Chapter 219: Xie Qin, I want to marry you (End)

Xie Qin's movements became increasingly wild and rough, as if venting, wanting to taste the deliciousness he hadn't tasted for days all at once. After several days of leisure, on this day of settling accounts, Shen Li was tormented by him.

After coming out of the bathroom two hours later, she had changed into a clean nightgown, and Xie Qin put her on the bed and then lay down beside her.

In her hazy state, Shen Li felt a warm kiss land on her forehead.

The two then fell into a deep sleep.

However, Shen Li didn't sleep for long and woke up at two in the morning. Her long hair was scattered randomly on the pillow. She turned her head to look at Xie Qin beside her; he was sleeping very quietly with his eyes closed, the stray hair on his forehead obscuring his tightly closed eyes. She watched him quietly for a while, her lips curling involuntarily. When Xie Qin was asleep, he would lose a bit of his usual coldness, his sharpness completely retracted, looking more pleasing than when he was awake.

She felt thirsty, carefully lifted the quilt, didn't disturb his sleep, sat on the edge of the bed to put on her shoes, covered him with the quilt again, and went out of the bedroom door.

She went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water and walked to the living room, only then noticing the red household registration book on the tea table.

Such an important thing, why would it be placed here?

Xie Qin's?

Shen Li placed the water glass in her hand on the table, bent down to pick it up, and was about to open it when Xie Qin, who didn't know when he had woken up, hugged her from behind.

The man was tall, and he leaned down, pressing against her neck.

"Why is the household registration book in the living room?" As she spoke, she opened it to look, and the first page that appeared was actually Mom's name. "This is..."

Xie Qin kissed her cheek, "Auntie left it for us to get married."

Shen Li lowered her eyelids and said these two words softly, a wonderful feeling lingering on her heart: "Marriage?"

Mom left this here, meaning she had completely accepted Xie Qin.

Meaning, from now on, she could be with Xie Qin for a lifetime, they would form a new family, have their own babies, and have a new life.

"Yeah!" Xie Qin, "Now... I'm just waiting for you to come home with me."

Shen Li also wanted to go home with him, but she was truly busy. Besides attending classes every day, she had to study at night, go to the hospital for shifts, and participate in various medical research projects, so she almost couldn't free herself. She might not even have a break for the National Day holiday next month.

Xie Qin had been wronged following her.

She raised her hand to make a soothing gesture toward him and touched his head.

Then, without a word, she turned and returned to the bedroom.

Xie Qin stood in place, staring at her back for a few seconds. What did touching his head mean?

He didn't bother with his messed-up hair and followed her.

Shen Li placed the household registration book in the drawer by the nightstand. When Xie Qin entered the room, Shen Li was already lying down, eyes closed, sleeping.

During the day, Xie Qin worked hard to help her move. Fortunately, there weren't many things, and one trip was enough to move everything.

The deposit couldn't be returned according to the rental contract, but the landlord was quite reasonable and returned the remaining rent.

Shen Li talked to Mom on the phone. She had handled some things in Haishi and later returned to a high school in a town in Qingcheng, her hometown, to teach physics, becoming a teacher again.

That place also belonged to the south, not too far from Wuchuan, and quite close to Su Shi.

The climate and environment were also suitable for self-cultivation and retirement.

Today, Xie Qin told her it was Zhang Shanfeng's birthday, and they could bring family members to the dinner at Xiangweiju at noon.

Shen Li had no class in the morning and was on duty at the Department of Neurosurgery at Jiangchuan University Affiliated Hospital. Xie Qin would come to pick her up in a while.

The time was exactly eleven o'clock at noon, her gap period. After taking off her white coat and greeting the associate chief physician, she took the elevator down to the twelfth floor.

As soon as she walked out of the elevator, at the entrance downstairs of the inpatient building, she saw that familiar figure. Xie Qin was holding a small child in his arms.

Xie Qin was still teasing the child, grabbing the lollipop in his hand. A moment later, his peripheral vision swept to the person coming out, and his gaze looked toward her.

Shen Li walked closer and saw clearly that the one Xie Qin was holding was Zhang Shanfeng's son. "Why did you bring him here?"

Xie Qin teased the child and said: "Coming to pick Mom up from work, right, son."

The child: "Yes, Dad."

They talked as they walked.

Shen Li curled her lips, feeling a bit funny: "Does he always call you that?"

Xie Qin: "Come, call Mom and let me hear."

The child looked at Shen Li and called out without even thinking: "Mom."

Xie Qin praised: "Baby, so good."

"Mom, hug." This child was addicted to calling her that, saying so and opening his arms for Shen Li to hug, his eyes unable to move away from her.

"Oh, you want Mom, and don't want Dad anymore?"

"Mom smells good~"

Xie Qin let out a cold sneer, "Little bastard, you even know how to fight for favor. This is my wife, you know."

The child: "This is my Mom."

He was really getting into it. Xie Qin's eyes turned fierce: "She is mine."

He stubbornly called out again: "My Mom."

Looking at the two childish people, she felt a bit of a headache.

Shen Li took him over, and Xie Qin carried her bag: "I didn't have time to ask you last time, what's your name."

"My name is Zhang Lingbei, Dad is Zhang Shanfeng, Mom is Ling Yan, my home is at..."

This child didn't have any defensive thoughts at all. Shen Li told him softly: "No need to be so detailed."

Zhang Lingbei: "Okay, Mom."

Shen Li looked at Xie Qin with a smile: "This child is really fun."

Xie Qin hooked his arm around her waist and took her across the street: "Specifically brought him over for you to play with."

The place for dinner.

It was right near his company.

Xie Qin and Shen Li were the last to arrive. There weren't many people in the private room today, just the few of them.

They were all adults, unlike in their student days when birthdays needed a big spectacle. They were just having a simple meal, nothing else, no cake, just a simple celebration.

The restaurant also sent a large bowl of longevity noodles.

After finishing this meal, everyone soon dispersed.

Zhang Shanfeng, as the boss, had been away on a business trip to negotiate a project and had received a collaboration from a major game manufacturer, so he would be very busy during this time.

Zhang Zixin was the same; she was doing women's clothing and now her mind was full of business. After getting engaged to Xu Zhouyuan, she had seen the strength of his family and all those wealthy relatives, and her pressure had increased. At night, she dreamed of how to make money.

Xie Qin sent her back to the hospital. On the way back, holding her hand, he asked out of the blue: "When do you plan to have a baby with me?"

She lifted her eyes, stared into Xie Qin's eyes, and slowed her pace: "Having a baby so soon, isn't it... too fast? Don't we... still have many processes to go through?"

For example, meeting the parents...

Xie Qin raised an eyebrow and said to her with a smile: "That beast Zhang Shanfeng got someone pregnant at eighteen. Compared to him, I've been restrained enough."

Shen Li was surprised: "I thought the thing about Ling Yan dropping out because she was pregnant was fake."

"My partner is really..." Xie Qin paused, looking at her leisurely and said: "Purely cute."

Shen Li had nothing to say. At the time, she really believed Zhang Shanfeng's words, thinking it was because he felt there was no future at Chengde University that he retook the exam and got into Jiangchuan University.

It turned out most of the reason was because Ling Yan was pregnant!

She had indeed heard people mention it, but thought it was a rumor and didn't take it seriously.

After moving back to Shuixiexuan and living with Xie Qin for over a month,

it was October, and the weather gradually turned cold.

Shen Li rarely had time to rest today.

Xie Qin's time was unimaginably free. Besides love, Master Xie hadn't suffered in other aspects.

Sometimes Shen Li really envied him. If he wanted to go to school, he went; if he didn't want to, he didn't. Now, even work was like this, adjustable at any time, unimaginably free.

Sometimes Shen Li also envied him.

How could a person be so idle?

Sigh.

Xie Qin also followed her schedule, staying home to accompany her today.

They tossed and turned until the middle of the night last night, so the two slept until eleven o'clock at noon before getting up.

Shen Li hadn't woken up yet when she was called by Xie Qin to get up and eat.

Still in her dreams, her body was already in the bathroom, washing up and brushing her teeth, slowly returning to the living room to sit at the dining table, taking the chopsticks he handed over.

He simply made four dishes and one soup.

At the dining table, the two were eating.

Xie Qin suddenly spoke: "... Shall we go to Chengde University for a stroll in a while?"

Shen Li looked at him: "Why do you want to go there?"

Xie Qin smiled lazily at her: "Want to relive the feeling of dating before with you!"

Shen Li pursed her lips, nodded slowly, and agreed: "Hmm, okay."

She had planned to sleep all day at home to make up for her sleep.

Later, she thought that if she stayed home, Xie Qin definitely wouldn't let her go. His energy seemed inexhaustible; even if he tossed all day, he would still be very energetic the next day.

Shen Li couldn't do that; if she slept an hour or two late at night, she would have no strength to do anything the next day.

Better to go out with him.

She didn't dare let him know this thought.

After eating, Xie Qin drove and took her to Chengde University.

The car didn't drive into the school but stopped at a parking space in the mall outside the school.

After getting out of the car, the two walked leisurely holding hands. Besides a few shops changing their signs, there wasn't much change.

Shen Li pointed to a "milk tea shop" and said: "I remember this used to be a spicy hot pot shop. I went to eat with Zhao Zhouyuan, the taste wasn't very good, and it was very expensive."

Xie Qin held her hand lightly in his palm, looked in her direction, and told her: "After the winter break, this shop closed and never opened again."

Shen Li looked at him: "When?"

Xie Qin turned his head to meet her gaze and said: "The second semester of freshman year."

This time...

She had just dropped out.

The two looked at each other quietly, the air stagnating for a moment.

In the end, it was Xie Qin who reacted first, his tone slow as he pulled her to continue walking forward: "Since you said it didn't taste good, it's normal that it went out of business."

Shen Li was indeed not picky about food, but when she really was picky, her taste was more demanding than anyone else's.

After waiting for the traffic light, they crossed the road.

Opposite was the East Campus gate of Chengde University.

Shen Li's gaze landed on the educational institution next to it; it was gone now, turned into a business hall for mobile phone cards.

Back then, Mom stopped her card, and she didn't have much money on her.

When she didn't know what to do, she came here, because as long as she solved those math problems, she could get luxury buffet vouchers, and then she sold these vouchers at half price to those who wanted them.

That was how she earned her living expenses.

Xie Qin didn't look sideways, holding her hand as they walked into the school gate.

Everything within her sight was so familiar.

Chengde University wasn't very big; walking slowly, one could finish strolling around in half an hour.

They walked a circle, went to the cafeteria, the dormitory, and the library, including the classrooms where they used to have classes.

Shen Li: "Has the school been renovated? When I studied here before, I remember it didn't seem this new."

Xie Qin told her: "Hmm, it's all been renovated."

No wonder, it didn't look so old anymore, it had a brand-new feeling.

"I have a deep impression; when I came to report, they were still building the road, the sound was very noisy, and there was a lot of dust. In class, dust would also drift in from the windows, I could only wear a mask to class."

Xie Qin turned his head, his gaze landing on her, seeing she was recalling seriously.

He raised his eyebrows: "Remembering so clearly."

"Hmm." Shen Li met his gaze and nodded.

"Anything else?"

She stared into his eyes without speaking.

Later, after finishing a class, she was called to the hallway and scolded by him.

Forget it, better not talk about such things.

He was indeed quite excessive at the time.

Thinking about it, she still had the urge not to talk to him.

Shen Li shifted her gaze away from him flatly, pursing her lips without speaking.

As the two continued walking, she suddenly discovered they had arrived at an artificial lake.

Looking at this lake, she was stunned for a moment.

"Walked until tired, let's sit for a while."

Shen Li was held by the hand and sat on a long wooden chair, her thoughts drifting away for a moment.

"Why... did you bring me here?"

Xie Qin leaned lazily against the back of the chair, lowering his eyes, tilting his head to look at her leisurely: "Still remember how we got together back then?"

Shen Li looked at his mature and deep brows and eyes, and fragmented memories appeared in her mind.

The eighteen-year-old Xie Qin knelt down in front of her, gripping her hand tightly, with a humble posture he had never shown before. He said: "Shall we try?"

"I'm begging you."

While she was still recalling, Shen Li saw his body move slightly.

This time, it was the same way.

The twenty-five-year-old Xie Qin knelt on one knee in front of her, opening the ring box: "Six years ago, we started here."

"Today, six years later..."

"Shen Li... are you willing to change your identity and agree to be with me?"

Shen Li stared at the diamond ring, her mind a bit blank, unable to react for a moment: "Change... identity?"

Xie Qin curled his lips and said seriously: "Hmm, marry me."

Shen Li suddenly thought of something. The time she agreed to be with Xie Qin six years ago and the time Xie Qin proposed to her today were on the same day.

Her heart began to beat violently.

Those scenes sealed by time quietly emerged at this moment.

Shen Li seemed to see him as a teenager.

And the current Xie Qin...

The two figures slowly overlapped in the light and shadow.

The eighteen-year-old Shen Li six years ago...

And the current Shen Li.

Made the same response.

She leaned down, toward the person kneeling in front of her, and placed a kiss on the dimple at the corner of his lips.

Shen Li pulled up the corners of her lips, a slight smile blooming: "I do."

"Xie Qin, I want to marry you—" ===== CHAPTER 220 =====