Chapter 195: Gu Feng's Proposal

Ye Xi'an drank porridge and casually replied: "Great, what an enthusiastic neighbor; this time she even stayed with us on the mission, basically a sworn sister who's been through life and death together."

Ji Jiangci blinked: "Why a good sister and not a good sibling?"

"You don't feel he's shy and bashful, like a cute little sister?"

Ji Jiangci's mouth twitched: "Cute little sister, Gu Feng?"

Ye Xi'an must have some misunderstanding about Gu Feng.

Ji Jiangci coughed: "Your little sister is waiting at the door; do you want to let him in?"

"Ah? You wouldn't just leave him standing at the door, would you?" Ye Xi'an exclaimed in surprise; it's too shameless to leave a close guest at the doorway.

She threw off the blankets and went downstairs.

Gu Feng had been guarding the door all night; when the door suddenly opened, revealing the beautiful female inside, his refined looks startled him into a stagger, and he exaggeratedly stepped back.

"I...." Gu Feng pressed his lips, nervously gripping the ring in his hand; despite rehearsing the words dozens of times that night, he couldn't get them out.

"Come inside first." Ye Xi'an welcomed Gu Feng inside and called to Ji Jiangci and the others to receive Gu Feng.

On the sofa, Ye Xi'an's family and Gu Feng each occupied a side.

His expression was somewhat tense, his fingers unconsciously curling.

"Xi'an, I.... I have something I want to tell you."

His voice was very soft, as if afraid to disturb her.

"Go ahead."

Gu Feng took a deep breath, as if making a great resolution, and knelt on one knee.

This action made Ye Xi'an instantly sober up a bit.

He took out a small velvet box from his pocket, opened it, and inside lay quietly an antiquely styled ring; its material was indiscernible, yet it exuded a strange energy fluctuation.

"Xi'an, I know now might not be the best time, but I'm afraid if I don't say it now, I'll never get another chance."

Gu Feng's eyes were blazing and sincere, with a hint of humble pleading.

"I... I want to ask you to let me join your family!"

Ye Xi'an was completely stunned, her purple eyes full of surprise.

Is Gu Feng proposing to her?

The air in the room seemed to solidify.

Bao Jing and Lin Zhi Jing wore expressions of having expected this, while Ji Jiangci looked displeased yet helpless.

Yi Yang reacted the most; his not-yet-fully-recovered body sprang up from the sofa like a rocket, and the anti-wrinkle mask on his face slapped onto the floor.

"You dog! Trying to steal my wife!" Yi Yang lunged beside Ye Xi'an, cooing: "Wife! Don't agree to him, I don't want him to join us~"

Gu Feng watched Yi Yang in Ye Xi'an's arms; he hadn't expected the first person to stop him to be Yi Yang, who previously hadn't reacted strongly to his approach.

He looked pleadingly at Ji Jiangci, who received his gaze, resignedly stepped forward and grabbed Yi Yang's nape: "Come back to the room with me."

But Yi Yang swung his arm back, shaking off Ji Jiangci's hand.

Ji Jiangci blinked, uncertainly saying: "Did your ability level up? Otherwise, how could you be this strong?"

At that moment, Yi Yang noticed his ability was abnormal; he closed his eyes to feel it, then snapped them open with a bang, turning into a giant Labrador that leapt into Ye Xi'an's arms, speaking from its dog mouth: "Wife! My ability is level three!"

As he spoke, the dog kept rolling in Ye Xi'an's arms; she was rubbed so her head tilted back, forced to eat a mouthful of dog hair; she wanted to grab Yi Yang's neck, but he was too active to catch.

Bao Jing and Lin Zhi Jing couldn't watch anymore, stepped forward, pulled Yi Yang apart, and dragged him back to the room.

Ji Jiangci watched Yi Yang being dragged into the room, turned back and gave a strained smile to Gu Feng and Ye Xi'an: "Take your time talking, Gu Feng; protect my wife well."

After Ye Xi'an's four husbands returned to the room, the living room fell into an eerie silence again.

After a while, Ye Xi'an found her voice again, tinged with unnatural dryness.

"Gu Feng, I..."

Looking at his hopeful yet nervous eyes, the words of refusal were hard to utter.

But she now truly had no mind to consider these.

Moreover, her feelings for Gu Feng were more of friendship trust and bond, seemingly not yet at that stage.

"Sorry, Gu Feng."

She lowered her eyes, her voice soft yet unusually clear.

"I have no intention of taking another husband."

The light in Gu Feng's eyes faded at a visible speed, and his black-red horns also seemed to lose their original gleam.

He silently put the ring away, lacked the courage to ask Ye Xi'an why, stood up, and forced a smile on his face that was worse than crying.

"It's fine; I was presumptuous."

Ye Xi'an looked at his dejected state, feeling somewhat uneasy herself.

Inside, Yi Yang struggled fiercely.

"Not Brother Ji! Gu Feng wants to seduce my wife; why are you holding me back? Hurry out and stop him."

Ji Jiangci slapped Yi Yang's head: "You weren't strongly supportive of Gu Feng joining the family before, and he's your idol."

Yi Yang blinked: "Right, why wasn't I so opposed to Gu Feng joining before? I thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out."

"Forget it; if I can't understand, I won't bother; anyway, he just disagrees now."

"If he joins us, he's so handsome and his ability level is so high, my wife will definitely like him more."

"Then my wife will despise us, won't sleep with me, won't talk to me, and will even only eat food cooked by Gu Feng...."

Lin Zhi Jing crossed his arms, cutting off Yi Yang's future fantasy: "Lately the insect tribe is unstable; what if they invade again later—can the few of us protect Xi'an?"

"If it weren't for this reason, he would absolutely never allow Gu Feng near Xi'an."

Yi Yang instantly became honest; he lacked the ability to fully protect Xi'an, but his disappointment lasted only a few seconds before he perked up, craning his neck: "Even if Gu Feng doesn't join the family, he'll definitely protect my wife; I can tell at a glance he also likes her!"

Bao Jing's mouth twisted unnaturally as he grabbed Yi Yang's ear: "Yi Yang, who would've thought a virus infection would cure your naive, sweet flaw and even evolve you into a white-cut-black type; how can you be so despicable?"

Yi Yang covers the ear Bao Jing had twisted red, pouting: "I was just saying something casually."

Ji Jiangci glances at the time, estimates that the discussion outside is probably almost finished, and pushes the door open to go out.

He senses a somewhat odd atmosphere in the living room and raises a slight eyebrow.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Feng shakes his head, says nothing, and silently steps aside.

Ye Xi'an also doesn't know what to say.

But because Ye Xi'an doesn't speak, Ji Jiangci can probably guess that Gu Feng's proposal failed.

He lets a faint smile appear at his mouth corner, then quickly hides it; he pulls Gu Feng outside the door, a calculating glint in his eyes: "Don't be too down; I believe you've always been good to Ye Xi'an, she will definitely sense your sincerity."