Chapter 397: Two People Who Don't Understand Romance

Shi Youxuan explained, saying that was not how things were.

It was simply that she was worried about him.

Both of them used almost the same tone: "Not listening, not listening, just not listening. Stop explaining; the more you describe it, the darker it gets. Explaining is just covering up, and covering up is the truth."

It made Shi Youxuan furious.

She was anxious and angry, but there was nothing she could do.

She had the mind to go out and look, but where would she look?

When they parted at noon, he didn't say where he was going or what he was doing at all, and she didn't ask either.

Shi Youxuan was incredibly annoyed now; why didn't she just ask?

The sky gradually darkened.

Sheng Hanyu still hadn't returned, and she paced back and forth in the living room, anxious.

It was already past dinner time, and Fang Jie had long since finished cooking the meal and kept it warm in the pot; why hadn't Sheng Hanyu returned yet?

There was no news from Yun Zhe Hao and Sheng Zerong either.

The two of them had promised well, saying they would call her if they saw Sheng Hanyu, so should she urge them?

Could it be that they forgot?

Probably, but she was too embarrassed to ask again; after all, it had only been half a day since she last saw him.

She had already been laughed at for asking just now; if she asked again, wouldn't she be laughed to death by them?

Even more so, she couldn't let those two women know; those two women had sharper tongues than the other, and they would absolutely never pass up any opportunity to mock her.

Shi Youxuan forgot there was a saying that people are grouped by their kind; she was about the same as those two women, so neither should talk about the other.

But she was still anxious; even though she knew nothing could be wrong, she just missed him.

She wanted him to appear by her side quickly.

So she paced back and forth in the living room.

"Mom, can you stop spinning? I'm dizzy," Shi Ran protested.

"No."

Shi Youxuan glared at her daughter: "If you're dizzy, just don't look at me, watch your cartoons..."

"Ding-a-ling—"

The phone rang.

It was Sheng Hanyu calling; she hurriedly answered: "Hello, where are you? Why was your phone turned off this afternoon?"

Sheng Hanyu: "I'm downstairs, come down, bring Ranran."

Shi Youxuan: "Why go down? Fang Jie has already cooked dinner, you come up."

Sheng Hanyu: "You bring the child down, and have Fang Jie and Shi Liu come down too!"

She sensed something was wrong and continued to get to the bottom of it: "What kind of trick are you playing?"

"Come down quickly."

Sheng Hanyu hung up the phone directly.

"What is he being so mysterious about?"

She didn't figure it out, but she still called the child, Fang Jie, and Shi Liu to go out together.

It was troublesome to go out with many people; it was very cold outside, and she had to put a hat and scarf on Shi Ran and put on a thick down jacket, and then before they could even leave the main gate, the phone rang again.

This time it was Jian Yixin calling: "Shi Youxuan, hurry up, dragging your feet... Atchoo!"

She just wanted to ask, are you outside too?

But the "beep-beep" busy signal came from the phone; she had hung up.

Several people walked out of the Apartment gate and were immediately captivated by the scene before them.

Outside, it was unknown when it had started snowing again, and the ground was a sheet of pure white.

On the clean white snow, someone had arranged red candles into a large heart shape; the orange-red candlelight swayed with the wind, and from the gate to the location of the candles, fresh red rose petals paved a "red carpet."

Yun Zhe Hao, Sheng Zerong, Jian Yixin, Ma Ling'er, as well as the aunt and the housekeeper were all there.

Shi Youxuan finally understood what he had been doing all afternoon; no wonder no one would say anything when she asked, it turned out they had colluded to prepare a surprise for her!

It must be a marriage proposal, she realized in her heart.

Although the routine was old, her heart was filled with joy!

Sheng Hanyu stood in the candlelight, holding a large bouquet of roses in his hands; seeing her come out, he knelt on one knee and confessed affectionately: "Xuanxuan, I know today is a bit sudden, but I really can't wait; I can't wait until tomorrow to express my love to you."

"My love for you is as fiery as these roses, as holy as these snowflakes; marry me, I beg you!"

Shi Youxuan walked slowly into the circle and asked: "Who wrote the script for you?"

Sheng Hanyu: "Yun Zhe Hao; the original text was much cheesier than this, I cut out quite a bit."

"You're still honest; get up quickly, the ground is cold." Shi Youxuan didn't help him up, just said it, and Sheng Hanyu stood up.

This infuriated Yun Zhe Hao; he had never seen such a wooden man.

Everyone had worked so hard to plan the proposal for him, and everyone had accompanied him to freeze in the snow for half a day, all for nothing!

He hadn't even finished a complete confession.

Before he could finish being annoyed, the proposal here was already over, and it was very successful!

Shi Youxuan stared at Sheng Hanyu: "Where is the ring? Doing all these flashy things is useless; where did you put the most important thing?"

This matter could not be blamed on Sheng Hanyu.

Originally, according to everyone's concept, it was to carry the romance to the end; first, a flowing confession that would move Shi Youxuan to tears, and after she was a mess, take out the ring to propose—a natural progression!

But these two people didn't play by the rules.

First of all, Sheng Hanyu had memorized the proposal speech in a mess; what was it, the originally romantic words sounded stiff and not pleasant at all when recited through his mouth.

And then there was that woman; she didn't even spare a glance at such beautiful roses.

You have no idea how much thought and effort those few people put into keeping the roses at the perfect stage of bloom and preventing them from wilting prematurely in the cold air.

As it turned out, Shi Youxuan didn't look at them at all; she just looked Sheng Hanyu up and down, and since she probably couldn't figure out where the ring might be, she just asked him directly.

Jian Yixin was furious: "Shi Youxuan, you good-for-nothing, Sheng Hanyu is proposing to you right now, can't you be a little more reserved?"

Shi Youxuan ignored her: "Shut up."

Reserved, my foot; it wasn't easy for the two of them to get to where they are today, so why bother being reserved?

She felt there was no need.

Sheng Hanyu also felt there was no need.

"The ring? Hurry up and bring the ring over." Sheng Hanyu shouted urgently.

He regretted it now; he regretted listening to their lousy ideas, insisting on taking a roundabout way instead of just keeping the ring in his pocket.

He felt his beloved was right, "There's no point in all those flashy things."

But the "flashy" things had been arranged in advance, so even if these two didn't play by the rules, things still had to proceed according to plan.

"Hurry up and bring it over, it was a waste of our effort to worry about these two." Jian Yixin urged her husband, not forgetting to complain about the pair in the process.

Sheng Zerong operated the remote control in his hand, and a colorful drone flew over, hovering steadily in front of Shi Youxuan.

There was a beautiful purple brocade box on the drone; Sheng Hanyu took the box down, opened it, and a massive pigeon-egg-sized diamond lay squarely in the center of the box.

"Huh, you still have it?" Shi Youxuan frowned.

She recognized this ring; years ago, Sheng Hanyu had slipped it directly onto her ring finger without any ceremony, saying he would make up for it later...

Later, when she left, she had left the ring in the Hospital Ward.

She hadn't expected him to actually keep it.

Sheng Hanyu: "Put it on; this was yours to begin with, and once you put it on this time, you are never allowed to take it off again!" After saying this, he insisted on sliding the ring back onto her ring finger, and the proposal was complete!

"Let's go, let's go home and eat, I'm freezing to death." Shi Youxuan pulled Sheng Hanyu toward the gate and called for everyone to come along.

There was no affectionate embrace between the two after the proposal, no applause, no tears of excitement... there was nothing at all, and that was how it ended.