half thorns, half joy

Ever since Tang Xuan met Zhao Suizhi, her relationship with Xiao Zihan has progressed by leaps and bounds.Not only did Xiao Zihan buy a second-floor duplex in a newly opened building near the Xiao Group in the name of the two of them, but he also began to bring Tang Xuan to some important occasions, intending to introduce Tang Xuan to people of his class.

One can imagine how much pressure Tang Xuan was under.

She went to find Xiao Zihan's mother at that time, and her intention was to find out the news, but Xiao Zihan didn't know it. In Xiao Zihan's view, this represented a certainty of relationship.

On this day, Xiao Zihan brought Tang Xuan to the reception again. Tang Xuan couldn't refuse, so she had to put on a dress to make herself look good, and went with Xiao Zihan.

After drinking and drinking, Tang Xuan took advantage of Xiao Zihan's conversation with a big crocodile about a more confidential business, and slipped to the balcony to breathe by herself. She had a calm personality, and really couldn't cope with these fake smiles and courteous exchanges.

Even though she knew in her heart that it was just for show, she still felt uncomfortable.

Tang Xuan took a deep breath of the cool night air. Just as she relaxed, she heard a male voice behind her, "Why are you here alone, where is Zihan?"

Tang Xuan turned her head and saw Cai Jinyu standing a few steps away with a wine glass, leaning against the glass door, looking at herself with great interest.

"He's talking about business," Tang Xuan explained lightly.

Cai Jinyu snorted, raised her head and drank the wine in one gulp, put the glass on the window sill, walked over to Tang Xuan, and lay side by side on the railing.

"Are you unhappy?" Cai Jinyu asked Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan shook her head, "No, I just felt a little bored. How about you, why didn't you stay inside and ran out too."

"I don't want to stay, it's too annoying." Cai Jinyu's voice was muffled, sounding distressed.

Tang Xuan smiled when she heard Cai Jinyu's words. Ever since Cai Jinyu broke up, the Cai family has started to introduce girlfriends to him again. Today, she met this one by chance, and tomorrow she had tea with that one. They created opportunities for Cai Jinyu over and over again. It's annoying.

At today's reception, naturally, several people were arranged to meet him.

These days Cai Jinyu often hangs out at the place where Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan live, and has eaten Tang Xuan's cooking for more than a dozen meals. Their relationship is much closer than before.Tang Xuan didn't have any scruples and asked Cai Jinyu, "Then what are you going to do next? Are you considering finding another girlfriend?"

Cai Jinyu looked down at the lawn under the railing and said nothing.

Tang Xuan was not in a hurry, she stood quietly, waiting for Cai Jinyu's answer.

It took a while for Cai Jinyu to speak, a little frustrated and a little tangled: "I don't know, I'm not interested in anyone now, and I'm not in the mood to fall in love at all."

Tang Xuan pursed her lips, "It's okay, take your time, there is never a rush when it comes to relationships."

"Ah...it's really difficult." Cai Jinyu sighed, "I used to think that falling in love was too easy, people can't be hanged from a tree, and those who lose their love because of a setback are fools. , I was also a fool for a while, and I was still a big fool."

"This is so stupid, it's human nature." Tang Xuan smiled lightly.

She really didn't think Cai Jinyu was stupid, on the contrary, she liked Cai Jinyu who was trapped by love and hurt by love better than the playboy Cai Jinyu before.

At least, it made him look a little more human and less of a jerk.

Cai Jinyu smiled self-deprecatingly, "Thank you, but you don't have to worry about me, human nature is cheap, I'm not the type who would really wait for a woman foolishly, within a few days, I'll be back to that lively and active woman in love. I am the one who calls the wind and the rain."

Tang Xuan smiled helplessly, "Don't thank me, you just need to hurt the girl less."

Cai Jinyu raised her eyebrows, "How can it be called a disaster when men and women love you and I wish for you? I think I am benefiting mankind. Give girls more love and warmth, so that they can experience the feeling of being loved." Feel."

Tang Xuan saw that Cai Jinyu was talking poorly again, and understood that he didn't want to talk about it any further, so she kept silent about his relationship.

The two stood quietly for a while, Cai Jinyu couldn't bear it anymore, turned her head to look at Tang Xuan and asked, "When are you going to move to the newly bought house?"

Tang Xuan froze for a moment, turned her gaze away from Cai Jinyu, and shook her head, "I don't know, the renovations over there haven't been finished yet, so it might be a year or so later."

"Ah? No way, I heard that Zihan is already ordering furniture." Cai Jinyu clicked his tongue a few times, "I heard that the whole set of furniture is high-end custom made in Italy, and it will be airlifted when it is finished."

"Ah...is that so?" Tang Xuan felt heavy in her heart just listening to it.

Cai Jinyu keenly noticed that Tang Xuan's expression was different. He frowned and asked Tang Xuan suspiciously, "Is there something on your mind?"

Tang Xuan bit her lip and lowered her head.

"Don't you like what Zihan did for you? Or did you have any unspeakable difficulties and didn't tell Zihan?"

"No..." How could Tang Xuan tell the truth? She thought about it and said casually, "I just thought it was too fast and I was a little caught off guard."

Cai Jinyu let out a long sigh, "Well, I know your symptoms, premarital phobia, many people have it, you are not alone, don't worry, it will get better slowly."

Tang Xuan was afraid that Cai Jinyu would suspect her for showing too much sadness, so she also echoed, "Premarital phobia... so there is such a saying."

"Of course, few people nowadays really want to get married. Everyone just wants to be happy. What's the point of getting married? They're not happy." Cai Jinyu said as she turned her head and glanced at the banquet hall, "But I really want to be happy." I didn't expect Zihan to be so...so..."

Tang Xuan asked, "What is this?"

Cai Jinyu held back for a long time before speaking, "Such a good man. I feel so good that I can write it down and put it on the Internet as a positive teaching material for a good boyfriend."

Tang Xuan laughed straight at this metaphor. Cai Jinyu's idea coincided with what she had thought before.

Tang Xuan relaxed a little when she smiled, and said casually, "Zihan is indeed very good, he is so good that sometimes I worry that I am just having a dream, and I always worry about when I will wake up from this dream. "

"No way." Cai Jinyu frowned and looked at Tang Xuan, "You must be a masochist, you have to be tortured to prove it's true, is it alive?"

"of course not."

"Let me just say, if you have a masochistic physique, then it's really difficult for Zihan. He is emotionally stable and gentle, and he can't get those sadomasochistic loves."

Tang Xuan nodded in agreement, Xiao Zihan was indeed not that kind of person.

It's just that there is no need for Xiao Zihan to be that kind of person. Her life is already in dire straits and is in danger.

While chatting, Cai Jinyu suddenly approached Tang Xuan and said in a low voice, "I'm secretly telling you that Zihan might propose to you."

"What?" Tang Xuan was so shocked that she almost lost her balance and sprained her ankle.

"That guy won't tell me when it is, but I can basically confirm that it shouldn't be very far away. That guy has already bought the ring." Cai Jinyu said furtively.

Regarding this point, Tang Xuan had already noticed it when Xiao Zihan took her to see his mother and set out to buy their joint property.But Tang Xuan has been deliberately letting herself ignore this point, never thinking that such a day will come.

Who would have expected Cai Jinyu to say it so abruptly, Tang Xuan's panic can be imagined.

"Is it so scary?" Cai Jinyu frowned when she saw Tang Xuan's pale face.

Tang Xuan swallowed her saliva and said angrily, "No, you scared me."

Cai Jinyu blinked her eyes, with a smirk on the corner of her mouth, "I shouldn't have told you this, but that guy bought the ring and refused to let me serve as his adviser. I couldn't bear it, so I couldn't help but say it just now, you Don't tell him."

Tang Xuan was still immersed in the fear of being proposed, and did not reply. She didn't understand what Cai Jinyu said, and let out an ah for some unknown reason.

"I said, what I told you just now, you must never tell him."

Before Tang Xuan could express her opinion, Xiao Zihan's voice suddenly interjected, "Why can't you tell me?"

"Ah?!" Immediately, both Cai Jinyu and Tang Xuan were taken aback.

Xiao Zihan glanced suspiciously at Cai Jinyu and Tang Xuan, "What's the matter, you two, what are you talking about behind my back?"

"It's nothing!" Cai Jinyu laughed a few times, stepped forward and patted Xiao Zihan's shoulder, "It's nothing, we were just joking."

"What's the matter..." Before Xiao Zihan finished speaking, Cai Jinyu had already dodged and slipped away.

Xiao Zihan watched Cai Jinyu disappear into the banquet hall helplessly, and he had no intention of chasing after him. He walked slowly to Tang Xuan's side and asked Tang Xuan, "You said just now, why can't you tell me?"

Tang Xuan was embarrassed, "This... is actually nothing..."

"Nothing that guy reacted so much?" Xiao Zihan obviously didn't believe it.

Tang Xuan wrung her fingers, she really didn't dare to tell Xiao Zihan the truth just now, she was afraid that Xiao Zihan would kneel down and propose right away, which would put her in a dilemma. "Well... He just told me about his ex-girlfriend. He didn't let me tell you because he was afraid that you would laugh at him."

"Really?" Xiao Zihan looked at Tang Xuan suspiciously.

"Of course it's true." Tang Xuan took Xiao Zihan's arm and changed the subject with a smile, "Are you done with your business?"

Xiao Zihan nodded, "Well, it's almost there."

Tang Xuan: "Are you tired?"

Xiao Zihan: "Are you tired? Let's go back when you are tired. Anyway, we have finished talking about the things we should talk about, and staying here is just chatting."

Tang Xuan was wearing ten centimeter high heels and had been exposed to the wind for an hour on the balcony. Hearing what Xiao Zihan said now, she felt a little tired and her legs were sore.So she nodded, "I'm a little tired."

Xiao Zihan thoughtfully said: "Then let's go back."

Tang Xuan: "Yes."

The two left as soon as they said they would. Xiao Zihan took Tang Xuan back to the banquet hall, bid farewell to several important people, then called the waiting driver, and prepared to go home.

In the blink of an eye, it was already autumn, and the two of them had just left the banquet hall when a gust of autumn wind blew in, causing Tang Xuan to shiver uncontrollably.

Xiao Zihan almost reflexively took off his suit jacket and put it on Tang Xuan.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

The driver was driving quietly in the front seat. Tang Xuan was wearing Xiao Zihan's coat and nestling in Xiao Zihan's arms. She wanted to sit more comfortably, so she hugged the suit and moved into the seat.

However, it was this movement that made her touch a box-shaped hard object in the pocket of Xiao Zihan's suit.

The shape and feel, even through the accident of the coat, she can still feel what it is.

Just when Tang Xuan was thinking about whether she should pretend she didn't know anything and let go, Xiao Zihan looked towards Tang Xuan as if he had sensed it.

Looking at each other, Tang Xuan suddenly held her breath.