It was just the night before their wedding anniversary now. Tomorrow was finally the big day.
Nana was standing in front of the cupboard, holding Jinhai’s surprise in her hand. She was carefully watching it at all angles and nodded in satisfaction. It had come out perfectly as she liked.
She suddenly felt nervous and giddy together in her chest.
Will Jinhai like it? Why do I feel that this is stupid? Is it too much?
She bit her lip as she suddenly felt unsure now.
The door opened, and Nana got startled. The gift fumbled in her hand, but she quickly put it back in her locker.
“Nana?”
Jinhai raised his brow as he felt his wife was behaving suspiciously. His lips curved into a mischievous smile.
“Jinhai. You are back.”
Phew. Thankfully he didn’t see.
Jinhai wrapped his hands around her waist and hugged her from behind. He rested his chin on the nape of her neck.
“What is my wife hiding? You are acting suspiciously.”
Nana cleared her throat. “Nothing. S-so why are you late?”
Jinhai gently bit on her neck, jolting her. “Trying to change the topic, huh?”
He kept kissing her along her neckline at a slow and agonizing pace, nudging his nose along her skin. His breath was gently swaying her hair.
Then he turned her to face him and looked at her with a doting gaze.
“Is it my surprise?” He curiously asked.
Nana nodded, feeling a little shy. “En.”
“Show me no…please…”
Nana flicked on his forehead. “Is our anniversary today or tomorrow?”
He pouted. “I cannot wait. Just a peek.”
“I cannot wait for my surprise too. So, we are both in this together. Acting cute and pitiful won’t help you.”
Jinhai sighed.
“My wife is bullying me.”
Her mouth twitched in response, and she shook her head.
Jinhai pulled her and slowly leaned in to kiss her lips. Nana’s heart raced faster and faster, and she shut her eyes, waiting for their lips to meet.
“Waaaaaaaa…”
“Waaaaaaa….. Baaaaaa…”
Jian and Nian’s grumpy cries broke their romantic moment.
Jinhai’s brow twitched in displeasure. The mood dissipated in thin air. Nana giggled and patted his head. “Aww. It’s alright.”
Jinhai pinched her waist.
“Ah..ah!” she gasped. “Why did you do that?”
“Teasing me, huh? Don’t forget that tomorrow we finally…” he evilly smiled and left it unsaid. “Let’s see how you tease me tomorrow night.”
Nana furiously blushed. She pushed him away. “Idiot!”
She quickly walked up to the crib and saw that the twins were about to cry.
“Are my cute sons hungry?” she dotingly smiled.
“Baaaaaa….”
Both of them seemed to agree.
“Hmph. Tomorrow, they wouldn’t disturb our time at all,” he grumbled annoyingly.
Nana rolled her eyes.
—
Late at night, Jianyu stepped into the Chen villa. The light suddenly switched on, and he stopped.
“Woah, Mom! You scared me. What are you doing here, lurking like a ghost?”
Chen Liling smacked on his forehead. “Shut up! Why did you come so late tonight?”
Jianyu cleared his throat. “Nothing…You know that we were dealing with Pei Yuan, right? It took some time…”
She narrowed her eyes and looked at her son up and down. “You are hiding something from me, right?”
Ugh, why is Mom so sharp?
He smiled. “It’s nothing, Mom.”
“Tell me! Tell me what it is that you are hiding!”
Jianyu looked at her in distaste. “Mom. Why are you bugging me so much? Go and bug Dad. He will happily bear it.”
Chen Liling almost raised her hand to slap him. “Idiot! You are already pissing me off with how slow you are going about your relationship with Serena. And now you are not answering my questions! Tell me before I throw you out of the villa!”
Jianyu sighed. He knew his mother’s personality.
“Alright…” He quickly looked here and there and asked, “Where is Serena?”
“She is sleeping with Zixin.”
Jianyu sighed in relief. “Good. Okay. Now promise you will not tell anyone about this.”
Chen Liling was getting more curious now.
“I promise.”
“Especially to Serena.”
“I got it already. Now spit it out.” She eagerly said.
Jianyu slowly took out a small box and showed it to her.
Chen Liling widened her eyes. She immediately recognized what was in it.
“Oh my God!” she squealed in excitement, “Is this what I think it is? Are you-“
“Mom, shush! You will wake up the whole house!” Jianyu said in exasperation. He knew this would happen.
Chen Liling was unable to control her bubbling excitement. It was hard to talk softly when her natural instinct was to shout and share this with everybody.
She whispered, full of energy. “Jianyu. Is my slowpoke son finally going to propose to her? Will I finally see your wedding!? When are you going to propose? Where? How? Have you planned a surprise for her?”
And she started firing questions one after the other.
“Mom, mom. Calm down.” He hesitated a bit. “I have just brought a ring for now. I haven’t planned anything.”
“What do you mean?”
Jianyu told her the conversation he had with Jinhai outside the base. Her eyes sparkled with delight, and she got more pumped up than before.
“It’s a fantastic idea! See? Learn something from Jinhai. He solved your problem. Double weddings sound so exciting!”
He dryly said, “Before we jump onto the wedding, I have to know if Serena will even accept my proposal. Things are still awkward between us…”
Chen Liling waved her hand in dismissal. “Oof. You are unnecessarily worrying too much. Trust me. She must be waiting for this too.”
“Really?”
She nodded. “You both love each other, and Guiren, and I can already see how you two want to get back together. Tomorrow is the perfect day, and with Jinhai and Nana’s wedding anniversary, it would be just a perfect atmosphere as well! Give Zixin the complete family he needs.”
Jianyu slowly nodded.
She clapped once in agreement. “Then can we expect your wedding too? Oh my God, that would be so awesome!”
“Now, hold your horse’s Mom. I will propose to her for sure, but I am not sure about the wedding. I mean…I also want to give her a grand wedding like how bro is giving to Nana. Our own wedding.”
She raised her brow in amusement. “Well, that is understandable. A wedding happens once in our life, so it’s natural what you are feeling. But who said you could not give one?”
Jianyu looked at her dumbfounded. “Tomorrow?”
“Of course. What is impossible for the Chen family?” she snorted. “Their wedding ceremony is not going to last the whole day. We can make some preparations, and after their ceremony is over, we can have yours!”
Jianyu seriously thought for a while. It wasn’t a bad idea. He still had the entire night and a few wee hours of the morning to prepare.
He decided.
“I will get on to it right now!” He grinned, and a sense of anticipation and excitement bubbled inside him.
She nodded in satisfaction. “Good. You have already been too slow. Now is the time to take everything in your hands and go all out.”
—
In her room, Serena woke up as she felt thirsty. To her surprise, she didn’t see Jianyu. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was already past 12.
Where is he? Why is he so late?
She got up and picked her phone. She opened Jianyu’s number, but then she hesitated.
Should I call him? Maybe he is busy.
After much contemplating, she put her phone back on the table.
Maybe there is too much work today, she thought.
She sighed and looked at Zixin, who was asleep beside her. She softly smiled and kissed his forehead.
Serena got up and opened the bedside drawer. She took out a small box and opened to see a beautiful men’s diamond ring in it.
The ring suddenly made her nervous and anxious.
Will I screw it up if I propose to him tomorrow? How will he react? What if he doesn’t like it? What if he thinks it’s too fast?
She bit her lower lip and couldn’t make up her mind for a long time.
Will it destroy everything we have until now?
Tears rimmed her eyes. She didn’t want to lose what they had now. With Zixin, they had come a lot closer to each other, but was he thinking of going back together just like her?
And here I am thinking of proposing…forget it, Serena. Don’t do anything stupid and ruin everything. It’s fine this way…
She sadly put the box back in the drawer and went back to sleep.
—
Over at Xiang villa, Huian was also restlessly tossing around in bed. She blankly looked at the ceiling for a long time. She tried hard to fall asleep, but she couldn’t.
Her mind would always go back to think about Shin and…
Tomorrow, she was going to see him again at the anniversary celebration.
And she had no idea what she was going to do.
