Neil smiled and went ahead to open the scroll. The painting was much more beautiful than he had expected, he knew that it would be valued in the tens of millions if she sold it. Money didn’t matter to him, but the fact that Li Yuming had sent him a gift made him smile so much that Ruby noticed it and giggled secretly.
"Dad, is that a gift? Who sent it to you?" She asked while feigning innocence, even though she had already set her eyes on the painting and knew from the pen na at the bottom left corner that it was Li Yuming’s.
She wondered how magical the lucky woman was, that she would know her dad’s favorite artist.
Neil turned around to find the best place to place it. "It’s not from anyone else. Li Yuming sent it to ."
Ruby had a strange feeling about his words. "Okay..."
Who did he go out for lunch with?
Neil placed the painting on the table and took her hand, leading her to the couch. "Ruby, daddy has sothing to talk to you about."
"What is it?" Her heart skipped a few beats as it raced in fear. The last ti he used that kind of tone, he told her that she was not his daughter. What was he going to tell her this ti?
Neil sighed as he started, "Would you mind..."
"Dad, what is it?" She probed when he hesitated, as though he was going to change his mind.
"Would you mind it if you had a stepmother?" He finally asked, then looked at her nervously as though waiting for a life or death verdict. He had a woman in mind, but he had to seek his daughter’s opinion. If she would be uncomfortable with the idea of him remarrying and having another wife who was not the mother she had grown up with, then he would stop now before it was too late and he was too deep to break it off.
Ruby listened to him and remained silent for a while before she burst into laughter. "I knew it! You are in love, dad. Tell , do you need my help wooing her? I’m sure she will agree to be with you as soon as she sees what a cute and obedient step daughter I will be."
"Get lost." Neil shooed her off. His little girl was so grown now that she was even starting to beco a cupid for him.
She laughed joyously and wanted to ask what kind of woman she was. She must be exceptionally beautiful if she attracted Neil’s attention. Moreover, he was even considering making her his wife so she really must be a stunning woman.
"I need to send sothing." Neil jolted and made a call.
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anwhile, Lanni took a nap after finishing her snacks and when she woke up, she was still in Xiehan’s arms with her head rested on his chest.
"You’re finally awake." He kissed her forehead as she stretched.
"What ti is it?" She asked.
"About 4pm." He answered, much to her chagrin. How could she sleep for so long? She had missed out on so much fun!
"Why the long face? We still have a whole evening and night to spend together."
"I still feel like I missed out." She snuggled in his arms comfortably. He wrapped his arm around her with his hands resting against her stomach. "Xiehan, I feel like all my problems co to an end as soon as I’m with" you." She confessed while playing with his long fingers.
"I feel the sa way, my love." He responded, his fingers intertwining with hers as he thought about how peaceful he had been since she beca his girlfriend. They complinted each other and there wasn’t anything they couldn’t do together.
He held their hands up to kiss her fingers gently. "Which is why, Lanni, I hope we can spend the rest of our lives together. Honey, will you marry ?"
She smiled while shifting her head against his chest. "I hope so too..."
As soon as she spoke, her eyes bulged and she pulled away as the second part of his words started to sink in. "Xiehan, what did you just say?"
Taking a deep breath, he pulled out a velvet box and went down on one knee in front of her. "Lanni, will you marry ?"
"Xiehan..." Her hand flew over her mouth in disbelief. "Yes! Yes I will."
She threw herself into his arms in excitent, tears streaming down her face when he placed the blue ring on her finger.
He cupped her face to wipe her tears and kiss her. "Thank you my love, I thought you were going to say no."
"Don’t be silly. Why would I say no?" She jabbed him for his slow brain. Who would say no to marrying a handso, kind and caring man who doted on them so much? Unless she had a bug in her brain, it had been a yes from the mont she decided to be with him. Now that she thought about it, the proposal wasn’t totally a surprise. With the way he had been acting since he picked her up, she should have expected it.
She stared at her ring which was beautiful and valuable, and its aning was even more valuable. She once again jumped into his arms. "I love you, Xiehan."
In response, he held her tightly and kissed her, as his heart returned to its place. "I love you too, Lanni."
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"Mom, mom!" Lanni yelled in excitent as soon as she got to Li Yuming’s villa.
"What happened?" Li Yuming was terrified when she heard her daughter’s shriek, and ca running downstairs then realized that nothing had gone wrong. On the contrary, her Lanni looked excited.
"He..." Lanni paused in excitent and jumped into Li Yuming’s arms. "He proposed!"
The girl was so excited that her words almost sounded like gibberish, but Li Yuming understood her and her eyes went wide. "Oh My God! When did that happen?"
"This afternoon." Lanni did not go into detail and showed off the engagent ring on her finger. "I’m so happy!"
"I’m happy for you, honey." Li Yuming hugged her emotionally. Happiness ca so suddenly that her eyes started to tear up in joy.
"We have to celebrate. Where is Xi-, no. Where is your fiance, and my soon to be son-in-law now?" Li Yuming proudly changed her form of address and directly addressed Xiehan as her soon to be son-in-law.
"My fiance went to have dinner with his parents. He will probably break the good news to them." Lanni smugly changed her form of address too. She had thought that the happiest day of her life was when she beca Xiehan’s girlfriend, and when she found out that she was going to be an aunt. However, that was before she realized that there was an even happier day coming up-today, when Xiehan popped the M question.
"I have to share the news with Luna!" She hurried upstairs before Li Yuming could suggest inviting Xiehan over the following day.
"She’s so happy." Li Yuming was caught in between laughter and tears. Her baby had finally grown up.
"Madam, shall I have the kitchen prepare Miss Lanni’s favorite dishes for dinner?" The housekeeper conveniently asked, having overheard the good news. She had smiles all over her face. After all, she had been Lanni’s nanny when she was young and although her position was changed later, she still viewed the young woman as a daughter.
"Yes. I’ll help out." Li Yuming was so happy that she had to make an appearance in the kitchen.
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"Sis, guess what? I’m engaged now!" Lanni chirped to Luna over the phone.
"Oh my God, what?" Luna squealed in excitent before suddenly calming down. "You better not be joking around. My babies almost ca flying out from the surprise."
"Oh no! Hold them back in so they wait for the right ti. No need to rush out, their aunt will only get married when they are born." Lanni joked.
"He really proposed! Congratulations, sis." Luna was so full of joy that she decided to go over to celebrate together.
Lanni thought it was a good idea, so she urged her. "Co over. I’ll have the kitchen cook more food and if possible, I’ll even call the rest over."
"Call Ruby. Shoot. Ruby must be at her ho since her brother must be celebrating with the family." Luna recalled. "Just try to ask her out anyway. I’ll give Xiao Yu a call."
Lanni chuckled. "I hope she’s not rolling in bed with Cedric."
"You dirty minded pervert. I should be the one asking why you are not rolling in bed with your fiancé." Luna rebutted, to which Lanni snickered.
"We already did enough of that for the rest of the afternoon. Not on the bed, though. On a picnic mat. Go on, call Xiao Yu," Lanni hung up before she could be scolded.
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AN
What was that, Lanni? Lol
Congratulations Lanni and Xiehan. Let’s celebrate them by sending more power stones to support the book.
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