There's a girl in my heart who has been growing up from an infant to now, slender and elegant.
Song Yu hummed softly twice, really couldn't bear the itchiness, and proactively stuck out his tongue to add some force, but instead was kissed even deeper and more heavily.
Her lips were sucked numb by him, swollen and tender, until he let go of her, his hand still holding hers, gently pinching and rubbing.
His lips were only an inch away from hers, and as he looked at her plump red lips being kissed, he gently pecked again before sitting back in his seat.
"No one has ever worried about me like this before." Qi Chengzhi said, his long fingers with distinct joints still pinching her fingertips.
Song Yu felt a surge of sourness in his throat, took his hand and kissed it on the joints, when his fingers were slightly bent, the joints were slightly raised, looking particularly elegant and beautiful.
"In the future, I will always be worried about you." She held his slender hands in both of hers. "In the future, I will always be by your side, for every birthday and every holiday, I will spend them with you. If you have work, I will wait for you, even if it's just the last second on a holiday, as long as we are together, we must spend it together."
In Qi Cheng's deep and profound black eyes, a hint of light appeared, with a smile in his gaze as he looked at her, "Are you proposing to me?"
Song Yu's face suddenly turned red, and under his gaze, he was at a loss and didn't know how to dodge.
He's looking at her like she's joking, saying that a girl would eagerly make such a promise.
She didn't think much of it, just spoke from her heart, but she didn't expect the effect to be so overwhelming, as if she couldn't wait to marry him and tie him down.
Song Yu grumbled and withdrew his hand, but was again tightly grasped by Qi Chengzhi.
"It's understandable to think of marrying me too, no need to be shy."
"I didn't mean it like that!" Song Yu's face turned red with anger, "I wasn't thinking when I said it, I didn't mean to..."
The waiter interrupted her with a dish, and Qi Chengzhi let go of her hand, no longer teasing her.
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After finishing dinner, the two sat back in the car, but Song Yu found that the car was not heading towards the hotel.
"We're going somewhere," he explained to her.
"Where are you going?" Song Yu asked curiously.
Zi Chengzhi didn't explain any further, but just pinched her hand and said, "You'll know when you get there."
Finally, the car stopped at the side of a road. Qi Chengzhi took her out of the car and they walked through a bustling street lined with restaurants and bars.
Small round tables are set up outside, people gather together for meals or drinking and chatting.
The street is very narrow, so it looks a bit crowded and messy.
Song Yu followed him as he walked to the other end of the street, and suddenly a church appeared before his eyes.
Song Yu couldn't help but exclaim, this kind of suddenly clear and bright feeling, as if it was like the surprise in Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" where after passing through a narrow cave entrance, one suddenly discovers a peach blossom paradise in front of them.
"This is..." Song Yu looked at Qi Chengzhi in surprise, only to find himself being pulled by him into the church.
The church was empty at this time, and the vacant pews under the statue of the Virgin Mary looked solemn and majestic.
Zi Cheng stopped in front of her, turned around to face her, his expression extremely serious, making the originally stern lines on his face even more intimidating.
"I insisted on taking you out, thinking that you had forgotten my birthday is today, which was when I was in France. If you were in the country, we wouldn't have been able to spend it together. I didn't expect you to actually remember my birthday, and I'm really touched. Originally, I wasn't planning on reminding you either, because I had already prepared a birthday gift for myself."
Song Yu held her breath, deep down in her heart, as if she knew what he wanted to say and what he wanted to do.
Then he took out a delicate square box from his trouser pocket, Song Yu nervously swallowed a mouthful, but found that he seemed to be even more nervous than her.
Because his hands were shaking when he held this small square box in front of her.
Even though he had already stopped in front of her, his hands still couldn't stop shaking.
Song Yu didn't think that he would also have a nervous moment, seeing him take a deep breath and steady the force in his hand before opening the box.
Inside is a simply styled diamond ring, the diamond on the ring holder is square in shape, and it sparkles with dazzling light under the lights of the church.
Song Yu raised her eyes, and the mist in her pupils fluttered as she looked at Qi Chengzhi's handsome face, only to discover that the stern lines on his face were also due to tension.
Song Yu felt like her stomach was all knotted up, this man, who usually did everything with such confidence and had never seen him afraid of anything, yet because he was proposing to her, became so nervous.
"I don't believe in God, but I think that in a place as solemn and dignified as this, one should be serious. Just like when buying a pair of rings, I said that wedding rings should be taken seriously. And proposing is something that should be even more serious."
"Song Yu, I've always had a girl in my heart. I watched her grow from an infant to the elegant and refined person she is today. I taught her how to write characters. I saw her take her first tumble when learning to walk, then get back up, dust off her hands and knees, and continue on with a stubborn expression. I saw her wear her school uniform for the first time at Jixia Academy, looking like a little doll as she nervously stepped into school."
"I watched her slowly transform from a lovely little girl to a beautiful young woman, and I also saw the admiring glances of boys her age when they secretly looked at her, but she didn't notice. I saw how flustered she was when she saw me, and I also saw her helpless tears when she was terrified. I don't know when it started, but she slowly walked into my heart, deeper and deeper, so deep that I couldn't even find where she was in the bottom of my heart, so I couldn't pull her out. I thought I would wait until she grew up, wanting to marry her, but when I returned from graduating in America, I found out she had already gotten engaged to my younger brother."
"At that time, I was too young and had no right or way to stop it. Until many years later when she went bankrupt, I wanted to help her but knew her stubbornness wouldn't allow any form of assistance. I watched her walk into ordinary life and leave mine."
"In those years, she was no longer in my life, and that feeling was like I had lost her. It was as if I was walking on a complicated road, doing everything just to find her again. Until last year, I met her again, and I told myself, I want to marry her."
"I used the company's business to get close to her, I made her busy and flustered, her face red and at a loss for words. I like seeing her blush in my arms, I like the feeling of kissing her soft skin, I like the warmth of her body in my arms, I like her soft lips, I like the look on her face when she's dazed from being kissed by me, I like the look on her face when she's angry and pouting at me."
"I like the way she carefully prepared for my birthday, I like the way she mustered up the courage to sing a love song in front of so many people despite being shy. I like the words that she can't help but say, those words that should be said by a man."
"I want her to be in my arms for a lifetime, to spend every birthday and holiday with me, to walk through every minute and second of life with me. I want her to stand behind me, under my protection, never to be hurt again, never to suffer again."
"Song Yu, will you marry me?"
Song Yu was speechless, she had no idea he had liked her for so long.
What kind of man can like a woman so much for such a long time, and after all these years, still hasn't changed, secretly doing so many things just to be with her.
She felt like he was weaving a fine and dense net, then making it bigger and bigger just to catch her back.
If it were another man, Song Yu would have felt scared and deceived.
But it was just because it was Chi Chengzhi, she looked at him with tears in her eyes, feeling that this was what he would do, and it was only natural for him to be like this, and it moved her so much.
He had never wanted to let her go from the start.
Zi Chengzhi just stared at her tensely, originally he was still very confident, thinking that Song Yu's love for him was deep enough to make her nod and agree without hesitation.
It's really ironic that he was so nervous at this moment.
Song Yu finally couldn't help but burst into tears, burying her head in his arms. This man's deep and long-lasting love for her was heart-wrenching, she had no idea how many years he had liked her, ten years? Twenty years?
It feels like an eternity.
"Song Yu?" He gently wrapped his arms around her, his voice hoarse with tension, whispering in her ear, filled with uncertainty.
"I'm willing! I'm willing!" She hugged his neck tightly, with a force that was so precious. "Why didn't you find me a few years earlier? Why didn't you tell me a few years earlier? So many years were wasted in vain, reducing the time we could have spent together."
She really regrets meeting him too late and falling in love with him too late.
This man, she wouldn't be enough even if she loved him for a lifetime.
This elegant and refined man, rarely seen in the world, stands out with a hidden love.
How lucky she is to have met him in her life, how lucky she is to be liked by him, and loved by him.
Even if she uses all her strength to love him, she can't repay the love he gives.
Why was she afraid of him when they were young?
How good it would be if she knew at thirteen that he was the one who saved her.
At least this way, she can like him for many more years.
Chi's hand went around to the back of her neck, pulled down her left hand, and slid the ring onto her ring finger. His five fingers interlocked with hers, holding tightly, his head bowed as he gazed at the diamond ring on her finger, filled with satisfaction.
He gently wiped away her tears, his dark eyes tender: "Sorry I didn't find you a few years earlier, sorry I didn't tell you earlier. Now that I'm 35, I'll work hard to live to be 90 or 100 years old, and even if you get tired of me, I still want to spend this lifetime with you, making it as long as possible."
Song Yu's tears trembled in her eye sockets and fell out again, thinking of the life they had together, maybe only fifty or sixty years, she felt that time was too short, completely not enough.
"I won't despise you, even if your eyes are so wrinkled that they can't open, and all your teeth have fallen out. I still won't despise you." She lowered her head, pulled up the hand that was intertwined with hers, and kept lightly kissing the back of his hand, which had a clear and elegant bone structure. Tears also fell onto the back of his hand, one drop at a time.
She never knew that one day she could love someone so deeply that she wouldn't know how to love him enough, afraid of being a little short.
She just wants to love more and more, as much as possible, in every way possible.
Although Song Yu didn't have any religious beliefs, in this solemn and majestic Catholic church, looking at the magnificent frescoes on the ceiling, looking at the beautiful and kind image of the Virgin Mary, Song Yu still sat down on a chair, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and prayed that they could live happily ever after.
When Song Yu opened her eyes, Qi Chengzhi stretched out his hand to her, "Come on, let's have a wedding just for the two of us first, and then we'll have a big one when we get back to B City."
Song Yu was perplexed, but trusting, handed over his hand and was led by him to the front of the holy platform.
Qī Chéngzhī took her hand, his thumb gently stroking the ring on her fourth finger, and said solemnly in a low voice: "I, Qī Chéngzhī, am willing to marry Sòng Yuè as my wife. Whether she will be rich or poor in the future, whether she will be healthy or ill, I am willing to be with her forever."
His voice was low, but in the empty and deserted church, it was particularly clear and sonorous.
After finishing this sentence, he looked at Song Yu with a soft gaze.
Song Yu looked up at him and said softly: "I, Song Yu, am willing to marry Qi Chengzhi, whether he will be rich or poor in the future, whether his body is healthy or not, I am willing to be with him forever."
No pastor said above that the groom can kiss the bride, Qi Chengzhi had already lowered his head and held Song Yu in his arms, kissing her deeply.
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Although a private vow in church did not have legal effect, Song Yu felt that she had already married Qi Chengzhi.
In the car, she slipped her hand through his arm and wrapped it around his elegant large hand. "Mr. Qi, would you like to call me Mrs. Qi and listen?"
Zi Chengzhi smiled at her, his originally cold and hard black eyes now curved, with shallow wrinkles visible at the corners of his eyes.
"Qī tàitai, want me to call you 'lǎo gōng' so you can hear it?" He said with a smile, his mouth and eyes filled with amusement.
She thought she would blush and be embarrassed, but instead she blushed and smiled, raising her head to face him with her chin on his shoulder, softly calling out "husband" by his ear.
This old husband, called Qi Chengzhi, was soft and numb from head to toe, and even the gentle breath she exhaled when speaking fell on his earlobe and ear shell, making him feel itchy and numb.
Qī Chéngzhī suddenly pulled her into his arms, his smiling lips brushing against her earlobe as he whispered: "When we get back to bed, call me like that too, just one time and I'll come immediately."
His sudden teasing words made Song Yu's face turn bright red, her ears were also rubbed hot by him, and under his lips, she was about to smoke.
His warm breath brushed against her ear, making her tremble with excitement.
"Shameless!" Song Yu said in a soft and helpless tone.
Qī Chéng's mouth corners slightly hooked up, making a slight snickering sound, and his lips went to peck her nose tip.
"Qi Chengzhi——" Song Yugang called out, and was immediately pinched on the hand by Qi Chengzhi.
"Didn't you just call me husband?" Qi Chengzhi brushed against her lips, speaking as he ground them together, slightly shifting to kiss the corners of her mouth.
Song Yu was kissed by him until her whole body went soft and weak, leaning on his shoulder.
Just now that husband looked quite decisive, but after calling out, I felt particularly embarrassed and uncomfortable, always feeling very corny, it's better to call his name directly.
"It's just...I'm still not used to it." she said softly.
Qī Chéngzhī gazed at her, his eyes warm and gentle, making Sōng Yu feel weak all over, drowning in the warmth of his gaze, becoming more and more inseparable from this man.
"It's just a habit, I like hearing you call me husband, and I like seeing your face turn red when you say it." His elegant and powerful hands, with a slightly rough texture, held her cheeks with a warm temperature, his thumb slowly rubbing back and forth.
"Looking at your youthful appearance, like a 17 or 18-year-old little girl, being called 'old man' by such a young little girl makes me feel especially proud."
Song Yu listened to his words and found that they were indeed full of arrogant tone.
"You're still young." She wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and murmured.
Zi Chengzhi smiled and said, "Am I not old now? Who was it that complained about me being old just a while ago?"
Song Yu paused for a moment, then softly called out: "Qi Chengzhi."
This time, he didn't get tangled up in his husband's problem again, and responded in a low, hoarse voice, "Hm?"
"When do you want kids?" She raised her head, the light in the car was very dim, making her big eyes with clear black and white pupils shine brightly.
"Want it?" He pulled her close.
"There's nothing special to think about, it's just that since we're getting married, we should start considering this issue." Song Yu rested her chin on his shoulder, looking at the firm and elegant line of his jaw, where a fine stubble was growing.
"I told you before, as long as you want it, I'll give birth to it for you. And sometimes I also imagine what it would be like to be pregnant with your child?"
Just looking at her now bringing up this matter, the soft glow on her face, imagining the feeling of carrying his child, a happy expression appeared on her face. Qi Cheng couldn't help but smile and say: "Then let's try it tonight."
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The car stopped in front of the hotel entrance. Qi Chengzhi helped Song Yu down from the car, holding her left hand, and happened to feel the ring on her ring finger.
"Brother Cheng." As soon as they entered the hotel lobby, a soft and delicate voice was heard, and the tender tone made Song Yu's skin crawl.
Yu Keyao suddenly appeared here, wearing a windbreaker and silk knee-length dress, stepping on high heels, standing particularly beautiful.
Ke Songyu's first reaction was, on a road like this in Paris, wearing high heels, doesn't she want her feet anymore?
Zi Cheng didn't stop in his tracks, holding Song Yu's hand and not even giving Yu Ke Yao a glance, as if he hadn't heard her calling out to him at all. There was no sign of recognition in his eyes, and he led Song Yu towards the elevator instead.
"Brother Cheng." Just as Qi Cheng was about to pass by her, Yu Ke Yao hurriedly ran to his front and blocked his way.
"I heard you're on a business trip, and coincidentally today is your birthday. You're alone in a foreign place, and having to spend such a special day all by yourself, so I thought I'd come over and keep you company."
Yu Ke Yao's eyes sparkled with a hint of spring, her head slightly tilted upwards, and she smiled coyly. Her slender fingers gently brushed against the hair by her ear, revealing an endearingly charming appearance.
His eyes were all on Qi Cheng from head to toe, and he didn't even glance at Song Yu, nor did he greet him, as if he hadn't seen Song Yu at all.
"It's polite of you, but even if I didn't have my fiancée by my side, just the fact that you came to celebrate my birthday is already inappropriate," Qi Cheng said coldly. "I only celebrate my birthday with close friends and family, Miss Yu, please leave."
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