Chapter 400: Why Is Zi Heng Called Zi Heng?

Xia Xi: "I just thought of the last time I talked about this topic with Xu Yanfeng; it's a bit funny."

Su Jinru glanced at Xu Yanfeng, who was playing with the two kids on the other side of the living room, and asked curiously: "What's funny about discussing the wedding date?"

Xia Xi said: "That day I casually asked him when he wanted to hold the wedding, and he said as long as I wanted, we could do it the next day."

Su Jinru laughed out loud.

"I was speechless at the time, but he still seriously explained to me, saying he was serious, and also said that when I asked him when he wanted to hold the wedding, he naturally wanted it as soon as possible." Xia Xi smiled and said: "Later, after my warning, he seriously said that he had actually picked a few auspicious days, looking at my schedule. My work arrangements haven't been that tight lately, I feel everything is fine, so he said let's set it for this month."

"This month?" Su Jinru exclaimed in shock, "I haven't prepared anything yet! What should I do? I haven't bought anything I need to buy!"

"Don't be so nervous." Xia Xi soothed, "After he said that, I said the timing is a bit rushed, but he didn't feel rushed. However, we didn't continue discussing it. Later, because of Xuanxuan's matter, we never formally discussed it again, so the date hasn't been set."

Su Jinru placed her hand on her chest and breathed a sigh of relief; hearing her say they were preparing for the wedding this month had made her nervous, as a lifelong matter cannot be taken lightly, she wanted to get everything ready, which naturally required more time.

Su Jinru glanced at Xu Yanfeng again.

Xu Yanfeng didn't know what the mother and daughter were talking about; he happened to look over and met Su Jinru's scrutinizing gaze, he felt a moment of confusion but didn't show it on his face, and gently returned a smile.

Su Jinru also smiled, shifted her gaze to Xia Xi's face, and lightly patted the back of her hand: "From your description, Xiao Xu is indeed eager to hold the wedding." She paused, then her smile widened: "But this also shows how much he cares about you. It's not easy for you to get back together; although you've already obtained the certificate and are legally married, in the eyes of the public, having a wedding is more formal."

"I know."

Xia Xi initially didn't care much about weddings, but under Xu Yanfeng's influence, she gradually took it to heart; it wasn't just to go along with his ideas and meet his expectations—she also had her own anticipation.

"I can also see that, Xiao Xu, everything should follow your wishes; you need to set the date sooner, stop constantly reminding him." Su Jinru said earnestly, "It's rare for a man to reach this point. Although you're my daughter and I naturally lean toward you, I also feel sorry for him. After everything that's happened, he still can't forget you, and over these years he hasn't looked for anyone else."

Xia Xi rubbed her nose and whispered, "Mom, why do you always act as if I'm not good to him? I'm good to him."

"Alright, I won't meddle too much in your young couple's affairs, lest I cause resentment."

"Not at all." Xia Xi leaned against her shoulder again, voice soft, "I understand, you're doing this for our good."

Su Jinru stroked her soft hair, feeling greatly relieved. This daughter of hers has given too much for the family; now that she can have a happy and fulfilling family, it makes her, as a mother, happier than winning several million in the lottery.

Xia Xi: "Then I'll tell him later, let's hold the wedding in early spring next year?"

Su Jinru didn't speak, her brows slightly furrowed.

Seeing her expression, Xia Xi blinked blankly: "Is there a problem?"

"Next year? I think Xiao Xu would find it hard to wait even one more day."

"That's because I was considering my grandmother's memorial day in mid-January; pushing it back a bit brings us roughly to spring. Warm weather, blooming flowers, holding a wedding would be comfortable—how nice."

Finally understanding what Xia Xi was worried about, Su Jinru chuckled: "Our hometown doesn't pay attention to that. Besides, have you forgotten? The thing your grandmother cared about most before she passed was your life's major events; if she knew in the afterlife about your marriage, she would only be happy."

A sound came from the entryway—it was Xia Xuan returning from the hospital; Su Jinru saw the time was about right and got up to go cook in the kitchen.

On the way back by car, Xu Yanfeng lightly tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, glanced at the person dozing in the passenger seat, and asked: "What did you and Mom talk about before dinner? It seems related to me."

Xia Xi propped her head, turned her face to look at him, the corners of her mouth twitching, half-smiling.

Seeing her like that, Xu Yanfeng became even more puzzled: "A secret you can't tell?"

"That's not it." Xia Xi said, fell silent for two seconds, then suddenly changed the topic: "You said before you picked a few auspicious days for the wedding— which days are they? Tell me."

It wasn't about what she and Su Jinru had discussed, how did we get onto the wedding date? But Xu Yanfeng didn't think much: "It's in the phone memo, look yourself."

Xia Xi changed from her earlier weary demeanor, picked up his phone left in the glove compartment, skillfully entered the password, found the memo, flipped through it, and saw an entry titled "Auspicious Wedding Days," which she opened.

This month has three auspicious days, next month has two, and the month after that also has two.

Xia Xi took out her own phone, opened the calendar, carefully compared it with the few auspicious days Xu Yanfeng had listed, and finally decided on the date: "November 18th, the sixth day of the tenth lunar month, which happens to be a Saturday, suitable for relatives and friends to attend."

Xu Yanfeng stared for a few seconds, then turned his head to look at her.

Xia Xi immediately reached out to push his face back, telling him to look ahead: "Drive carefully, there are still kids in the car."

The car slowed down, and Xu Yanfeng spoke slowly: "What did you just say?"

He had clearly heard it. Xia Xi beamed: "I said, how about we hold the wedding on that day?" She looked at him and answered his previous question: "That's what I and my mom talked about."

Xu Yanfeng told himself to stay calm; he was indeed calm, except his palms were sweating.

After a long while, he finally heard himself say: "Good." A very solemn utterance.

After arriving home smoothly, Xia Xi sent Su Jinru a message informing her of the exact wedding date, meaning she could start preparing what she needed to.

Having settled a major matter, Xia Xi felt relaxed, took a bath, and lay comfortably in bed. Although the few days of vacation outside had been relaxing and pleasant, staying at her own home gave her an added sense of peace.

Xia Xi was about to fall asleep when Xu Yanfeng suddenly pulled her into his embrace; she didn't even open her eyes, feeling around to cover his face to refuse: "Not tonight, I need to rest properly."

Xu Yanfeng: "……"

Over the past few days there had been no work-related matters, he had indeed indulged a bit, so that now, as soon as he got close to her in bed, she had formed a conditioned reflex, thinking he wanted to do it.

"You misunderstand me." Xu Yanfeng said.

Xia Xi opened a slit of her eyes, glanced at him: "Then what do you want to do?"

"I just want to ask you, how did you suddenly decide on the wedding date?"

"It's not exactly sudden, didn't I mention this to you before?" Xia Xi used her finger to tug at his protruding Adam's apple, muttering, "You saying that makes it seem like I'm not enthusiastic."

As her fingertips rubbed his Adam's apple, causing it to roll up and down, Xu Yanfeng caught her hand and placed it to his lips for a kiss: "Mm, it's not that you're not enthusiastic, it's that I'm too enthusiastic."

Xia Xi's fingers, wet from his kiss and somewhat alluring, she tried to pull them back, but he held them tight. She threatened: "If you keep fooling around, I'll go sleep with Zi Heng."

Xu Yanfeng slightly restrained himself, his eyes full of unsatisfied desire, but he didn't push further; he started diverting the conversation to another topic: "Why is Zi Heng called Zi Heng, how did you come up with that name for him?"

If he didn't change the subject, he might soon lose control of himself.

When the object is her, he has little self-control; he knew this since his youth, and it hasn't diminished at all—in fact, because of those years of separation, there's even a trend of increasing intensity.

As his question came out, Xia Xi's expression became somewhat unnatural.

Xu Yanfeng: "Could it be that you just randomly flipped through a dictionary, picked a page, and chose a pleasing character?"

"Am I really that unreliable?" Xia Xi hit him, then seriously explained the reason: "The character 'heng'—don't you think it has a similar meaning to the character 'yan' in your name?"

Xu Yanfeng initially didn't grasp it, but after a few seconds he understood, proudly raising the corners of his mouth, though his words carried a hint of dissatisfaction: "Do I have to express my affection for you so obscurely?"

"Otherwise?" Xia Xi, somewhat speechless, said: "Should we call it Xia Aifeng? Aifeng, iPhone—sounds terrible."

Xu Yanfeng was made to laugh by her bizarre train of thought, his chest trembling slightly. Xia Xi hadn't found it funny, but when their eyes met, she inexplicably hit a funny bone and started laughing as well.

Xu Yanfeng leaned in to kiss her lips, saying firmly: "This name is pretty good, very straightforward."

Xia Xi struggled to speak indistinctly: "Shut up, your son will hate you..."