Eager to return home, Tan Linyuan walked briskly.
Liang Yi sat in the car, so annoyed that he couldn't help rolling his eyes.
Such a guy who abandons his friends for a girl!
The cigarette had been in his hand for a long time without being lit, and Liang Yi lost interest. He sat there, holding the steering wheel and lost in thought.
Actually, he had always wanted to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Tan Linyuan.
However, as Tan Linyuan's buddy, he knew only too well about Tan Linyuan's current situation.
Liang Yi scratched his head, feeling rather irritable. Finally, he lit the cigarette.
He twirled his phone in his hand several times before opening the contacts and scrolling to the line that read "Ruo Yi".
...
As soon as Tan Linyuan entered the house, the girl on the sofa stood up and looked at him blankly. "Where have you been?"
Tan Linyuan lowered his gaze and noticed that she was bare - footed.
His eyebrows knitted together involuntarily. He immediately walked over. "Why aren't you wearing shoes again?"
"I woke up and found you weren't there, so I rushed downstairs to look for you." Nan Yu hugged him, her voice muffled. "I had a nightmare. I dreamt that you had an accident."
"What about you? Were you hurt in the dream?" Tan Linyuan held her in his arms and asked in a low voice.
Nan Yu shook her head and then nodded. "I was hurt."
Tan Linyuan's heart tightened instantly. "How did you get hurt?"
Even if it was just a dream, it might be an omen.
He had to take precautions in advance. Even a dream should be taken seriously to prevent potential troubles.
Seeing his serious expression, Nan Yu couldn't bear to deceive him anymore. She smiled and said, "Here."
She pointed to the area near her heart on her chest. "In the dream, I saw you were hurt and bleeding a lot. My heart was deeply hurt."
After worrying for so long, Tan Linyuan was a bit stunned when he heard this unexpected answer. Then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Tan Linyuan bent down to help her put on her slippers, then he put his arm around her and sat down on the sofa.
Since Nan Yu got pregnant, all the furniture in the house had been replaced. Soft and skin - friendly ones were of course the top choices.
She leaned against the sofa cushion, her hand held by the man.
"The date of our wedding has been set."
Hearing this, Nan Yu subconsciously sat up straight. "When?"
"Three months later." Seeing her nervous look, Tan Linyuan comforted her. "After the baby is born, you'll have more than a month to recover."
Feeling her body relax a bit, he tightened his arm around her and said gently, "By that time, you can recuperate while choosing jewelry and wedding dresses. I'll hire a nanny to take care of the baby. You don't need to worry about anything."
Considering that it would be inconvenient for her to move around, he added, "I'll have the sample dresses and magazines sent to you. You can make your choices at home, and they'll be delivered to you when the time comes."
This was indeed the way of the rich.
Nan Yu used to be the young lady of the Nan family, so she was quite familiar with this process.
Except when the young lady had the desire to go shopping, most of the time, magazines and sample dresses were sent to the house.
One reason was for convenience, and the other was to highlight one's noble status.
Even so, Nan Yu was still surprised. "Isn't it too extravagant?"
Tan Linyuan was a man of simple tastes and always preferred simplicity in everything. Even though he was extremely wealthy, he had never indulged in such luxurious behavior.
Tan Linyuan glanced at her unhurriedly. "I'm only going to marry you in my whole life. I can't let you be wronged."
"Wrong me?"
"Wrong myself." Looking at her playful expression, Tan Linyuan said, "When marrying a wife, of course, it should be a grand occasion. Otherwise, what will others think of me?"
It would be okay for him to live a plain life for his whole life. But when he thought of spending his life with Nan Yu, he felt it shouldn't be like this.
He wished he could offer all the treasures in the world to her, allowing her to play with and admire them as she pleased.
A smile appeared on Nan Yu's face. She pushed her luck and said, "Then I want a grand wedding. You have to follow the old customs of marrying a new wife and choose a good day and time. I want a carpet of jasmine petals everywhere. I want to walk through a jasmine corridor into the chapel, and I want people to call me the 'Jasmine Bride'."
Tan Linyuan couldn't help laughing.
When she said this, her eyes sparkled like a little princess. "Is that okay?"
"I'd better take a notebook to write it down." Tan Linyuan pretended to frown. "Miss Nan has put forward too many conditions. I'm getting a bit old, and I can't remember them all."
"Really?" Nan Yu laughed and moved closer to him. Her eyes carefully scanned every inch of his face. "On closer look, you do seem a bit older."
There was a seven - year age gap between them.
Tan Linyuan was already in his thirties, with the deep and angular features of a mature man.
Staring at his face, she suddenly had a hazy feeling.
"It seems so unreal." she murmured to herself.
"What seems unreal?" Tan Linyuan's voice was gentle, and he slowed down his tone. "Is it the fact that you're going to marry me that seems unreal, or is it me sitting in front of you that seems unreal?"
"Both."
Nan Yu felt this emotion was rather delicate.
Just thinking that she would spend the rest of her life with this man in front of her...
"You're so many years older than me. You'll grow wrinkles and white hair before me, and you'll grow old before me." The more Nan Yu thought about it, the sadder she became. "There's such a big age gap between us."
She was always sentimental, and it was even more so during pregnancy.
Seeing her eyes moist, Tan Linyuan raised his hand and gently wiped the corner of her eyes with his finger. "That's even better."
"If I grow old before you, I'll be able to experience the physical changes first. I'll know how to take care of you."
He smiled and comforted her. "You don't need to be afraid of anything, because I've thought everything through for you, even if one day we have to part."
Whether it was separation in life or death.
He would do his best to protect her forever.
Nan Yu raised her hand to press on her eyes. "What should I do? After hearing what you said, I feel even more sad."
Tan Linyuan picked up a tissue for her and gently wiped away her tears. "Then what should we do? Otherwise, you can pray to live longer and accompany me for a few more years. Maybe that would be a good deal."
He cracked a joke, and Nan Yu laughed through her tears.
After a long while, when her emotions finally calmed down, she leaned against his chest and asked in a low voice, "You must have put in a lot of effort to postpone the wedding, right?"
At the last Tan family dinner, she could tell.
If they, she and Tan Linyuan, weren't tough enough, the family would even hope the wedding could be held next week.
"It wasn't that difficult." Knowing that she was worried about him, he said, "I'm used to outwitting these people."
It was just a matter of giving up some benefits, allocating some more money to the Tan family, and taking care of the small businesses of some collateral relatives. In short, as long as everyone was happy, the wedding could be postponed.
It was just a lot of tedious social formalities. Apart from consuming a bit of energy and mental focus, it wasn't really a difficult thing.
Even if it meant more losses, he didn't care at all.
As long as she was safe.
...
Qu Jiaran had been cooped up at home for more than half a month. She really couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to go out for some fresh air.
Places with a large flow of people like shopping malls were definitely out of the question. Qi Zhu disagreed, and the Qu family also disagreed.
So Qu Jiaran had to turn to Nan Yu for help.
After Nan Yu talked to Tan Linyuan, Tan Linyuan gave a reasonable and appropriate suggestion. He said there was an auction recently, and the two of them could go and have a look.
Hearing this, Qu Jiaran was so excited that she was dancing with joy. "It seems that Tan Linyuan is not completely useless."