Xu Zixi kicked him gently with her foot in annoyance.
"What are you doing! You say you want to marry me without any preparation at all? Go out and take a look. Even in blind dates, people will observe each other for a while before considering marriage. And for marriage, the groom's parents should come to the bride's family with betrothal gifts to propose. I'm not that poor little girl who was abandoned anymore. I have a family now!"
"Do you think you can marry me, Xu Zixi, without spending a single cent? No way! I'll call Mom right now and complain about you!"
She sat far away from him angrily and threatened him at the end.
But after she said that, she felt a bit regretful.
Was she being a bit too picky?
However, she just wanted to be more valued.
Even Miss Xu wanted some romantic and touching memories of love. So that when they got old and their passion faded, these memories could accompany her through the long years, couldn't they?
Yan Yincheng didn't expect that this proposal would make her angry. He quickly moved over and sat beside her.
"Zixi, I was wrong. We'll do as you said. We'll get engaged first, and I'll prepare a proper proposal ceremony."
"You shouldn't have said you're going to prepare a proposal. Can't you give me some sense of surprise and mystery?" Xu Zixi said crossly.
Master Yan, who was always decisive, didn't know how to comfort her at this moment except to say "I was wrong". He even wanted to call Wei Shu right away and ask him to look through that "Wife - Spoiling Handbook" to find a solution.
The air was silent for a while. Yan Yincheng was so nervous that his forehead was sweating. Then Xu Zixi said, "Do you really know you were wrong?"
Yan Yincheng nodded, as obedient as the two kids.
Xu Zixi's eyes curved into a smile: "When we re - sign the engagement agreement, let's re - sign that three - meals agreement we had before. You promised me in front of Godmother and Mr. Zhong Guobiao that you'd raise the five million to one hundred million. You can't go back on your word."
Was that all she wanted? Yan Yincheng heaved a sigh of relief.
"Of course, I won't go back on my word. I can even give you my shares in the Yan Group. What's signing an agreement for one hundred million?"
He didn't know that when he said this, there was a look of "heartache" on his face. The shares in the Yan Group could bring in a continuous stream of huge income, but they were different from his actual personal assets after all. He... still felt heartache!
He could only comfort himself that as long as he was generous to his future wife, maybe she would be more willing to marry him, and he wouldn't have to be so patient anymore.
"Zixi, when do you want to sign it? Tomorrow?" he asked.
Xu Zixi raised her eyebrows. Taking advantage of the fact that he couldn't see, she showed a sly smile and said, "Re - signing the agreement is equivalent to getting engaged again. We can't be careless. Let's pick a good day and invite Yaru, Zhenzhen, Daisa, and Brother Hu. We'll have a meal together, and then we'll sign the agreement in front of everyone. How about that?"
Sign the agreement in front of everyone? It sounded so romantic. As long as she liked it.
Yan Yincheng felt a bit more at ease and said, "Okay, I agree. You pick a suitable day, and I'll ask the lawyer to prepare the agreement again."
Xu Zixi took out her phone, flipped through the calendar, leaned closer to him, and said, "Brother Cheng, thirteen days later is a good day. The calendar says everything will go smoothly on that day. By then, your hand should be almost recovered, and we can go to the hospital to remove the plaster. It'll be convenient for you to sign the agreement with your right hand. What do you think?"
Yan Yincheng thought for a while and said, "It's okay."
Xu Zixi said with a smile, "Then it's settled."
She stood up and inched backward. With her hands behind her back, she bounced away like a cute little rabbit.
"Since we're going to re - sign the agreement, the previous one will be invalid. Brother Cheng, before we re - sign the agreement, we're not engaged anymore. So we should keep a distance. Things like what happened tonight can't happen again. It'll set a bad example for the two kids."
Only then did Yan Yincheng realize that he had been tricked by her again.
"Xu Zixi! Stop right there!" he gritted his teeth. "I must teach you a lesson tonight!"
How could Xu Zixi be caught by him? She turned around and ran upstairs.
But Yan Yincheng, who was familiar with the furniture in the house, moved quickly. With his long strides, he caught up with her in just a few steps.
At this moment, the two kids had had enough fun outside. They rushed in with sticky sweat all over their bodies. Just in time, they stepped in between the two of them. Each of them hugged Xu Zixi and said, "Mommy! It's so hot. Baby is sweating! Baby wants to take a bath!"
Yuan Xiaoxuan noticed something with his sharp eyes and said, "Mommy, why is your mouth so red and swollen?"
Xu Zixi picked Yuan Xiaoxuan up and said with a smile, "It's nothing. Mommy's mouth was bitten by a little puppy just now. Come on, Mommy will take you to take a bath!"
After saying that, she took the two kids upstairs triumphantly, leaving Yan Yincheng, the "puppy", gnashing his teeth in the same spot.
But soon, he regained his fighting spirit.
She had tricked him so many times. Did she really think he was so magnanimous? He had to teach this cute but annoying little woman a lesson next!
The two kids hadn't seen Xu Zixi for several days, so they were extremely clingy. They had a great time in the bathroom while taking a bath. It was already ten o'clock at night when the two fragrant and soft kids were carried out of the bathroom.
The two kids were wearing pajamas that had shrunk a bit. They wriggled into the quilt like two little bugs and popped out their cute little heads. They looked at Xu Zixi with shiny eyes full of expectation.
"Mommy, it's time to go to sleep! Baby wants to listen to Mommy tell stories~"
Xu Zixi was about to lie on the bed to coax the two kids to sleep when there was a knock on the door. Yan Yincheng's voice came from outside: "Zixi, are you asleep?"
Yuan Xiaoxuan held his chubby face and said, "Mommy, is Daddy coming in to sleep with us too?"
Xu Zixi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She stroked the kids' little heads and said, "Mommy will go and see Daddy. You two stay here obediently and wait for Mommy."
The kids nodded obediently.
Xu Zixi got up and opened the door. As soon as the door opened a crack, Yan Yincheng squeezed in forcefully and pinned Xu Zixi against the wall.
She noticed that the buttons of his shirt had been undone to his chest, and his clothes and hair were wet. Xu Zixi twitched the corner of her mouth. Looking up at him with a half - smile, she asked, "What's wrong, Brother Cheng?"