian huddled in his neck to wipe his tears, leaned down and hugged him, the small silver letters on the ring box in his hand flashed by the light of the snowy sky.
Congratulations, today is the beginning of frost and snow, and a good relationship will be established.
It is predicted that he will have a lot of love in his new year, and he will live together forever.
The first time I saw you, I was in love.
It has been ten years.
An understatement ten years ago, now a warm and honest heart.
The dream of girlhood, he helped her fulfill it carefully.
I hope that one day your likes will be responded to, and all secret loves will be cherished.
(end of text)
Chapter 45...
"Why is the little girl's eyes so red?"
In the brightly lit banquet hall, the family banquet has not yet started. Que Min exchanged pleasantries with others, walked around the long dessert table, and asked Que Qingyan in a low voice: "Didn't I say that I was fine when I called a few days ago? We had a fight?"
Not long ago, Que Qingyan took Lin Mian back to Que's house. When the servants eagerly led them into the banquet hall, Que's parents were still upstairs, so they couldn't see the little girl's unnatural expression. .
Que Min happened to be talking with a few aunts in the hall downstairs, and before she got out to greet them, she noticed Lin Mian clutching Que Qingyan's sleeve and saying something, and then the servant led Lin Mian towards The location of the restrooms.
That look, it looks like she's been crying.
But the two of them don't look like they're going to quarrel.
Que Qingyan was carrying his coat, and the skirt of the coat was still damp, soaked in snow water and Lin Mian's crying tears. He didn't explain much, he smiled and said: "It's not a quarrel."
"It's not a quarrel, how can a little girl cry like this?" Que Min lowered her voice and asked tentatively, "Is it Mrs. Ruan's side... something happened?"
Before the second half of the sentence was uttered, the guests gathered around had noticed Que Qingyan who was present, and came over to chat with each other with smiles. It was inconvenient to discuss private matters in public, so Que Min picked up the dessert from the dining table behind him and swallowed his words.
During the conversation between everyone, Lin Mian calmed down in the bathroom, and returned to the banquet hall after his eyes were finally less red.
The hall was brightly lit, Lin Mian looked at the tall and tall Que Qingyan in the crowd from a distance, and recalled the scene of him putting the ring on himself in the afternoon.
It's in the garden of Lin's house.
It's more like a promise than a marriage proposal.
Afterwards, Lin Mian was very embarrassing, holding Que Qingyan in the snow and crying for nearly half an hour. He couldn't help it, but when the car stopped in front of Que's garden, his eyes and nose were still red.
Not to mention that she was crying like that at the time, and she still had the mind to get close to Que Qingyan, so she responded to his "Is it better" with a choked nasal voice, saying: "You... kiss me, I'm sure I'll be fine."
Of course Que Qingyan would not be unresponsive.
So when she got out of the car, Lin Mian's eyes and nose were not only red, but also the corners of her lips and the pinnae of her ears were also red.
Looking embarrassed, he happened to bump into a relative of the Que family.
The other party exchanged warm and friendly greetings with Que Qingyan for a while, then looked at Lin Mian next to him, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"
Lin Mian was so ashamed that she couldn't even say a word. Que Qingyan looked indifferent, took off his coat and leaned over to put it on her, straightened the fluffy scarf for Lin Mian, which happened to cover the red nose and lips, only revealing a pair of wet almond eyes.
"Standing outside for a long time," Que Qingyan glanced down at Lin Mian, who was flushed and hot, and replied calmly, "It's freezing."
Can it be frozen like this
The relative was dumbfounded for a moment, so he could only laugh and say, "That's it..."
…
Lin Mian took two steps towards the center of the banquet hall, interrupted his memories, and turned his head to cover his face wanting to cry but without tears.
It's just... so embarrassing.
On the other side, Que Min saw Lin Mian approaching and greeted him with a smile.
Everyone present today knew that Young Master Que was going to take someone back to Que's house, so they inevitably turned their eyes to this side intentionally or unintentionally, and the uncles and aunts who were drinking tea and chatting in the side hall also followed. Que Qingyan saw Lin Mian's slight embarrassment, took the conversation calmly, and formally introduced several elders to her.
Almost all the eyes of the audience were focused on it, and the relatives around were courteous and courteous.
Lin Mian responded with a calm and generous face. Her heartbeat was already pounding and out of order. She rubbed her finger lightly, and said to herself that it was fortunate that she put the ring on her hand into the ring box in advance when she was in the bathroom just now...
If there was no family dinner tonight, Lin Mian might not be willing to take off the ring in the shower.
Not only do you not pick it, but you may even stare at it carefully all night.
But when she met Que's father and Que's mother for the first time... the engagement was still uncertain, and she had already put on the ring without asking her elders, which was obviously unreasonable.
So disrespectful and impolite.
Therefore, Lin Mian's tutoring has suppressed the reluctance in her heart. Not long ago, she struggled for a long time in the bathroom in front of the mirror, and decided to take off the ring temporarily.
On the side, Que Min noticed that Que Qingyan was still carrying a half-wet coat, so he hurriedly smiled and summoned the servants, and ordered the servants to take the coat upstairs and come down with a clean one.
Lin Mian turned her head to look at Que Qingyan, who was talking beside her, and reacted belatedly.
She took off the ring, but Que Qingyan still wore it.
Before that, Que Qing said that the ring-wearing hand had been holding the coat, and no one would pay attention to whether he had an extra ring on his hand. But after the coat is removed, someone will definitely notice...
As soon as the servant took over the coat, Lin Mian's mind buzzed, his hands moved faster than his brain, and he reached out to hold Que Qingyan's hand.
The palm of the thumb touched the cold veins of the ring, which just covered the entire outline.
"...just kidding." Que Qingyan paused, took Lin Mian's hand instead, smiled calmly at the man in front of him, and said, "She's here for the first time, and she's not familiar with this place, so I'm worried about letting her walk around alone. "
What I said, if I hadn't seen the little girl holding Que Qingyan with my own eyes, I would have thought that the latter was the one who took the initiative because of the latter's concern.
The man in the suit and leather shoes was also blind, and said with a smile: "Yes, it is the first time after all..."
The people around didn't notice the ring on Que Qingyan's hand, they just thought that holding hands in public this time was in the period of passionate love and couldn't help it. Que Min originally wondered if there was something wrong between the two of them, but when he saw this, he finally felt relieved, and found a reason to distract the people around him who came to talk to him, and made room for the two of them to come out.
After the crowd dispersed, Lin Mian lightly squeezed Que Qingyan's hand and looked up at him: "I took off the ring just now."
When wearing the ring, Que Qingyan told her that if she didn't like wearing it, she could take it off temporarily. Lin Mian was afraid that Que Qingyan would misunderstand her, so she explained in a low voice: "I like the ring very much, I like it very much, and I want to wear it all the time... But isn't it good to just wear it to see uncles and aunts?"
Que Qingyan looked down at Lin Mian, knowing what she was worried about.
He chose to wear a ring for Lin Mian before the family banquet, not on a whim, nor was it a temporary idea.
Que Qingyan has always been frank with himself, he doesn't shy away from talking about his feelings in front of others, and he doesn't deliberately cover up the progress of his relationship with Lin Mian. Que's father and Que's mother were also prepared for this.
Now that it's decided, there's never been a better time to be open and honest at the family dinner.
Que Qingyan felt the slight sweat in Lin Mian's palm, and the slender phalanx brushed her soft fingers, and asked without answering, "Would you like to hold me like this when we eat later?"
The topic was changed suddenly, but Lin Mian didn't react: "Huh?"
Dazed for a moment, she shook her head with red ears: "Of course not—"
"It's not impossible to hold hands all the time." Que Qingyan looked natural, looked at Lin Mian's right hand that was being held, and smiled a little, "Holding hands is not convenient, I will do the food for you, what do you want to eat? Please let me know."
Lin Mian originally wanted to bring up the question of whether to wear a ring or not, but at this moment he has been circumvented. She imagined Que Qingyan serving her food in front of a group of relatives after the banquet, holding hands...
How can this meal be eaten? ! !
"..." Lin Mian's face slowly turned red, she closed her eyes, and reluctantly let go of Que Qingyan's hand, "I still don't want to hold each other..."
Halfway through the release, the hand was pulled back again.
"My parents are not very formal people, so don't be nervous." Que Qingyan took Lin Mian's hand again and interlocked his fingers. His deep eyes were full of brilliance, he paused, and asked in a low voice, "They are upstairs, do you want to go up and say hello?"
Lin Mian and Que Qingyan looked at each other for a few seconds, then nodded with a pounding heart.
Fifteen minutes later, the family banquet began. Everyone sat down at the table, half shocked and half surprised looking at each other, they all saw a pair of engagement rings on Que Qingyan and Lin Mian's hands.
That night, the rumor that the young master of the Que family already had a wife was confirmed. It is said that the two of them have a very strong relationship. During the family banquet, Que Shao frequently picks up vegetables for his fiancée, while the future wife of the Que family looks generous and natural, neither coquettish nor reserved. No matter how you look at it, they are an admirable couple.
After returning to the apartment, Lin Mian, who had a "generous and natural look", stretched all night, and finally he didn't.
After Que Qingyan finished hanging up the phone call of Que's mother Song Ranhua, she entered the bedroom and saw that the quilt on the bed had been curled up into a ball. After taking a shower, Lin Mian was wrapped in two quilts, and she was leaning on the head of the bed and looking at the tablet absently. She heard the voice and raised her head. Her dark and moist eyes lined with a flushed face, she looked expectant.
Lin Mian paused watching half of the thriller, and asked, "Uncles, aunts, they..."
"They like you very much." Que Qingyan turned up the temperature of the heater, scanned the bloody scene on the flat screen, and pulled him out of the stuffy bed. He kissed the tip of Lin Mian's hair with his thin lips, and asked, "Didn't your hair dry?"
"Well," Lin Mian whispered, "Auntie... said something on the phone?"
Her eyes are bright, and she looks like she is waiting to be praised.
Que Qingyan couldn't help but repeat what Que's mother said.
"The tutor is good and polite. It's hard not to be likable." The two of them didn't stay overnight in Que's house. Song Ranhua called and blamed him, "It's so late and you have to go back. We will be a family from now on. What's wrong with letting Mianmian stay overnight?"
After listening to the report, Lin Mian rubbed his face and said embarrassedly: "It's too hasty, and I didn't bring a change of clothes..."
Lin Mian has experienced rings and family banquets in a row, but he still hasn't recovered from the buffer period. She was in a tense mood all night, if she stayed another night, she might be so excited and insomnia in the middle of the night that she would get up and run around the mansion a few times.
Que Qingyan responded, got up and went to the kitchen to warm her milk.
The thriller was still paused on the tablet screen, but Lin Mian couldn't watch it anymore. She buried her face in the corner of the quilt, hugged the quilt and rolled over, took a deep breath silently, then found a sealed file bag from the drawer under the bedside table, and opened it.
The file bag in front of her was handed over to Lin Mian by Mother Lin, and she only had time to read it now.
There was a contract in duplicate in the portfolio, which was a prenuptial agreement.
…
When Que Qingyan came back with the hot milk, Lin Mian sat on the edge of the bed, hesitating to speak, and changed from a chubby shrimp ball to a hamster sitting upright.
There was an agreement on the bedside table, Que Qingyan glanced at it, handed the milk to Ai Qiai's Lin hamster, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Que Qingyan, do you still remember?" Lin Mian held the warm glass and obediently let him take a dry towel to wipe his hair, "I gave you an IOU before..."
When Que Qingyan was chasing Lin Mian, in order to encourage him, she wrote him an IOU. At that time, she said that the gift would be made up later.
Lin Mian has always been unable to think of what to give. She couldn't afford the expensive luxury car and villa for the time being, and felt that something was missing from the gifts she could afford.
It wasn't until she saw Que Qingyan's prenuptial agreement that she realized that she also had an ambitious life goal that was almost forgotten.
In the past few days and nights when Teacher Mu Mian worked hard to draw drafts, during the years when she went all the way as a best-selling cartoonist, one of the reasons that supported her to persevere was—
save money.
Wait till you save enough money...
The next moment, Lin Mian took his bank card as a gift seriously and seriously, and gave it to Que Qingyan together with the agreement.
"I didn't sign the agreement." Lin Mian recalled the money saved in his bank card, put the finished milk cup aside, and continued with red ears, "I don't know what to give you, I can only give you this "After speaking, his eyes flickered, and he boldly added, "As long as I have, I want to give it to you."
The latter sentence was too soft to whisper: "I can give you everything I have, can I... change you?"
Lin Mian's words were cryptic, and she intended to tease him as a love story, but she didn't really express her secret and dirty thoughts. But as soon as the words came out, Que Qingyan didn't expect to put the bank card on the bed cabinet, lowered his eyes and asked, "Want to keep me?"
"..."
too direct.
Lin Mian stared blankly at the indifferent Que Qingyan for a few seconds, then silently tore off the towel on top of her head to wipe her hair, and covered her increasingly hot face.
Her voice was muffled behind the towel, she held it back for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I, I thought about it..."
Que Qingyan's eyes fell on Lin Mian's hand holding the towel, and she was wearing a ring on her fair and slender finger.
In terms of flirting, Lin Mian's business is unfamiliar, with little foreshadowing, and every expression is straightforward. But with a different approach, the effect is unexpectedly good, and the atmosphere can be ambiguous and charming every time.
The room was silent for a while.
Lin Mian was ready to answer the other party's next series of questions, such as "Why do you support me" and "How long will you keep me?" He even thought about the corresponding love words. She was waiting for Que Qingyan's response, her wrist was held breathlessly, and she was pulled down together with the towel.
The warm orange shade fell on Que Qingyan's deep brows, and the shadows of eyelashes were drawn from the contours of the eyes. There was a smile in his pitch-black eyes, and his usually cold, calm and restrained had disappeared into the night at this moment.
The warm breath brushed past the ears, the ears rubbed together, and the kiss fell all the way to the collarbone.
Lin Mian's heart beat like a drum, and he said slowly: "If you want to support me, these are not enough."
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Mian, who was unconscious, had just fallen asleep, and felt sleepy when he felt a kiss on his forehead.
No matter how much she wronged and begged for mercy in bed last night, Que Qingyan never let her go.
still...
Lin Mian's long eyelashes trembled slightly, he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, and misinterpreted the meaning of the kiss.
She reached out and grabbed the corner of the other person's clothes by feeling, and tugged on it as if to please her, her nasal voice was soft and waxy, and she was about to cry: "Not yet, isn't it enough?"
In the dim light, Que Qingyan buttoned up his shirt collar, looked down at Lin Mian who was half asleep, and kissed the corners of her sleepy eyes: "Sleep."
In the morning, Que Qingyan received a call. The trial period of the previous case was postponed, and the second trial was scheduled for the beginning of the new year. Some details need to be sorted out before the year.
Lin Mian fell into a fuzzy sleep, and when he really woke up, it was almost noon.
It was bright daylight, she rubbed against the blanket for a while, pulled her slippers out of bed, and suddenly recalled Que Qingyan's words a few hours ago.
Que Qingyan said that he had an appointment with the client today, and he needed to go out for a while before returning in the afternoon.
Lin Mian tilted his head and looked to the side, thinking that he seemed to have written a note...
In addition to the bank card and unsigned agreement on the bedside table, there was also Zhang Queqingyan's secondary card. The note was attached to the side, the pen was sharp and beautiful, and a line was written with ease——
"There is no need for nurturing, it's all yours."
When Que Qingyan came back in the evening, Lin Mian had been huddling under the blanket to catch up on sleep after catching up on Shang's illustrations all afternoon. Half of her side face was buried in the milky white pillow, her long eyelashes fell down, and she slept obediently and peacefully.
Both the bank card and the agreement were offered by Lin Mian on the photo frame beside the bed as a love letter. She stared sleepily at Que Qingyan who was beside the bed for a few seconds, then rubbed to the side as if asking for credit, and moved half of the bed for him.
Mr. Mu Mian remembered it in seven seconds, and completely forgot the last night because of one sentence, he whimpered and begged for mercy for most of the night. The tips of her ears were flushed, and she still confessed with shame: "Thank you for being willing to... take care of me."
The bedroom is poorly lit. Que Qingyan leaned over to look at Lin Mian, the friend on the other end of the phone was still continuing, and the other party vaguely heard the end of the sentence: "I'm having a dinner party in the Bai family compound tonight, all of them are acquaintances—caretaker? What kind of help?"
The two of them were so close to each other, and the room was so quiet that a needle could be heard, only then did Lin Mian realize that Que Qingyan was still on the phone.
The friend came over with interest, and said freshly: "Who has been adopted?"
Professor Que, who knows how to cultivate himself, replied calmly: "Me."
friend:"… "
Lin Mian: "..."
Fifteen minutes later, Lin Mian, who was boiling hot mature shrimp on the bed, finally regained his composure, and followed Que Qingyan out to dinner.
Apart from Que Qingyan's two old classmates, Cheng Ze, who had nothing to do to join in the fun, was present at the dinner.
"As soon as I returned to China, I heard that Quinn had a fiancée, and he took it with him everywhere." Some people saw Que Qingyan brought his family over and teased him kindly, "The relationship is so good, it seems that it's time to prepare a wedding gift."
Cheng Ze thought to himself, you haven't seen anything even more crooked.
Those present were all legal elites and old acquaintances. After acquainted with each other, they chatted a few industry gossips. Lin Mian half-understood, and chatted about a divorce lawsuit during the dinner.
Premarital phobias…
broken relationship...
The Seven Year Itch…
Lin Mian took a sip of the fruit juice, raised his heart, pricked up his ears, and was about to listen, when Cheng Ze took over the topic.
"It's useless to listen to these lawsuits, and it's nothing to learn from." Cheng Ze had noticed the rings on the hands of the two, and while Que Qingyan was temporarily leaving the table, he came over with a gossip like an old lady and said in a low voice, "Come on." Come and let me teach you..."
When Que Qingyan came back, he happened to hear Cheng Ze talking nonsense: "...we need to deal with potential hidden dangers before marriage, and we have to pay more attention to those of us who study law. We have to do pre-marital property notarization, and we have to sign the terms of the agreement. The more complete the better, otherwise in the future if something goes wrong, no one can beat Quinn... "
Lin Mian listened carefully and remained unmoved.
"There's no need to prepare," she recalled the note that Que Qingyan left her in the morning, paused, and said carefully, "It's all mine."
There is no need for nurturing, it's all yours.
As soon as he finished speaking, the glass in Lin Mian's hand was taken by a hand with clear fingers.
Que Qingyan filled the juice and handed it to her, his eyebrows were dark and slender, and Yingjun's eyebrows suppressed a smile. He said calmly, "It's all yours."
"..."
ah ah ah...
Fang Jueci was caught on the spot, Lin Mian turned his head and covered his face, he was so ashamed that he wished he could split a hole in the ground and get in immediately.
For no reason, Cheng Ze, who was shown a loving expression on both sides: "..."
After a meal, twilight sinks, the misty night rises from the sky, and the sky light in the distance becomes a dark blue line.
The restaurant is located in a courtyard, with wintersweet and holly planted beside the path, surrounded by landscape gardens. Que Qingyan didn't drive back immediately, but took Lin Mian for a walk in the garden.
Lin Mian was still recalling the topic of divorce at the dinner table, and Que Qingyan asked, "Are you not used to bringing you here?"
"No..." Lin Mian looked up at him, his eyes were bright, and he pursed his lips and said frankly, "I like it very much."
Lin Mian knew that Que Qingyan brought him here because he wanted her to integrate into his social circle. She wished she could tire of him all the time without disturbing Que Qingyan, how could she not get used to it.
Not to mention that Que Qingyan did not neglect her at all during the chatting at the banquet, and took care of her feelings throughout the whole process.
Suddenly, Lin Mian's cheeks froze, and the fine snow particles quietly melted on the warm skin.
I don't know when it started to snow.
The two stopped staying, and Lin Mian was held by Que Qingyan, walking along the path to the parking lot.
She raised her eyes to see Que Qingyan's well-defined side face, then lowered her eyes and glanced distractedly, her heart throbbing uncontrollably.
On the hands held by the two, the ring between the fingers was reflecting the moist light in the dark blue sky.
Ten years of unrequited love passed by like a horse, and finally settled in an action of holding hands. It is a fleeting time, but what remains is a sincere heart with deep affection.
What Que Qingyan said that day came back to Lin Mian's mind.
They still have a lifetime, which is enough for each other to get to know each other and stay together forever.
…
but.
learn…
"Que Qingyan," Lin Mian's mind flashed the topic of divorce again, and couldn't help whispering, "I was just thinking about premarital phobia..."
Que Qingyan turned her face to look at Lin Mian when she heard the words, heard her nervous voice, and continued to ask half-covered, "Are you afraid?"
Afraid of the change of lifestyle, of the change of getting along with each other, or of other aspects...
Instead of answering, he asked, "Would you?"
Lin Mian shook his head: "No."
How could she be afraid of...
Que Qingyan narrowed his eyes to look at her, then pondered for a while and said, "I will be afraid."
Lin Mian became even more nervous.
She was apprehensive, and said to herself, does Que Qingyan have any worries? He will be afraid, he will feel insecure...
Although most of Cheng Ze's words can't be listened to, the saying "Treat potential hidden dangers before marriage" is true. Lin Mian's heart was pounding, and he suddenly felt that he was carrying a heavy responsibility, so he asked softly, "Afraid... what?"
Que Qingyan looked calm and calm, calmly replied:
"Fear."
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