With a "beep", the door opened.
She squinted slightly at the pitch - black living room and reached out to feel for the switch at the entrance.
With a "snap", the moment the switch was pressed, the room didn't light up. It remained completely dark.
She instinctively pressed the button a few more times, but neither the entrance nor the living - room lights came on. It was still pitch - black, and she couldn't see a thing.
Was there a power outage?
Ning Anmiao had a bad feeling in her heart. She turned around to flee the mansion, but unexpectedly, the door suddenly slammed shut with a "bang".
This was bad!
Ning Anmiao's heart sank. She was sure there was someone in the house, and this person wanted to trap her inside!
The situation was very dangerous!
Before she could cry for help, there was a "click" sound in the room, like the sound of a match being struck.
Soon, a candle was lit in the room.
Before Ning Anmiao could call for help, she saw a huge brown teddy bear standing in the middle of the living room. It was hunched over, lighting the candles on the dining table one by one.
The light from the candles wasn't very bright. The shadow of the teddy bear was cast on the wall, creating an atmosphere like that of a dark fairy tale.
This scene... was a bit eerie.
"Who are you!" Ning Anmiao's voice was wary. She put her hands in front of her defensively. "How dare you break into a private house!"
She clearly saw that the teddy bear's figure visibly stiffened.
"Answer me! Otherwise, I'll call the police!" Ning Anmiao still didn't recognize who it was. Her whole body was on edge.
She had watched a crime movie before, in which the murderer liked to wear all kinds of doll costumes. They used their cute appearance to kill one victim after another.
Thinking of this, she swallowed nervously. She closed her eyes and reached into her pocket for her phone. "Put down what you're holding and raise your hands. Otherwise, I'll call the police!"
The person and the bear were at a stand - off like this.
After a while, the teddy bear sighed, and a voice came from inside the costume. "Miaomiao, it's me."
Hearing the familiar voice, Ning Anmiao was stunned.
"Lu Yan?" There was disbelief in her eyes. She seemed unable to believe that the person inside this clumsy teddy - bear costume was Lu Yan.
"Yeah." Lu Yan replied and raised the bear's head towards her. "So can you not call the police now?"
Ning Anmiao put down the phone she had raised. "… Okay."
The tension and wariness from before dissipated, replaced by curiosity. "Why are you dressed like this?"
She walked over and looked at the colorful candles on the dining table. For a moment, she had no idea what he was up to.
Lu Yan was concentrating on lighting all the candles on the table. Only then did Ning Anmiao notice that these small candles around the table were actually arranged in a... heart shape.
Ning Anmiao: …
She swore that this was more cliché than the scene of someone arranging candles in a heart shape and playing the guitar to confess love downstairs in college.
But for some reason, even though it was a very cliché romantic scene, the corners of her lips still couldn't help but curl up.
She liked it even if it was cliché.
"You're so childish." Ning Anmiao bit her lip and said this against her will.
"I saw that you've been under a lot of work pressure recently. This is a surprise for you." Lu Yan straightened up and picked up a bunch of bright red roses from the dining - room chair beside him and held them in his arms.
"Girls like roses and surprises." Lu Yan repeated what he had read in an article. "You're a girl too. I thought you would like it."
"I don't like it at all." Ning Anmiao deliberately said the opposite, but her eyes kept falling on the bunch of roses.
"You don't like it?" Lu Yan was stunned and looked down at the red roses in his arms.
Was his Miaomiao different from other girls?
The confused look of the teddy bear lowering its head was so cute that it made Ning Anmiao laugh. She rubbed her eyes, and her eye sockets were a bit sore.
Under the candlelight, the brown teddy bear was holding a bunch of fiery red roses and saying to her word by word, "You should like it."
This wasn't romantic at all.
No, it was actually really romantic.
She took the roses and sniffed. Her eyes were wet. "Thank you. I like it very much."
Hearing this, the worry that had just risen in Lu Yan's heart faded away.
It seemed that he could keep following that marketing account for a while. There was no need to unfollow it for now.
The roses in her arms were very fresh. At this moment, they emitted a sweet and fragrant smell. She took a deep breath and felt that her nose was filled with a delicate fragrance.
The "scare" before was actually a pleasant surprise. Her heart had been pounding up and down, like being on a roller - coaster.
But fortunately, it finally landed smoothly.
"Is there a power outage at home?" Ning Anmiao's eyebrows relaxed a lot because of this surprise. Her voice was gentle. "Why don't you turn on the lights?"
"I can turn them on. I turned off the main power switch." There was a bit of annoyance in Lu Yan's tone.
He had been too slow. He hadn't been able to finish setting up all these surprises before Ning Anmiao came back. "I had prepared a surprise for you, but I ran out of time."
Ning Anmiao was even more curious. "Isn't this the surprise? What was the original plan?"
Lu Yan had no choice but to tell Ning Anmiao his original plan.
His original plan was to light the candles before Ning Anmiao came back and then hide behind the sofa.
When she curiously got close to the dining - table area, he would suddenly stand up and hug her, giving her an unexpected "surprise".
After hearing the original plan, Ning Anmiao's expression became more complicated.
"It's a pity that you came back too early." After Lu Yan finished speaking, he sighed deeply, his voice full of regret.
Ning Anmiao said awkwardly, "Haha, it's really a pity."
Although she said so, in fact, she had never been so glad that she had come home early.
If she had come back a bit later and really "enjoyed" the "surprise" Lu Yan had prepared for her, she might have been so scared that she would have had a heart attack and been rushed to the hospital.
"The surprise was well - prepared. Don't prepare it next time." After saying that, Ning Anmiao turned around to turn on the lights.
The main power switch had already been turned on by Lu Yan. She gently pressed the switch, and the whole room was instantly brightly lit.
Only then did Ning Anmiao realize that the "surprise" Lu Yan had mentioned wasn't just those things.
All kinds of balloons were hanging on the walls of the room. The sofa was covered with gift boxes, and there were many petals on the floor, looking soft.
In the corner of the room, there were many dolls neatly arranged from big to small. They were sitting upright, like friends specially coming to celebrate the surprise.
The whole room, which had been cold before, was now surrounded by cuteness and fantasy, like a small world specially created for her.
"Were all these especially prepared for me?" Ning Anmiao asked tentatively.
The huge brown teddy bear nodded seriously.
"Especially prepared for you."