Chapter 283: #eightyfour that proposal scene that finally came.

Lou Ying was cleaning the villa when he found a whole box ...... of something he could hardly describe.

The things were neatly organized into categories, and underneath each one were instructions that looked to be meticulously researched and used for their purpose.

Lou Ying texted Chi Xiaochi, who had returned from a trip and was in the studio with Lucas discussing future work arrangements, "Found your personal stash."

Chi Xiaochi: "Oh, come on."

Chi Xiaochi: "Where to find it."

Lou Ying : "So there are others."

Chi Xiaochi: "No more, really. I swear on my vibrator."

Lou Ying : "There were no massagers in the box I found."

Chi Xiaochi: "......"

Chi Xiaochi: "Slightly, slightly."

...... looks like it's giving up on itself.

Lou Ying turns off her cell phone and prepares to continue sweeping.

Although the two of them could have spoken with their voices from a distance, Lou Ying chose to communicate in a way that is somewhat retro in the age of the Internet.

Lou Ying picked up the vacuum cleaner, worked for a while, then folded back in front of the cardboard box, read the instructions carefully, selected and compared them, and then chose two mild-looking entry-level appliances and put them in the nightstand of their bedroom.

Lou Ying is a stickler for privacy, and the discovery of this box was purely accidental.

He won't rummage around, but he can let Chi Xiaochi speak for himself.

That night, the lights in the villa were dimmed for a long time until Chi Xiaochi explained the exact location of the next box of props, and then the lights came on later in the night.

Lou Ying hugged Chi Xiaochi, who was curled up in his arms, and rubbed his waist and belly, and broke down Chi Xiaochi's little mind in the process: "You texted today, you wanted to play this on purpose, didn't you?"

Chi Xiaochi cozily rubbed her face on Lou Ying's arm, the redness and wetness at the end of her eyes hadn't faded yet, so her innocent expression looked ambiguous: "I see that Lou clearly likes it."

When he finished speaking, he noticed that Lou Ying's face was red.

When you like each other too much, every word you hear is like a first confession.

While Chi Xiaochi thought Lou Ying could do nothing about him and kept his head down to snicker, Lou Ying picked up the old flip phone at the top of his bed and typed in a line.

A few moments later, there was a subtle buzzing sound coming from Chi Xiaochi's nightstand.

Chi Xiaochi took her cell phone out to find Lou Ying had replied, "Yeah, loved it."

The cell phone in Chi Xiaochi's nightstand was the fifteenth birthday present Lou Ying had intended to give him.

Lately, Lou Ying has been reaching for his old cell phone to reply to his unsent text messages from all those years ago.

He praised him for being a great student, praised him for being a good boy for knowing how to drink milk, and said he would be a very good actor in the future ......

Chi Xiaochi can be sweet enough to answer a text message that has gone unanswered for more than a decade.

It feels so good to have your empty inbox filled up a little bit and your regrets filled in a little bit.

Though he still can't stand physical contact from others due to the deep-rooted psychological legacy, Chi Xiaochi never loses sleep again. He sleeps soundly every night and dreams well.

Lou Ying put down his cell phone and wrapped his arms around Chi Xiaochi, allowing him to lie on top of him like a wombat.

He whispered, "A date, right?"

Chi Xiaochi rested her face on Lou Ying's shoulder and didn't press her chin against him, "Uh-huh."

Lou Ying named a location.

Chi Xiaochi in her arms blushed slightly at the words and lifted her face to look at him.

Lou Ying supported his waist, arched him upward, kissed the small mole at the end of his brow, and said firmly, "What needs to be made up, needs to be made up."

Their date was at that western restaurant on the TV tower.

...... Location of Lou Ying's missed appointments.

When we first received the reservation, the restaurant manager thought it was the same name.

Chi Xiaochi is a celebrity who can stir up trouble in the entertainment industry, but now that she has been caught in the crossfire because of her shocking coming out declaration, how dare she go to a not-so-private public place for dinner?

But when the restaurant manager saw Lou Ying and Chi Xiaochi arrive as promised, holding hands together, he was convinced.

This is a tough guy.

Lou Ying handed the menu to Chi Xiaochi and folded her hands against her chin, watching him carefully as he ordered the exact same dishes and wines as the last time he'd been here, her eyes focused.

Lou Ying didn't let Chi Xiaochi know that he, too, waited outside for nine hours that night, from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. He also waited outside for nine hours.

He didn't want Chi Xiaochi to know everything that happened that night, so he intentionally skipped that part when transmitting his memories.

It was as if he had just arrived at the place for the appointment and was taken back by the Old Lord God.

Even the excruciating pain of being formatted was carefully omitted by Lou Ying.

After Chi Xiaochi had finished ordering, Lou Ying grabbed the waiter who was about to leave and whispered in his ear.

Chi Xiaochi didn't bother to listen, but after the waiter gave a surprised look, answered "yes" and hurriedly left, he asked, "Brother, what's the matter?"

Lou Ying laughs and replies, "Secret."

Well, a secret's a secret.

But Chi Xiaochi felt that Lou Ying's choice of this place for a date was definitely not pure.

He had bought the ring in the first place and was going to bring it here and meet himself ......

Chi Xiaochi's cheeks warmed slightly at the thought.

Even Lou Ying went out for ten minutes in the middle of the day, and he didn't care much about it.

The restaurant is known for being sophisticated and expensive, and the meals are served on small-sized cutlery, and the plates are delicate and delicious, but Chi Xiaochi was expecting surprises, so he didn't taste anything special.

But all through the meal, Lou Ying did nothing special, just cut his steak and switched his favorite appetizers, caviar and soups to him, as usual.

The band, the flowers, the music, none of the cheesy plots, much to Chi Xiaochi's dismay.

Until the fruit was served at the end of the meal, Chi Xiaochi didn't get the surprise he was looking for.

The fruit at the end of the meal was a plate of mangosteen.

Inside the snow-white, clean porcelain bowl lay mangosteen with the hard shells peeled off and the flesh still covered with a thin mist of sweetness.

Chi Xiaochi is a fan of mangosteen, but he finds it slightly odd to serve it for dessert in a Western restaurant.

He wondered if there was a ring or something hidden in the mangosteen.

Wearing thin gloves, he turned the manzanita over but found nothing inside.

The ring made of Naaman metal, the sapphire and white diamond ring, were not in the bowl.

Chi Xiaochi was a bit reluctant and even used a bit of his main god's power.

As it turns out, this is a plain bowl of shamrocks.

...... mangosteen?

Chi Xiaochi's heart tips steeply, remembering some distant afternoon when he lay in bed and told his system that I would marry anyone who could peel fifteen mangosteens for me to eat.

And now there were fifteen full and whole mangosteens in front of him, each one crystallized, like a clear and gentle heart.

Lou Ying sat across from him, her hands on her knees, her posture respectful, like an honor student facing a teacher, but in her gaze was the everlasting gentleness and firmness, "I like to see you talk about us in front of many people. But this is the only thing that I want ...... to say when it's just the two of us."

Chi Xiaochi hmmmed as hard as she could.

Lou Ying sank down and asked Chi Xiaochi: "Would you like to be Mr. Lou's husband."

Chi Xiaochi laughs, "Do I have any choice of answers."

Lou Ying coughed, "Yes. Not willing. Stay and see."

His always-steady voice trailed off surprisingly a bit.

"Why are you so nervous?" Chi Xiaochi asked him with a shaky voice.

Lou Ying says, "Which would you choose?"

Chi Xiaochi said, "I'm not picking either one."

He reached into his pocket, took out a long-prepared ring, asked for Lou Ying's hand, and slipped it on his ring finger.

Chi Xiaochi said softly, "...... My answer: 'It's just you'."

There was a time when I wasn't going anywhere in the world without you.

Now, wherever you are by my side is my world.