Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from last time, I couldn't help but say something to Yu Pei'an after all. He also knew when to advance and retreat, and knew that he couldn't really argue with me, so he just laughed it off. Gao Xinci and I said goodbye and left.

We walked out hand in hand. Since we were not far from home, we did not take a car. We just asked the housekeeper to drive slowly behind us. Gao Xinci was bored and then he remembered to ask me about what happened just now. I shrugged helplessly, "Of course he said bad things about him behind his back. Uncle Hou happened to call me and scolded him sharply. His family's surveillance camera captured it clearly. He probably wanted to see how far his daughter could keep me. Unexpectedly, he ran into a good thing."

"Oh--"

"Oh, that's not right. She may not be his daughter." I smiled evilly with my face tilted to the side.

Gao Xinci sneered and shook his head: "It seems that Lao Hou has told you after all? I was thinking about not making you feel too uncomfortable, but now it's gone."

I shrugged. "It was uncomfortable at first, but after seeing Yu Pei'an's expression as if he had eaten a fly, I feel much better now. I'm fine now."

Xiao Gao laughed and couldn't help but put his arm around my waist. After a while, he sighed and felt depressed: "I have to go back tomorrow. It's so annoying. I wish I could run away from home."

I couldn't let it go, so I glanced back and saw that the housekeeper and the driver were sensible people. Then I turned back and hugged Gao Xinci and kissed him on the cheek. I was stunned by the kiss and felt shy like a newlywed.

"On the street..." Gao Xinci gritted his teeth and resisted the urge.

"It's the alley between the two villas, in broad daylight, the servants are busy at home, the masters are at work, how many people are shopping? Look how empty it is, what's the big deal." I pouted and "complained", then hugged the person and kissed him, a big "boo" echoed in the street: "What a pity, if it wasn't for the New Year, I could really stay with you for a while."

When Gao Xinci heard this, he was so excited that he wanted to rub me in the street. His "greedy" eyes were pressed in front of me, as if he would bite me in the next second: "Is it okay? Anyway, my family doesn't have the custom of celebrating the New Year. We always do what we should do. You don't want to go back to Jinhai, right?"

I was so scared that I quickly pushed him away and pretended to be serious while stroking my hair. "Stop it. We're not going back to the old house this year. Have you forgotten? Shu Yi is going to have surgery in two days. He can't move. I have to go back early to see him. My uncle is busy and my aunt is being kept at home by my third grandmother and is not allowed to bother with the children. My younger brother and sister have been asked to take care of me this year. It's not appropriate for me to elope."

Gao Xinci rolled his eyes but still refused to give up: "Then I'll go with you?"

"Chengcheng will be at home on New Year's Eve. You two want to fight? You can't beat him, Mr. Third Place. There's even a runner-up between you and Chengcheng..." I couldn't help laughing, and soon Gao Xinci pinched me with his hands and made me crow like a rooster: "Oh, oh, poked..."

He let go of my hand unwillingly. It was really hard to show off on the street, otherwise I would have been forced to behave myself. Now I could only look around, still muttering, "No, you are the most heartless. You are only nice to me these few days because you need me. In a few days, you will be taking care of those brothers and sisters who treat you like their own sons and daughters. How can you think of me? I have to do something that will impress you deeply, even if you hate me! But you have to remember that you are the kind of person who is so anxious and gnashing your teeth for me every day."

I put my hands over my face and followed his gaze. However, this street is close to the wealthy area. Besides jewelry, there are luxury stores. I have never lacked these. What can impress me? Unless Gao Xinci bought the whole street for me, I might be a little touched. But he obviously didn't mean that. He stared blankly for a long time and finally pointed to the most inconspicuous shop next to the gate.

"How about we get a tattoo?"

I laughed dumbfoundedly: "Why do you do whatever you want? What do you want to tattoo?"

Gao Xinci glanced at me and said, "You're not going to take the civil service exam, so what's the big deal about getting a tattoo? Let's just get our names tattooed. You get mine and I'll get yours."

I pouted: "Okay, I have no objection, but which of my two names do you want to tattoo?"

Gao Xinci hesitated, or perhaps his memory was incomplete. He had a good memory for the fact that he could still remember some of the story that Qian'er told him eight hundred years ago. In fact, I didn't care much about it. After all, it was just a name that Old Fu mentioned casually two hours after I was born and it was not registered in the household registration. If Xie Ge hadn't suddenly remembered and told me, I wouldn't have known about it. My name was Fu Shuli at that time.

The reason for the "疏" character was because Ms. Zheng was in poor health, so Mr. Fu did not plan to have any more children. Like my brothers, he said he hoped that I would be as strong and tenacious as a boy and inherit the family business. However, the "璃" character instantly exposed his true thoughts. Even my grandfather could not help but scold him. Who would name the first child born after thousands of hardships? How could it be a good meaning to remove the character "王"? Mr. Fu clapped his hands and said he could not think of it. Soon he pretended to quarrel with Ms. Zheng again, and took the opportunity to throw me to Aunt Lin to take care of me, asking her to raise me as her own child. Who knows, she might not want me back, and Aunt Lin...

She was already pregnant with Mo Nian at that time, and Xie Ge and Nan Xing were also showing some symptoms of illness. She was naturally happy to receive a sudden large sum of child support to help her raise the child, but according to the "tradition" of the Lin family, she really didn't want to call me "Lin Mochao" or "Lin Mobei". All the good names had been taken. After some distress, she could only write a few nice-sounding characters and let Xie Ge draw lots. Then I was called Lin Xishi. Later, when I returned to the Fu family, I just changed my surname because Old Fu was too lazy to give me a name. Ms. Zheng was even more confused.

Well, from this perspective, Master Fu is really not partial to me and Chengcheng. I am close to Chengcheng, oh, and Yangyang, the "bush" baby with a nice name. The three of us siblings are really evenly matched.

Back to Xiao Gao, I still remember how serious and distressed he was when he heard about this. He even hugged me and said to me: Ah~ No~ Your name will never be Libie~ It must be Li in Dawn~

As a result, I have forgotten everything until today.

Well, maybe I'm asking too much. It's been 24 years since I told him what I said when I was 13, so it's normal that he can't remember it...

"So do you want me to tattoo Fu Xishi or Fu Shuli?"

Huh?! Xiao Gao's sudden question almost blinded me. He actually remembered it! Was his slowness just now a sign of misunderstanding?

I thought about it and waved my hand: "Fu Shuli, that one has more strokes."

"You really want to stab me, right?" Gao Xinci's mouth trembled, not knowing what he wanted to see. After a while, he gave up: "Forget it, no matter how I think about it, it's not deep enough. I'll think about it again, but to lay the foundation, there must be a candlelight dinner. Dress up nicely and come with me to the castle tonight."

"Kanxing Polar Park? I'm tired of going there——" I stretched lazily. To be honest, it was an amusement project created by Kanxing to increase its popularity. The name sounds like a polar park, but in fact, it's full of ships, all kinds of ships! Even the ocean pavilion is in the shape of a ship! Except for the castle that sets off fireworks, although it's made to look like a toy, it's only for children to be interested, right? Kanxing itself said that the target audience is children aged five to fifteen, and I... cough cough.

Gao Xinci was quite speechless: "I asked you to have a meal, not to watch penguins. What are you complaining about? Are you tired of eating? I'll ask someone to borrow a cook from your uncle's house. Your food is delicious."

"That's not necessary... Hey, just stop bothering my uncle." I pulled Gao Xinci's hand back and put it back on my waist in a sticky way.

In fact, why would I want to go back? I couldn't get enough of this carefree life for half an hour. Although there were many bad people in Yingjing, I didn't have to make close friends with them. When I returned home, my closest relatives would become bad people. Even though my younger uncle was too exhausted to leave Yingjing, and my second uncle was entangled in the "Ma Da Specialties", Shu Yi was sick and Yang Yang was far away. I couldn't let go for the sake of the children. If something went wrong, the responsibility would still be on me. I was also afraid that an "octopus" would forcibly pull out his hand and deliberately create a mistake.

So I couldn't take care of the old house, and told Lan Lan to bring everyone to live in Xie Yu Shuhe. I kept an eye on the children every minute, especially Shu Yi. I also specially found a few people who had the same allergens as Shu Yi, and tried every meal and every glass of water he drank. Although it seemed a bit unethical, I couldn't care less. Anyway, we have enough medical expenses. Here it is voluntary and not compulsory. It's just that Shu Yi is a bit of a germaphobe, so it's a bit troublesome to try the dishes.

Almost two months passed and everything was calm.

The more peaceful it is, the more I feel like there is a ferocious beast hiding somewhere.

I was worried all the way home until night fell. I put on some makeup and looked in the mirror, thinking myself to be pretty. I put on some clothes and prepared to go out. Then the manager of Gao's family came to the door and handed me a dress.

Um...as for?

Wow, let me see what this is? A light blue tube top with sparkling crystals! What is this? A blue diamond crown! It's so heavy! What is this? Sparkling high heels!

So does he really want me to be a princess tonight? Or Shining Nikki?

No, I'm Shining.

But why didn't I consider keeping warm? Can't you respect winter? Even if most of the time I'm in the car or in the castle restaurant, I still have to go through the road from the car to the restaurant, I...

Oh well, there’s a white mink coat underneath, and it almost reaches my ankles when I put it on.

It was a bit troublesome, but I still wanted to try on the nice clothes. I let the servant put them on for me and found that they were indeed not bad, but the heels were a bit high, which made walking tiring. Also, the mink fur was so heavy that it almost collapsed me. I reached out my hand to Xiao Gao, who had been admiring me from beginning to end, and pretended to be pitiful. My acting skills were so good that even my legs were shaking: "Honey, I'm tired and can't walk. Can we eat at home..."

Gao Xinci came over and picked me up: "You wish, the venue is ready, if you can't walk, I'll carry you!"

"Why does eating a meal need a sense of ceremony?" I cried in his arms.

Xiao Gao was unmoved. He waited until I was tired of howling before he said with a chuckle, "Because I want to propose to you."

I suddenly fell silent. Why did he have to ask this question? Was he serious?

I behaved myself and arrived at the place with trepidation, only to find that it was really quite serious. During the three days of closure, the staff had cleaned the restaurant spotlessly, and even their outfits were brand new, in cute animal suits. It was not until we reached the dining table in the center that a few formally dressed violinists came out and played music while we ate. That was not all, there was even a photographer ready to go in the corner!

No way, no way, Gao Xinci took my words to heart? I wanted to propose to a ceremony where no one could disturb me, and then dress up beautifully, and finally have a life photo? All of these were granted! What else did I say, oh, fireworks, there are no fireworks, Gao Xinci might be joking...

I just breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second I heard a commotion coming from the castle terrace. In addition to the dazzling fireworks and explosions, there were voices of people surging under the tower. Gao Xinci stretched out his hand as if to invite me over. I was so scared that I was out of my mind and even hiccuping. I wanted to make an excuse that I wasn't full, but the next second I was picked up and forcibly taken to the terrace.

Underneath, everyone is paying attention...

Gao Xinci leaned close to my ear and said, "If you haven't eaten enough, I'll serve you the roast suckling pig after we take the photos, but you can't ruin your makeup now..."

"Thank you, you are so thoughtful, but you...what do you want to do?" I fell to the ground tremblingly, seeming to be unable to stand steadily. I held on to the white marble fence and barely took a breath.