Extra 2
Under Jiang Yumo’s stern gaze, Duan Ye promised never to disclose the details of his proposal.
This was because their good friend Zhou was a good learner.
On the evening of Duan Ye’s successful proposal, the first thing they did was report to their parents. Jiang Yumo created a WeChat group named “Joyful Family” in which, besides her and Duan Ye, were her parents and Duan Ye’s Mom.
Ms. Wu Meiyun’s boyfriend really wanted to join the group, but his request was rejected because they hadn’t gotten the marriage certificate.
Previously, she had been worried that her own relationship experiences would affect her son’s happiness. She had even asked Duan Ye whether she should break up with her boyfriend or simply get married officially, to save face in front of others. For many years, the two of them had relied on each other, and Duan Ye understood her better than anyone else. Due to her past marriage with Duan Ye’s father, she subconsciously didn’t trust any man other than her son. She also feared entering another marriage, and of course, Duan Ye wouldn’t want his Momto be unhappy because of him.
After Jiang Yumo learned about this, she took the initiative to call Wu Meiyun.
She had known that Duan Ye came from a single-parent family when she met him.
She loved him, and whether he came from a single-parent family or not had no effect on their relationship.
If it made Wu Meiyun unhappy, it would also make Jiang Yumo and Duan Ye unhappy.
Later on, it was Mother Jiang who noticed and invited Wu Meiyun to go to beauty salon together. She happily said, “Let me tell you, you’re so comfortable. Look at me, just like an old nanny, taking care of the father and daughter. As for Yumo, I won’t say much. I gave birth to her willingly. But sometimes, when I see my husband, I’m really fed up. He seems like a good person, well-behaved and doesn’t spend money recklessly, but he has many habits I don’t like. He can’t wash dishes properly, and when he cuts a watermelon, he uses a kitchen knife, so the watermelon tastes like garlic!
“The father and daughter both have the same habit : they leave socks everywhere, and they don’t care. When they see the floor is dirty, their first reaction is to go around it. They’re completely oblivious. I have to scold them and force them to do it. I’ve been with him for so many years, it’s just that he has a good temper, listens to me, and doesn’t spend money recklessly. Otherwise, I would have left a long time ago. I’d be much happier living on my own!
“So, you’re better off. Don’t ever think about getting married in despair. Look, your son is growing up and making money. With a son, a house, and money, so many people envy you.”
Wu Meiyun felt completely relieved.
She really didn’t want to get married, but she also didn’t want to break up with her boyfriend.
So… she decided to maintain the status quo.
“If you ever want to get married, it shouldn’t be because of the child; you have to want it yourself,” Mother Jiang said.
Wu Meiyun nodded, “Okay!”
In the WeChat group.
Duan Ye suddenly appeared and sent a red envelope.
The internet-addicted Jiang parents, along with Duan Ye’s Mom, grabbed the red envelope within ten seconds.
Jiang Yumo lamented, [It’s almost eleven o’clock, and you three haven’t gone to bed yet? Who said staying up late is bad for your health?]
Father Jiang played dead.
Mother Jiang : [We’ll sleep soon.]
Duan Ye’s Mom : [I just woke up to go to the bathroom and took a look; I was already asleep.]
Jiang Yumo wished she could burst into laughter. What was this called? Times change, and people change! Her Mom used to love catching her reading novels and playing with her phone. Now the roles had reversed, and the three of them were playing with their phones until late at night, fishing for red envelopes.
Duan Ye : [I want to report on recent work. I proposed today.]
Father Jiang, no longer playing dead, asked, [Proposed??]
Mother Jiang : [So, you hadn’t proposed before?]
Duan Ye’s Mom : [Good job, son! Blessings for both of you!]
Father Jiang : [So… are you preparing for the wedding now?]
Duan Ye : [We talked about it, and we want to wait until the house is renovated before making preparations.]
Mother Jiang : [Good, Xiao Duan, you bought the house, so let Uncle and me handle the decoration.]
Duan Ye : [No need. We opened a joint account last year and have saved some money. By the end of the year, it should be enough.]
Duan Ye didn’t want the idea of marriage to bring too much pressure to Jiang’s parents and his Mom. The reason he worked hard was to make life easier for the people he cherished. He had already prepared the renovation funds.
Father Jiang : [Then how about we buy you a car?]
Jiang Yumo : [Dad, don’t you know how bad the traffic is in Yanjing? Besides, their company has a car, so we really don’t need one. Taking the subway is faster.]
Mother Jiang : [Well, let’s discuss it again.]
Unbeknownst to the young couple, they lost their voice in the WeChat group, and the three parents engaged in a lively discussion.
In the WeChat group of eight people, the tone was quite different.
Yan Qing : [Brother Duan, red envelope.]
Sun Mengting : [Brother Duan, red envelope.]
Zhao Zheng : [Wait for me to switch networks, Brother Duan! Otherwise, I definitely won’t be able to beat this group of wolves.]
Guo Shichao : [I’m ready.]
Ning Zhiyu : [😁]
Surprisingly, Zhou Ji didn’t speak up; he fell into silence. Proposing…he really wanted his proposal to succeed!!
After his successful proposal, Duan Ye sent red envelopes to the other four people separately on WeChat, asking them to go out and have a meal, and he also invited Ning Zhiyu and Zhou Ji to join him and Jiang Yumo for a meal. There was no need for a candlelit dinner for the four of them, so they went to an inexpensive Sichuan restaurant outside the residential area.
Zhou Ji sighed.
Ning Zhiyu pretended not to hear and focused on eating.
Jiang Yumo and Duan Ye are in a sweet period of their relationship. Duan Ye helps Jiang Yumo pick out fish bones, and Jiang Yumo feeds Duan Ye a mouthful of shaved ice. Zhou Ji is full of resentment when he sees them together. After the two girls go to the restroom together, he quickly pulls over a chair and sits down next to Duan Ye.
“Master Duan, can you give me some advice? We both started dating in the same year, and now that you’ve successfully proposed, I’m still hanging.”
Speaking of it, they did both confirm their relationship in the same year, right after taking the college entrance exam.
Unknowingly, several anniversary dates have passed.
Now Duan Ye has successfully proposed.
And he’s still hanging.
Duan Ye glances at Zhou Ji and says, “What can I do?”
Zhou Ji also feels awkward about saying, ‘Tell me how you proposed,’ as that wouldn’t be appropriate. He can’t just copy Duan Ye’s idea, that would be too insincere.
“I don’t understand why it’s been so smooth for you. You succeeded in one try, and I’ve tried so many times,” Zhou Ji says, feeling disheartened.
“What about your parents?” Duan Ye asks. “You should get their approval first before proposing. It wouldn’t be sincere otherwise.”
He can’t propose, have Ning Zhiyu agree, but then face the obstacle of his parents not approving. That would be insincere.
His own issues, including his parents’ approval, he needs to resolve them first before proposing.
Zhou Ji sighs, “Of course, I know. Zhou Chenglei is a very practical person, you know that too. My Mom more or less agrees, anyway.”
Mrs. Zhou had once been very hopeful of having a daughter.
She had liked and been kind to almost every girl who could have been her daughter. In the beginning, she had been the one who stopped Zhou Chenglei. Otherwise, Ning Zhiyu might have received a check. After Zhou Ji started dating Ning Zhiyu, he took Ning Zhiyu to meet her in Hong Kong, and she really liked Ning Zhiyu. However, she also made it clear that she wouldn’t convince Zhou Chenglei. Whether or not things would work out in the end depended entirely on Zhou Ji’s abilities.
Zhou Chenglei is indeed very practical.
He has also made it clear that he will be lenient with his son’s girlfriends, but very strict with his future daughter-in-law, the future Mrs. Zhou.
Because the Zhou Group is meant to be managed jointly by his son and daughter-in-law, and without a prominent family background, the daughter-in-law must possess absolute ability.
This is a difficult challenge placed before Zhou Ji and Ning Zhiyu.
However, this time, Ning Zhiyu did not back down.
After everything became clear, Zhou Ji prepared for the proposal. Clearly, nothing went smoothly; he tried everything from romantic to cheesy and realistic, but he didn’t get Ning Zhiyu’s approval.
In the restroom, Jiang Yumo muttered to Ning Zhiyu, “Zhou Ji must be troubling Duan Ye.”
Ning Zhiyu glanced at the diamond ring on Jiang Yumo’s ring finger and teased, “Blame your diamond for being too dazzling, blinding all of us.”
Jiang Yumo immediately raised her hand, admiring her diamond ring with delight.
The ring was exceptionally beautiful.
But Duan Ye mentioned that it was just the engagement ring; they would buy wedding rings later.
“It’s really pretty,” Jiang Yumo said with her face in her hands. “I look at it multiple times every day.”
Seeing her looking so happy that she could faint, Ning Zhiyu smiled and said, “No wonder you’ve been glowing recently.”
“What about you?” Jiang Yumo was very interested in this question. “I heard that Zhou Ji has proposed to you several times.”
Talking about this topic gave Ning Zhiyu a headache and made her frustrated. “I don’t even want to talk about it. One day, he came to pick me up after work and insisted I open the trunk. I knew something was up, so I opened it, and it was filled with flowers.”
“That’s very romantic!”
Ning Zhiyu said, “…It was romantic, but there was a line of cars behind us, honking and urging us to move. He didn’t notice, and we were blocking the road.”
Jiang Yumo said, “…Oh.”
“Another time, I was still asleep when I felt something crawling on my hand. My initial reaction was to slap it away,” Ning Zhiyu recounted.
Helpless, Ning Zhiyu continued, “It turned out to be him. He took the opportunity to put a ring on my hand while I was sleeping, and that’s when I… slapped him.”
Jiang Yumo exclaimed, “This…”
“The most absurd one!” Ning Zhiyu’s chest heaved. “I didn’t even know where he learned it, but he used lipstick to write ‘Marry Me’ on the mirror. He used the lipstick I had just bought, my favorite shade, which is now out of stock and impossible to find. I wanted to kill him!”
Finally, Jiang Yumo couldn’t hold back her laughter.
What’s going on?
In reality, each of these gestures was quite romantic. Why did they seem so funny when it came to Zhou Ji and Zhiyu?
“Do you think I can agree to this?” Ning Zhiyu asked Jiang Yumo.
Jiang Yumo suppressed her laughter and replied, “I don’t know, but if you don’t agree, with his personality, he’ll keep bothering you.”
Ning Zhiyu nodded in agony. “So, I’ve already come up with a good way to deal with him.”
Jiang Yumo had great faith in Ning Zhiyu. As long as she took action, Zhou Ji would definitely stop his antics. This was like using one thing to suppress another.
That evening, Zhou Ji, dejected, crouched by the bed like a puppy, tugging at Ning Zhiyu’s hand. “Zhiyu, how about going a bit easy on me? Just reveal a tiny bit of the way you like things?”
“I detest cheaters the most,” Ning Zhiyu said without mercy.
Zhou Ji pressed her hand against his face. “Just a little, like teachers giving hints before exams. You don’t have to be stricter than the teachers, right?”
Ning Zhiyu pondered for a while, then sat up straight and pinched his face. “Alright, I’ll give you a hint. I’ll agree if you can answer one question correctly.”
“What? What?” Zhou Ji was ecstatic.
Ning Zhiyu softly said, “When was our first meeting?”
I absolutely love the lovebrain Zhou Ji and the practical Ning Zhiyu pair. They’re absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the update.