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After half a day of pestering, Xia Tian successfully managed to convince Han Cheng not to engrave the billiard cue stick nor showcase it in the glass cover with antique bulletproof and radiation-proof alarm for protection.
Xia Tian said with a dry mouth, “If one day our house gets robbed, the thief would not be interested in a wooden stick, but… But if you protect this cue stick in this way, the thief may think that this was used by Joe Davis1Joe Davis was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game is now played, such as break-building. Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Davis, and even if he doesn’t touch your gold bars, he will definitely steal this. Really! Believe me!”
“So these protections are unnecessary, and I don’t think it is good to put it in the study.” Xia Tian took a sip of juice to moisturize his throat and continued, “I just thought of a good location for it. In our garage! It’ll not be exposed to direct sunlight, it won’t easily age, and it can be stored for a longer period of time! How about it? I have a good cue storage box, I will find it when I go back and put it in, okay?”
Han Cheng tried hard to resist laughing and instead presented as though he was still unmoved, “Since when did you develop this habit of giving an inch, taking a mile2Refers to making a small concession and they becoming greedy and wants more.?”
Xia Tian hummed in response. Han Cheng didn’t want to continue with this topic anymore and made a final decision. “It won’t be mounted in a glass cover, but it must be placed in the study room. This matter has already been set, so you don’t need to say anything more.”
Xia Tian whispered, “Why would you want to put it in the study room? Letting others see…”
Aren’t you afraid of being embarrassed?
“This item has two purposes. Now it can be taken as a warning. When you go to university, you won’t live at home anymore. I can use it to reminisce.” Han Cheng smiled, “I like decorating the study like this. What about others? Besides you, who can point fingers about the items in my house?”
Xia Tian only heard the sentence “When you go to university, you won’t live at home”, and his heart suddenly became empty. He whispered quickly and said, “I’ll not live in the dorms even after I go to university.”
Han Cheng raised his eyebrows. “You’ll still live at home after going to university?”
“It’s not for certain that I can pass the exam this year. Besides… If I go to live in school and separate from you, what if others see it and don’t know what to say.” Xia Tian imagined Han Cheng standing in the study room, looking at the cue stick while missing him and whispered, “You being at home, like an old man whose children have married off, how desolate…”
The veins on Han Cheng’s forehead twitched. He smiled and repeated, “An old man whose children have married off.”
Xia Tian realised that he had stepped on Han Cheng’s sore spot again and hurriedly changed his words. “No, did I just say that? There must be no…”
“Don’t always smear me…” Xia Tian bowed his head, continuing faintly, “Anyway, I don’t want to live in the dormitories. I should be admitted into a local university so I don’t need to live in school. If it’s far away, it’s not a big deal to get up early in the morning. I’m not the kind that loves to sleep.”
Han Cheng smiled. “You love being at home that much?”
Xia Tian looked at Han Cheng, his lips moved without answering.
Not that I love being home, it’s that I love being with you.
“It’s up to you. If you don’t want to live on campus, you won’t live on campus.” Han Cheng thought about it and said, “It’s not necessary to get up early for a class. I don’t necessarily have to live here. By that time… We can get a suitable house that is near your school.”
Xia Tian bowed his head and smiled, the corners of his mouth almost reached the bottom of his ears.
“Okay, have you finished?” Han Cheng looked at the plate in front of Xia Tian and raised his hand to glance at the time. “Are you sleepy? You got up early today. Want to go to the room and take a nap?”
“I’m done.” Xia Tian picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. He looked outside and said, “I’m not feeling tired so I won’t take a nap… I just saw the private hot spring outside the terrace. I want to go and play for a while. I’ll treat it as resting.”
Han Cheng nodded. “That’s good, I happen to have something on my side. I’ll look for you when I’m done.”
“Okay.” Xia Tian got up, took over the small fruit basket that the waiter handed them and smiled. “Thank you.”
After lunch, Xia Tian went to hot springs while Han Cheng found a room suitable to work.
The waiters who watched them all during lunchtime watched them leave and gossiped while tidying the tableware.
“Mr. Han is so considerate of his lover.”
“Yeah, Master Xia is so young. Was he acting coquettishly just now? Hahaha, he doesn’t want to live in the dorms.”
“Hahahaha. If it were me, I wouldn’t want to as well. Being newly married love birds, who would want to live in the dorms.”
“Hey, getting along is so sweet, the bed must be particularly harmonious…”
“It feels like President Han is the kind that is good at tossing…”
“Pfft, Young Master Xia is the obedient kind…”
In the small meeting room, Han Cheng dealt with the accumulated work from the morning. Almost half an hour later, Liang Qingfeng called.
Han Cheng was still reading the report and pressed the hands-free function.
“President Han, the items have already been ordered and they should be available tonight. Shall I deliver them to you tonight, or tomorrow morning?”
“Come over tomorrow morning and bring the contract for the second phase.” Han Cheng saved the file and said, “How was the workmanship?”
On the other side, Liang Qingfeng responded, “It looks good. If you don’t like it, you can change it.”
Whenever Liang Qingfeng handled his affairs, Han Cheng would always feel at ease. Han Cheng suddenly remembered what happened at noon and asked solemnly, “You… are you 28 years old this year?”
Liang Qingfeng was taken aback for a moment and said, “You have remembered it wrongly. I am thirty years old this year.”
Han Cheng said lightly, “That’s also not that young.”
Liang Qingfeng, “…”
The second monk Liang Qingfeng couldn’t figure it out. He didn’t understand why Han Cheng would suddenly talk about age. He tried his best to follow Han Cheng’s meaning and said, “Yes, not young.”
The unpleasantness in Han Cheng’s heart got better. He nodded and said, “It’s nothing, I suddenly remembered this… it’s alright now.”
Liang Qingfeng hung up the phone in a daze.
Han Cheng finished his day’s work ahead of schedule and went to find Xia Tian.
Sleepy from soaking in the hot springs, Xia Tian left the water.
When Han Cheng found him, Xia Tian was only wearing swimming trunks while lying on the recliner, asleep.
Xia Tian’s figure was thin, but not weak. With the youthful vigor and tension, his skin was firm and smooth, and his handsome face with closed eyes was very charming.
Xia Tian turned, one of his arms dropped and was immersed in the hot spring, his fingers flicking the water unconsciously.
Han Cheng’s eyes swept across Xia Tian’s smooth back and quickly retracted his gaze.
Han Cheng returned to the room, took a thin blanket and covered Xia Tian. He didn’t stay a minute longer and quickly went to the bedroom to rest.
Steal a floating life for half a day.3It means that it is rare to have a moment of leisure in this turbulent world. This sentence is from the famous poet Li Zhuanshe in the Tang Dynasty, under the poem:《题鹤林寺僧舍》
Excluding the small accidents and unpleasantness before, their vacation here was almost perfect. It was rare for Xia Tian to spend a day with Han Cheng, and Han Cheng to be so relaxed. The two ate, played and chatted while admiring the night scenery. Just like that, two days passed quickly.
On Sunday morning, Liang Qingfeng delivered the items and document ordered by Han Cheng and had lunch with the two of them.
After lunch, the two cleaned up and prepared to head home.
Xia Tian changed his two stacks of chips into cash and tasted the sweetness of gambling money for the first time. Before he was too immersed in happiness, he was educated by Han Cheng and had to swear to him, “In the future, if I’m not with you, I’ll definitely not gamble.”
“Small gambling brings about small happiness. You’re still young and your self-control is too weak so you cannot indulge in it.” Han Cheng lectured until they got in the car and said, “fasten your seat belt.”
Just after speaking, a few emails came ringing in Han Cheng’s cell phone.
Han Cheng closed the car door, looked down at the document, and said, “We’ll leave after I finish reading this.”
“No hurry, no hurry at all.” Xia Tian fastened his seat belt and looked outside and asked, “Where is Big Brother Liang? Isn’t he coming?”
“He left after having lunch just now.” Han Cheng raised his head and looked at Xia Tian, “If he wasn’t leaving… What about his car? Besides, where does he sit? Sit at the back and let me chauffeur him?”
Xia Tian had just thought about it and laughed at this thought.
Han Cheng smiled and glanced at Xia Tian who was looking out the window and casually said, “It’s a pity that he took such a long time to come and left after a short while… Was he here to deliver some documents to you?”
“Sending me the documents and also this…” Han Cheng put his mobile phone aside, took out a small black velvet jewelry box from a gift box on the rear seat, and handed it to Xia Tian, “I ordered something yesterday. It was just completed and he got it for me.”
Xia Tian took the jewelry box and opened it. Inside, it was a simple platinum ring.
He subconsciously took out the ring and found that the name “Xia Tian” was engraved on the inside of the ring.
Xia Tian was shocked, and his eyes suddenly became hot.
The restless beast in his chest got up again and jumped around, disturbing his heart.
He seemed to have been burned by this little ring and put it back quickly.
Han Cheng said, “Why are you putting it away? Put it on for me.”
“You…” Xia Tian’s voice was filled with thick emotions, “Didn’t you dislike wearing these?”
When they got married, they didn’t buy wedding rings at all.
Han Cheng smiled and explained, “It used to be troublesome. I thought about it yesterday. After all, I have a family. It’s better to wear a wedding ring.”
Wedding ring…
The two words were simply spoken from Han Cheng’s mouth, and it lingered repeatedly in Xia Tian’s ears.
Han Cheng handed it to Xia Tian. Xia Tian took a deep breath, picked up the ring, and gently slid it on Han Cheng’s ring finger.
Neither too big, nor too small. It was just right.
Han Cheng’s fingers were slender and well-proportioned. The ring was very beautiful. Xia Tian gently held Han Cheng’s hand and admired it but immediately released his hold.
Han Cheng retracted his hand, turned the ring, and nodded. “It’s good.”
Han Cheng processed his e-mail and drove home. Xia Tian kept staring at Han Cheng’s hand on the steering wheel, his heart throbbed.
He also held an empty ring box. The inside of the box was burned with two lines of fine print for newly wed couples:
On this joyous occasion, the red threads4In ancient Chinese legend, the Red Thread of Fate is an invisible thread said to tie together all those whose lives will intertwine. It is governed by the Chinese God of marriage, Yue Lao, as it is often most associated with the link between two people who are destined to be married are tied together and they are perfect for each other.
May the couple grow old together, deeply in love
Xia Tian’s heart was sweet and sour at the same time. Seeing Han Cheng paying attention to driving, he closed the ring box and hid it quietly in his jacket pocket.
Xia Tian gently rubbed the ring box in his pocket, reminiscing on those two sentences, and mumbled softly in his heart…
If you are so rich, couldn’t you order two rings?
The richer you are, the more stingy you are.
If I don’t have a ring, I’ll just keep the box.
Han Cheng drove the car intently. When passing the toll booth, Han Cheng took his card and casually touched the pocket of his coat.
In the pocket of Han Cheng’s coat, there was a ring box that was exactly the same as the one Xia Tian was holding.
A small wedding ring was placed inside, and the name “Han Cheng” was engraved on the inside of the wedding ring.
3 thoughts on “Chapter 25”
Oooohh there actually was another ring! Come on Han Cheng, give it (≧∀≦)
Thank you haha~
I’d frame the bulletproof glass if I had one…
One step away to having a proper wedding ceremony… just go to the church and have a proper wedding… won’t you?
Thanks for the chapter!
When is he going to give that ring to Xia Tian?!
Thanks for the chapter!