“Mommy, your name is up there.” Rong Doudou tugged her mother’s hand and shouted excitedly, pointing at the sky.
She recognized the characters Du Ruoxin, her grandmother had taught her.
But the characters that followed…
“Mommy, it’s here, what’s it called, welcome home?” Rong Doudou asked.
Du Ruoxin was pulled back to reality by her daughter, her melancholic heart instantly freezing over.
The mist of tears that had gathered also vanished immediately.
She became cold.
Picking up her daughter, she drew the curtains, as if none of it concerned her. Du Ruoxin forced a smile and said, “Welcome home.”
“Grandpa and Grandma welcome us home.”
Rong Doudou looked confused. “No, Grandma said it’s a surprise from Daddy for you.”
Why did it become Grandpa and Grandma?
Du Ruoxin narrowed her eyes. It was then she noticed the smart watch on her daughter’s wrist was lit up and still on a call.
She glanced at the screen displaying the contact labeled "Grandma," said nothing, and pressed the hang-up button.
Du Ruoxin picked up her daughter and soothed, “I know it’s from your Daddy.” Not wanting to talk about Rong Jingyang, she changed the subject. “Sweetie, Mommy read a very, very interesting story. Do you want to hear it?”
Rong Doudou’s attention was immediately captured. “I want to hear it, Mommy, tell me quickly.”
Du Ruoxin carried her daughter towards the bathroom. “Then let’s take a bath first, and we’ll read lots of stories in bed later.”
Rong Doudou: “Okay.”
Compared to the mother and daughter’s cheerful chatter, Feng Linwan’s face fell the moment the call was hung up.
[Ruoxin’s reaction…]
She was too cold. It felt like the situation was very serious.
Could it be that her son’s appeasement and all his thoughtful efforts still couldn’t move her? Couldn’t make her forgive him?
Feng Linwan, her heart heavy, dialed her son’s number. “Jingyang, where are you? Ruoxin hung up. She doesn’t seem to like it?”
“Don’t bother with anything else, hurry to the manor!”
When a young couple argues, the worst is a war of words across distances.
He says his piece, she says hers, but neither gets to the core of the issue, leading to an escalation of conflict.
It’s best to resolve it face-to-face. Even if the couple argues fiercely, after calming down, a hug, a kiss, and all unpleasantness can be resolved.
Therefore, Rong Jingyang absolutely had to appear before Du Ruoxin, right now.
Rong Jingyang: “……”
Looking at the guards surrounding the door three layers deep, he fell silent. But to avoid worrying his mother, he still replied, “Okay.”
After ending the call, Rong Jingyang’s expression was extremely solemn: Du Ruoxin didn’t like the surprise he prepared?
That shouldn’t be right. Didn’t that person say—
Women can’t resist a grand declaration of love?
Rong Jingyang frowned. How could he have believed the words of that playboy, Qin Yunxi?
What should he do?
What now—
Suddenly, his heart leaped with joy, and he immediately dialed his daughter’s smart watch.
“Daddy.” Rong Doudou’s soft, cute voice came through the wireless waves.
Rong Jingyang saw the woman appear on the video and cleared his throat. “Doudou, are you with Mommy? Don’t let Mommy hang up, Daddy has something to say.”
Du Ruoxin: “——”
Nonsense!
She didn’t want to listen!
Was Rong Jingyang using their daughter as a spy?
Rong Doudou looked at her daddy’s handsome face and smiled. “Okay.” She then moved the camera to Du Ruoxin. “Daddy, you can speak.”
—
After Cristiano informed his parents about marrying Du Ruoxin, he returned to his study.
He was like a child who had received his wish, his face beaming with unrestrained, brilliant, and excited smiles.
He was getting married!
He was getting married!
Such exhilarating news, how could he not share it?
Cristiano dialed his friend Elvin’s number. “Tomorrow at ten, come to Hamburg for my wedding. I’m getting married.”
Elvin was so stunned by the sudden news that his brain immediately short-circuited. “What? What did you say?”
Cristiano’s suppressed joy made his voice overflow with happiness. “With Xin’er, she finally agreed to marry me.”
Elvin: “Holy shit!”
“Did I hear that right?”
“You succeeded?”
“Wait, isn’t Du Ruoxin…”
Cristiano didn’t give his friend a chance to gossip and interrupted, “That’s all. I still have other things to attend to.”
With that, he ended the call.
All that was left was Elvin staring at the dial tone with a twitch.
No integrity!
He wouldn’t let him finish speaking!
Elvin cursed, “Damn it,” and rushed from the other side of the world to Hamburg as if his life depended on it.
Cristiano reconfirmed with his subordinates that all aspects of tomorrow’s wedding must be foolproof, then called his subordinates to pick up Grace from the hotel tomorrow morning.
As soon as he finished everything, the sound of fireworks erupted in the sky.
“Boom—”
Cristiano looked up.
The fireworks were beautiful and dazzling, painting the entire night sky with extraordinary beauty, as if proclaiming universal celebration, happiness, and joy.
Why hadn’t he thought of that?
Right!
He would set them off tomorrow night too!
Not just in Hamburg, he would set them off simultaneously worldwide. He wanted the whole world to know that marrying Xin’er was the happiest and most joyful thing in his life.
As Cristiano was joyfully contemplating this, his gaze suddenly froze.
【Du Ruoxin】
【I’m coming to get you】
【Come home with me】
These few short sentences were like sharp swords piercing his chest.
Rong, Jing, Yang!
Cristiano trembled violently.
No, he couldn’t let Rong Jingyang ruin his hard-won happiness at this critical juncture!
He bolted towards Du Ruoxin’s room.