Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The Luo family valued etiquette, especially during important events.
Although the engagement was not as grand and complicated as the wedding ceremony, Luo Jingyuan still specially asked someone to pick the date based on the birth dates of Luo Xiu and Gu Nian, and finally set the engagement date at the end of December of the Gregorian calendar.
Gu Nian also received an invitation from the “Gold Medal Screenwriter” program team for the Q&A special, as well as Luo Xiu’s notification of the engagement date——
What a coincidence, it was arranged on the same day.
The recording of the last episode of “Gold Medal Screenwriter” ended in half a month. Needless to say, the laurel flowers of the first season fell on the “Mang Zhi” of their family. With two hit short dramas in the season and so much personal fame, this result was both worthy of the name and expected by the public.
However, after the show ended, the audience had extremely high demands for the two pairs of CPs in the variety show to resume business. Especially Gu Nian and Luo Xiu, because the scandal that wavered between support and love was exposed, whether they were looking forward to them getting together or looking forward to them breaking up, they all stared eagerly at the “Gold Medal Screenwriter” program team.
“It’s hard to refuse such kindness, Screenwriter Gu,” the chief planner of the program team of “Gold Medal Screenwriter” made a special trip to the floor of Gu Nian’s studio, holding Gu Nian’s hand and not letting go, “It’s just a live interactive session of quick questions and answers, the longest it will take is no more than ten minutes!”
Gu Nian was troubled and had a headache: “You want me and Luo Xiu to appear together?”
“That’s right, you two can just sit on the sofa and answer questions. There will be absolutely no other activities.”
“Is it just the two of us?”
“There is still the Yu Wen CP.”
“…Yu Wen CP?”
“Yes, those are the cp names of the two actresses Wen Chuwen and Yu Song. They will also appear in the scene, but they will be behind you.”
“…”
Seeing that Gu Nian was not about to give in, the little girl from the planning team pestered Gu Nian for a long time, and finally made Gu Nian smile bitterly: “You guys are picking on the weak, why don’t you go to ask Luo Xiu and you only come to pester me?”
“How can that be possible,” the young girl from the planning team immediately denied, “Except for me, the male colleagues from the planning department have already gone to see Mr. Luo. We are——”
“Shhh.”
The other party’s voice was not low, and she didn’t hold back when she called out “Mr. Luo”. Gu Nian was startled and quickly called her to stop.
Then she was looked at longingly by the other party.
Gu Nian couldn’t bear it and could only smile helplessly: “As long as Luo Xiu agrees, I agree.”
“Okay, thank you, screenwriter Gu. The time is exactly what I said. We will notify you as soon as we have booked the location!”
“Okay.”
Shortly after agreeing to the invitation for this special Q&A, Gu Nian received the news of the engagement date from Luo Xiu. Gu Nian was a little surprised to find out that it was on the same day, but she didn’t find it inconvenient——
In her opinion, the most an engagement required her to do was date during the day and have a candlelight dinner together in the evening. As long as she took half an hour in between to rush to the special recording location arranged by the “Gold Medal Screenwriter” program team, it would be no problem.
Until the engagement day.
In the evening, after getting off work from BH media, Gu Nian took Luo Xiu’s car as usual, preparing to return to their shared home. Their love affair was exposed, which not only made Ms. Gu Yuan agree to the marriage, but also directly caused the two families to acquiesce to their decision to live together after the engagement.
On the way, Gu Nian sat in the passenger seat and listened to today’s meeting recording with headphones. She was used to using this to inspire her script writing.
When the car stopped again, Gu Nian came back from her thoughts and realized that the scenery outside the window was not quite right.
“Where…is this?” Gu Nian took off her headphones and turned around blankly to ask.
Luo Xiu leaned over from the driver’s seat and took off her seat belt. Hearing this, he smiled and said, “You look like this, you won’t even know if I take you away and sell you.”
“…”
The car door had been opened from the outside, and a handsome boy in a reception uniform was standing outside holding the door.
Gu Nian was now accustomed to hiding from strangers, and immediately turned her face back towards the interior of the car. The frightened look in her eyes made Luo Xiu smile: “Don’t be afraid, I have already told them that the two of us would be coming.”
“No need to wear a mask?”
“Need not.”
Gu Nian breathed a sigh of relief, removed her seat belt and got out of the car carefully. The waiters outside the car bowed slightly to her, and indeed they didn’t look surprised at all.
Gu Nian stood firmly beside the car. When she looked at the magnificent hotel lobby in front of her, Luo Xiu had also come around from the driver’s seat and stopped beside her.
Gu Nian had a subtle premonition.
She looked back at Luo Xiu: “Are we here today just for tomorrow’s engagement?”
Luo Xiu’s eyes were smiling and gentle: “Otherwise.”
Gu Nian choked and pointed to the hotel lobby, which might have a ten-meter-high ceiling: “Engagement or wedding?”
“If we get married, we won’t be so hasty.”
Gu Nian: “You promised not to bother me.”
“Well, I rejected all the ceremonies proposed by grandpa.”
“Then this is?”
“The elders of both parties must have a formal meeting. Isn’t the most suitable day the engagement day?”
“…”
Gu Nian thought about it seriously and had to admit that what Luo Xiu said was right. She said sheepishly: “I thought too little, but it’s not that I don’t pay attention to it, really. I just wanted to wait until the next year…”
“I know.” Luo Xiu raised his hand, rubbed it lightly on the top of Gu Nian’s head, then lowered it back and naturally took her slender hand, wrapping it in his palm, “Don’t worry, Auntie’s side and the Luo family’s people have already been arranged. They will not come until tomorrow.”
Gu Nian: “Is it too early for us to arrive today?”
Luo Xiu: “My grandpa asked me to choose an auspicious day. The time may be relatively early in the morning, so I was worried that you won’t get enough sleep.”
Gu Nian was startled, then reacted and jokingly said: “With such a delicate evil dragon taking care of me, I won’t have to worry about anything in the future, right?”
“Well,” Luo Xiu said obediently, “I also thought very carefully when I was planning how to hook you into the bowl step by step.”
Gu Nian: “…”
Gu Nian was annoyed and amused at the same time, so she dragged him inside: “Just destroyed my feeling!”
Luo Xiu smiled indulgently and followed.
The engagement night was indeed a candlelight dinner as Gu Nian had expected, but she didn’t know what she ate and spent the whole dinner uneasily.
Until the end when Luo Xiu went upstairs with her, and then handed her a room card outside the suite door. Gu Nian was a little stunned and couldn’t recover: “Is this… mine?”
The corners of Luo Xiu’s eyes drooped slightly, and a smile adorned his slender eyelashes like stars.
“Well,” he moved the other one in his hand, “This is mine. The door is over there.”
“…”
Following Luo Xiu’s finger, Gu Nian looked at the suite adjacent to her room. Gu Nian was stunned for several seconds before coming back to her senses and asked blankly, “Aren’t we living together?”
“Want to live with me?”
“I think – no, it’s not,” Gu Nian blushed, “I thought about it all night and thought we must be living in the same suite.”
“Ah, that’s why you were so absent-minded during dinner tonight?” Luo Xiu teased gently while smiling lightly.
Gu Nian blushed even harder.
“Don’t worry,” Luo Xiu leaned over and kissed her lips gently, “Not tonight.”
“Why?” Gu Nian couldn’t help but ask.
“You forgot.”
“Forgot something?”
“The first day we were discovered by auntie living together in the villa,” Luo Xiu slowly straightened up, “I promised auntie that before our relationship is approved by her and the engagement is officially entered into, I will not do anything to you that crosses the line.”
“…”
Gu Nian was stunned for a moment.
She had obviously forgotten.
Before she could recover, she heard someone whispering in her ear with a soft, seductive voice.
“It doesn’t matter, there’s only one night left, I can afford to wait.”
Gu Nian: “——!!”
The little girl stood still, then she turned red like a half-cooked shrimp.
Luo Xiu stopped teasing her and opened the door for her, then held it. He looked back at Gu Nian and she slowly moved in with her head lowered.
When she was passing by him, Luo Xiu lowered his head and whispered softly: “Good night, little girl.”
Gu Nian looked up.
He faced a pair of brown eyes, as deep as a spring lake, with a gentle smile: “When you wake up tomorrow, you will be the bride-to-be who will be snatched away by the evil dragon.”
“…”
After Luo Xiu finished teasing Gu Nian, he stepped away to watch her go in, but he didn’t expect that Gu Nian would stop after hearing this. His hand dropped from the door, and as soon as it reached mid-air, it was suddenly grabbed by Gu Nian.
Luo Xiu was startled for a moment, then he followed the girl’s hand holding his and pointed towards it.
Gu Nian hesitated: “Actually, we can sleep in the same suite. The bed is big anyway…”
The sound of her words had not yet finished.
He burst into laughter.
Gu Nian looked up blankly and met Luo Xiu’s eyes that were smiling and mixed with some kind of uncontrollable emotion——
“Do you really think that I am a Buddhist or a Taoist who lives apart from the world?”
“…?”
“I don’t have that kind of control in front of you,” Luo Xiu leaned over to Gu Nian’s ear and finished speaking, then leaned over and kissed her on the cheek before stepping away, “So don’t ‘torture’ me, Nian Nian.”
“….!”
Gu Nian finally realized the meaning of Luo Xiu’s words.
Without giving the evil dragon a chance to “do evil” with his words or actions, the door of the suite was mercilessly slammed in front of Luo Xiu in the next second.
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