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As soon as he finished speaking, and before Dongfang Liuyun could respond, he had already stuffed the bouquet in his hand directly into her arms.
Dongfang Liuyun received the bouquet subconsciously, thus it did not fall right to the ground. However, at this moment, she stared at Qi Lei profoundly. He had a smile on his face. “This is it. Don’t think too much. Just take it as an alliance. You’ll know more about it from now on.”
“But from what I’ve listened so far, this whole thing sounds a lot like a trap that you’ve set up especially for me.” Dongfang Liuyun glanced down at the bouquet in her arms before raising her eyes to gaze at him.
“Otherwise, you’re welcome to name your terms,” Qi Lei said generously.
“But marrying me won’t do you any good.”
“Whether there are any benefits, that’s up to me to decide,” he replied while staring at her fixedly, “Hesitating? Hmm, that’s so not you. We’ve known each other for so long. Have you thought of me as someone who takes advantage of my friend?”
Dongfang Liuyun gazed at him without uttering a single word. Sshe took a light breath after a while, leaned back into the chair behind her, and looked up at the bright half-moon in the sky until her eyes were dry. After a while, she stood up slowly all of a sudden, bowing her head. She sniffed the bouquet in her arms, then walked forward without looking at Qi Lei.
“Thank you, Qi Lei! You’re a good person, and I’m very touched. Marrying me may not provide you with happiness, but I’ll do my best. As for your proposal, I’ll accept that kindness of yours. I’ll go directly to your office at three in the afternoon and wait for you downstairs, and I’ll call you beforehand, so remember to bring your documents along. Of course, we still have one whole night to think about whether we should start such a marriage…” Her gentle and faint voice traveled in the air and was soon brought away by the cold breeze.
A faint beam flashed across Qi Lei’s eyes while he watched as the slender figure get into the car, ignite the engine, and leave…
The car rushed towards the Beach Villa District.
In the driver’s seat, Dongfang Liuyun was driving silently. Light jazz music was being played in the background in the car, and in the front passenger seat lay the gigantic bouquet that Qi Lei had just given to her.
She took a deep breath, stopped the car, and waited for the next green light ahead. She turned her head and glanced at the bouquet of cape jasmine while waiting. The pure, bright white petals were quivering gently in the night wind. She then fell into a trance, and Qi Lei’s voice repeated in her head, “Let’s get married, not for love, but for an alliance. We can still be like we were in the game. I’ll let you have my back, and you can safely let me have yours…
“After we get married, we might just go on with our days and find ourselves with a lifetime
“If you don’t mind, I’ll marry you!”
For a moment, she suddenly felt that her eyes were scorched and dry…
A conversation between Lan Qi and her came to her mind abruptly.
“Liuyun, some people are destined to be lonely, just like you and me. Will we keep being like this?”
“I don’t know about you, but I might.”
“Nonsense. Maybe you’ll find someone who treats you sincerely in the future. As for that person, I hope he can tolerate you. I also hope that he will be the person to whom you can entrust your back with and vice versa.”
“This isn’t a game.”
“Life is a game and you have keen insight. You’ll surely find that person.”
“But I’m not lucky enough, so maybe I won’t have that honor.”
“Maybe the other person is the lucky one who’ll run into you.”
All the scenes began to reappear in front of her eyes until the green light ahead lit up. Only then did Dongfang Liuyun recover from her trance. She quickly started the car after being honked at by the car from behind.
She could not help but sigh deeply as she forced the warm sensation in her eyes back. With a few blinks, she turned her head to the side and took another glance at the bouquet.
The cell phone next to her rang suddenly, so she lowered the volume of the music in the car before picking up the phone. She took a glimpse at the caller ID and found out that it was Qi Lei. After a thought, she then hit the ‘accept’ button.
“I’ll go over and pick you up at two in the afternoon. You should rest early.”
She paused for a split second, then responded, “Okay.” She hung up after the reply…
The night was destined to be an extraordinary night. After putting away his phone, there was not much change in Qi Lei’s expression. It seemed that the things he had said and done tonight were totally normal, but…
Marriage…
It was a phrase that should be very foreign to him originally, but now it became so real all of a sudden.
He drove straight back to the Grand Lake Villa District and took a comfortable bath. After that, he got some sleep and waited for the arrival of the next day.
Compared to Qi Lei, Dongfang Liuyun was equally calm. She did some cleaning up after arriving home, took her medicine, and went straight to bed. She was a little exhausted and wanted to have a good rest since there were many things that she would have to deal with after this.
The night seems to have become infinitely short. In Grand Lake Villa District, Qi Lei felt that he had not slept for long, but the corner of the dark sky had already been lifted. He got out of bed when he vaguely saw the first rays of the dawn sun shining in through the French windows.
He got into a clean suit after freshening himself up. Then, he went downstairs, planning to make himself a delicious breakfast. However, Yang Sheng was already there with breakfast.
“Master Qi, your schedule for the day is as follows: a joint meeting with the Commerce and Marketing departments at nine sharp in the morning. President Wang of the Wang Corporation will be coming over to discuss matters about the game development at eleven. After that, you’ll be having lunch with President Wang. At three in the afternoon, you’ll be going to—” Yang Sheng started reporting Qi Lei’s itinerary to him while he was enjoying his breakfast elegantly.
However, Qi Lei cut him off before he could finish the whole report, “Keep the morning’s itinerary and cancel everything in the afternoon for me. I’m going out.”
“Cancel? But the person-in-charge wanted to…”
“You can get Vice President Wang and the others to arrange for it. I have something to attend to. Also, go up to my study and bring me the document folder placed on the third row of the second bookshelf,” Qi Lei lowered his gaze and ordered.
“Master Qi…Oh, okay, I’m on it now.” Yang Sheng wanted to ask something at first, but upon seeing Qi Lei lower his head and continuing to enjoy his breakfast, he took back his words and went upstairs to retrieve the folder.
The folder was used to store all of Qi Lei’s papers such as his identity cards or passport, and Yang Sheng had always been taken care of it, so he was familiar with it.
However, what would Master Qi need these for?
He still could not understand after thinking about it for a long time, so he did not continue to speculate and brought the folder downstairs.
At this moment, Qi Lei had finished his breakfast. He then took a few sips of tea, got up, and exited the house as soon as he saw Yang Sheng coming down.