Chapter 90: The Long-Delayed Proposal
“Father already gave his approval, so what’s going on with that brat surnamed Gu still not coming to visit?”
At the Yu family dining table, Yu Xiao was so angry he could barely eat.
He had thought that once he had their father’s approval, Gu Qinian would hurry over to pay a formal visit. Yu Xiao had even already planned how he would give his future brother-in-law a proper show of authority.
But after waiting, three whole months passed.
In the blink of an eye, spring had arrived and flowers were blooming, yet the other party still had not come.
Wasn’t this basically because he was sure of having their little brother in hand and simply did not take the Yu family seriously?
Yin Ruan was a little worried too. “Could it be that you all went too far before and hurt that child’s feelings?”
Yu Xiao snorted coldly. “If that boy is really that fragile, it only proves he isn’t suitable for little brother. I won’t let little brother go with him.”
“Whether they’re suitable or not, they’ve already been together for twenty years.”
Yu Yang sipped his soup leisurely as he spoke. “That young couple is doing just fine. Little brother hasn’t said anything, so big brother, stop worrying for nothing. Do you know what personal space is? Do you know what a sense of distance is?”
Yu Xiao’s brows shot up. “Is that why you haven’t been coming home lately?”
“…”
Yu Yang thought to himself that lately he had been basking quite comfortably in Linlin’s tenderness. If he had not gone too far last night and gotten barred from the door by Gu Lin, he would not even have wanted to come back today.
But in order not to infuriate the only single person left in the family to death, he decided to keep his mouth shut.
“Second brother is right.”
Yu Zhongyuan put down his bowl. “To Tangtang, we’re still new family members. It really isn’t right for us to interfere too much. Let’s wait a little longer.”
Yu Xiao frowned irritably. “The problem is… if he doesn’t come, Tangtang doesn’t come back either.”
“Pfft—”
Yu Yang laughed out loud. “Big brother, if you miss little brother, why not just say it?”
Yu Xiao’s face darkened. “Ever since I went after Gu Qinian, little brother hasn’t paid any attention to me.”
The words serves you right nearly slipped out of Yu Yang’s mouth, but for the sake of all the hard work his big brother had done for this family over the years, he forcibly swallowed them back down, almost giving himself internal injuries from holding it in.
No, he definitely had to go find Gu Lin to heal himself a little.
“I’m full. I’m going to find Linlin!”
Yu Yang looked just like a freeloader who had come to a restaurant for a free meal and wanted to slip away the moment he had eaten his fill.
Yu Xiao glared at him. “You’re really being open about it, huh?!”
Yu Yang grinned. “I should really thank Gu Qinian for that. If he hadn’t settled things with Dad, how would I dare act this freely? As the saying goes, the earlier generation plants the trees so the later generation can enjoy the shade…”
As he spoke, he had already run off so fast that not even his shadow remained.
Yin Ruan watched her second son’s whirlwind-like retreating figure and smiled. “The children have all grown up.”
Yu Zhongyuan nodded.
Yin Ruan said, “And each one of them has someone they like now. That’s wonderful.”
Yu Zhongyuan held his wife’s hand and nodded again.
“!” Yu Xiao suddenly felt that something was very wrong.
The old couple was full of emotion, and out of the corners of their eyes, they could not help glancing toward their eldest son, who was just about to sneak away.
Yu Zhongyuan said, “A-Xiao isn’t getting any younger either. His younger brothers have already surpassed him.”
Yu Xiao: “!!!”
Yu Zhongyuan sighed. “If nothing else works, then go on blind dates.”
Yin Ruan nodded. “Mm. Let’s start arranging them.”
Yu Xiao: “…”
And so, even the head of the Yu family could not escape the fate of an older youth being pushed into blind dates.
While the Yu family could still endure waiting for Young Master Gu not to come home, Gu Quan was reaching the end of his patience too.
After a long, busy day of work, Gu Quan stretched his aching back and muttered to himself like he was chanting a scripture while walking downstairs, “I’m exhausted. I quit. Being the head of the family is so annoying…”
But the moment he stepped into the spacious and luxurious living room, he saw Gu Tang and Su Mei teaching Yu Xi how to play cards.
The picture of three generations gathered together was incredibly warm.
Gu Quan instantly felt much of the pain from his day’s work being healed. Especially when he saw Gu Tang, his eyes lit up. “My good baby is here!”
“Papa Gu, you’ve worked hard.”
Gu Tang handed him a cup of tea. “It’s the weekend, so I came to see Grandma and Xixi.”
Su Mei chuckled happily. “My good baby is the most filial. Coming is enough, but you even brought me so many skincare products.”
Yu Xi truly lived up to being raised by Grandma Mei, because he copied her words and said, “Big brother, just coming is enough, but you even brought me new toys!”
Gu Tang’s eyes curved into crescents. “Nian Nian bought them all. I was just responsible for bringing them back.”
“Where’s Qinian?”
Gu Quan asked impatiently, “Tell him to hurry back and inherit the family business!”
Gu Tang scratched his head awkwardly. “But he’s busy with company matters. Nian Nian said…”
“Said what?”
A vague sense of unease rose in Gu Quan’s heart.
Gu Tang hesitated for a moment before repeating Gu Qinian’s original words. “Nian Nian said he doesn’t plan to inherit the Gu family business anymore.”
Gu Quan: “???”
“He said his goal has already been achieved, so there’s no need.”
Gu Tang was too embarrassed to say that Young Master Gu had wanted to become head of the family just so he could be with him, so he could only say with a reddened face, “He just wants to run our company well. He said Papa Gu is still young, and supporting it for another twenty or thirty years shouldn’t be a problem…”
Gu Quan’s eyes turned red with urgency. “It is a problem!”
A huge problem!
He did not want to work anymore!
He wanted to travel around the world with his wife!
Unfortunately, no matter how much the head of the Gu family made a fuss, it was useless. Young Master Gu simply had no time to come home.
Having just happened to overhear this conversation, Shen Ningqing said only one word: “Serves you right.”
Back then he had used the family business to threaten his son, and now his son had simply started over from scratch and stopped wanting it altogether.
Very soon, the heads of both the Gu family and the Yu family realized—
The reason Gu Qinian was so determined to build up his own company was because he had grown fed up with being constrained from both sides that one time.
The reason he had worked so hard all those years and wanted to take the position of family head as soon as possible was entirely so no one would question his relationship with Gu Tang.
Now that he had already broken through all obstacles, of course his future goal was to surpass both the Gu family and the Yu family.
The mere position of family head could no longer hold Young Master Gu back.
Watching the new company grow bigger and bigger like a monstrous beast capable of swallowing the heavens and the earth, even Yu Xiao could not help but worry. “That brat Gu Qinian has such a huge appetite. He isn’t planning to swallow up both the Gu family and the Yu family too, is he?”
Gu Quan, meanwhile, prayed to gods and Buddhas every single day. “Please, I beg you, hurry up and swallow them already. I want to retire…”
By the season when the roses were in full bloom, the business of Gu Qinian and Gu Tang’s new company had already pulled far ahead of the rest in the business world and was gradually beginning to surpass the old established enterprises of the past.
Surpassing the Yu family and the Gu family was probably only a matter of time.
One day, Gu Tang was in the courtyard directing the gardeners as they trimmed the rose branches,
so that if Young Master Gu ever came climbing through his window again, he would not end up covered in scratches and bumps.
And it was on that very day that Gu Qinian finally paid a formal visit to the Yu family.
Young Master Gu was dressed in an impeccably tailored formal suit, leading an entire motorcade as he drove grandly into the Yu estate.
This time, he could finally enter through the front gate.
Gu Qinian personally carried gifts for the two elders and stepped through the doors of the Yu residence.
Because he wanted to give Gu Tang a surprise, he had not said anything in advance.
Who would have thought that the moment he entered, he would see the young man dressed in loose overalls, wearing work gloves and a small sunhat, busily carrying rose branches around the courtyard, with a few specks of dirt smudged onto his fair little face.
Gu Tang looked up, saw the sharply dressed Young Master Gu, and blinked in confusion. “Nian Nian? Why are you here?”
And dressed so expensively too…
Gu Qinian straightened his back and replied with only two words—
“To propose marriage.”
Gu Tang blinked, unable to process those two words at first.
Gu Qinian strode forward on long legs, holding the gift box in one hand, while using the other to brush away the little dirt smudges from Gu Tang’s face and pluck the fallen rose petals from his shoulder. Then he repeated, “I came to formally ask for your hand.”
Young Master Gu was very tall. Standing before him against the light, his expression could not be seen clearly for the moment.
But Gu Tang could feel it—
his Nian Nian was a little nervous.
The kind of nervousness he had never shown even when signing contracts worth hundreds of millions.
It made Gu Tang’s own heart begin to beat faster too.
The two of them just stared at each other like that, and for a moment neither spoke.
In the end, it was Yin Ruan, who had come out to get some sun and saw the two of them standing foolishly in the courtyard, who led Gu Qinian inside and at the same time urged Gu Tang to go change clothes.
By the time Gu Tang had showered and changed into a set of casual homewear before heading downstairs, the gifts brought by the motorcade had already all been unloaded into the house. Young Master Gu was seated in the middle of the main hall, “chatting very happily” with his family.
“If you had taken any longer to come, then don’t even think about big brother letting little brother marry you.”
Yu Yang patted Gu Qinian on the shoulder.
Gu Tang’s heart jumped.
Young Master Gu hated it most when people casually patted him like that for no reason.
Yet Gu Qinian showed not the slightest trace of displeasure on his face. He even lifted his lips in a rare smile.
He took out a document and handed it to Yu Yang. “Thank you, second brother, for helping to mediate. This is the ownership deed to a ski resort near Jiang City. It’s useless in my hands, so a treasured sword should be given to a hero. I’m giving it to second brother.”
“A ski resort?”
Yu Yang’s eyes widened. “You brat, you really went all out!”
Gu Qinian smiled faintly, then turned to Yu Xiao, whose face had remained gloomy the whole time. “Big brother, I also prepared a gift for you.”
He handed over an ultra-luxurious walking cane inlaid with a sapphire of deep azure blue.
Gu Tang only needed one distant glance to recognize that the sapphire was the “Azure Star,” worth more than two hundred million.
It was the final highlight item from an overseas auction half a month ago.
No wonder Young Master Gu had delayed coming to his house for so long. He had probably been waiting for that gemstone.
Winning the gemstone and then having it crafted into a walking cane would indeed take a little over ten days.
Yet such an incredibly precious cane was set aside by Yu Xiao with a casual hand, without even a second look.
As though he had long expected the cane would be coldly neglected, Gu Qinian’s expression did not change. He took out another document. “Big brother, this is Yu family stock—the portion that previously belonged to Yu Rong. Of course, this can’t count as a gift. It can only be considered returning a perfect thing to its rightful owner.”
Seeing this, Yu Xiao found it a little hard to believe. “Your company has only just started up, and yet you’re already in a hurry to return the shares. That’s basically like pulling firewood out from under your own pot. Aren’t you afraid the whole thing will collapse?”
Gu Qinian smiled. “If I didn’t at least have this much confidence, I wouldn’t dare come to propose marriage.”
“…”
Yu Xiao was silent for a moment before accepting the shares.
Standing on the stairs, Gu Tang let out a sigh of relief.
If big brother had accepted the gift, that meant he acknowledged Young Master Gu.
Then he saw Gu Qinian hand a box of jewelry to Yin Ruan, and finally present Yu Zhongyuan with a bottle of medicinal liquor.
Gu Tang recognized the jewelry. It had been the final highlight of another auction, said to once have belonged to a certain queen, truly priceless. When that item had first been announced, there had been rumors that obtaining it would be extremely difficult.
It was said that the owner of that auction house had a very strange temperament—if he disliked someone, he would not sell it to them no matter how high the bid.
It was genuinely impossible to imagine how Young Master Gu had managed to get his hands on it.
As for that bottle of liquor, Gu Tang could not tell its worth.
But judging by the weight of the gifts given to the other family members, the gift for his father had to be the most important of all. It was easy to imagine just how rare that bottle of liquor must be.
And these were only the main grand gifts, not even counting the pile still stacked in the main hall that had not yet been unpacked.
Gu Tang subconsciously lowered his head and looked at the simple cream-colored homewear he had on, suddenly hesitating over whether he ought to go back upstairs and change into something else.
Young Master Gu was dressed so formally that Gu Tang now felt rather shabby by comparison.
“Gu Tang!”
Just as he was about to return to his room to change, Young Master Gu suddenly called out to him.
Gu Tang had no choice but to pull back his steps, smooth down the collar of his soft homewear, and turn around. “Nian Nian…”
After greeting his parents, the other man strode over to take his hand.
“Why are you hiding when you see me?”
Gu Qinian held Gu Tang’s hand.
Lately he had been busy with the company and busy preparing the gifts for formally coming to ask for his hand, so he had not seen Gu Tang for quite some time. He had missed him terribly.
Their hurried meeting in the courtyard earlier had not been nearly enough.
Now that he saw him properly, all he wanted was to tie him to his belt and carry him around.
Yet Gu Tang had run the moment he saw him.
“Are you blaming me for not coming for too long?”
Gu Qinian led the young man, who did not seem very enthusiastic toward him, to a place where no one was around and lowered his eyes to look at him.
Gu Tang lowered his head and stared at Young Master Gu’s glittering tie clip, then shook his head. “No.”
“You’re dressed so formally, and you brought so many things. I wanted to go upstairs and change into something nicer… to match you.”
The young man kept his head lowered as he spoke.
Because he had just washed up, the damp tips of his hair clung to the pale skin at the back of his neck, and the beautiful line of his neck disappeared into the cream-colored homewear.
The fine soft hairs there were usually almost impossible to see, but now, under the sunlight coming through the window, they looked especially adorable.
“There’s no need to change. You already look wonderful like this.”
Gu Qinian stared at that layer of cute little fuzz and at the tips of the other’s reddened ears.
What had Gu Tang ever worn that he had not seen?
From the one-piece crawling suits of infancy, to little dress clothes and little suits, to all kinds of pajamas, and even the way he looked without clothes… he had seen all of it.
The important thing was not the clothes.
It was Gu Tang.
As long as the person in front of him was Gu Tang, he liked him.
He could never look enough.
“…Why did you make it all so grand?”
Gu Tang asked softly.
He and Young Master Gu had grown up together. There had really been no need to spend so much, and their family already knew about their relationship. His father had originally only wanted Young Master Gu to come by for a family dinner.
Making such a grand display had truly caught him off guard.
“Isn’t that only proper?”
Unable to resist, Gu Qinian reached out and pinched the back of the young man’s neck, his hand coming away with a smooth, silky softness. “For something as important as formally asking for your hand, of course I had to prepare seriously.”
Besides, Gu Tang cared deeply about his family, so naturally he had to handle the relationships on his future husband’s side of the family well.
It was only a matter of spending a little thought and money. What did that amount to?
After all, he was asking the Yu family for their most treasured youngest son. If he did not go all out, on what grounds should they agree to the marriage?
Sensing Gu Tang’s shyness, Gu Qinian deliberately teased him. “I prepared gifts for everyone, except you. Are you mad?”
Sure enough, the moment he said that, the young man raised his face.
His lips puffed up.
“Exactly, where’s mine?”
Gu Tang held out his hand, palm white and smooth, spreading it open in front of Young Master Gu. “Where’s my gift?”
Gu Qinian arched a brow and placed his own hand into the young man’s palm. “Here.”
“Do you want it?”
“Yes!”
Gu Tang’s round eyes curved into crescents, gleaming with beautiful amber light.
He gripped the other’s hand tightly. “If you give yourself to me, you’re not allowed to take it back. From now on, you belong to me.”
“Mm.”
Gu Qinian licked his lips and bent slightly at the waist, the implication unmistakable. “Now that I’m already yours, aren’t you going to take a little something else too?”
Staring at Young Master Gu’s moist, thin lips, Gu Tang swallowed.
Seeing that no one was around, he gathered his courage, puckered up his own little mouth, and, full of wicked thoughts, leaned in to press it toward the other’s lips.
Just as he was about to succeed, Yin Ruan’s voice rang out—
“Children, come eat!”
And then Gu Tang’s sharp eyes immediately noticed his mother appearing at the other end of the corridor.
There was still some distance between them, but Yin Ruan could tell at a glance exactly what her youngest son and future son-in-law were doing. She let out a tiny, “Oh my,” and hurriedly dodged away.
Secretly kissing and getting caught by his mother—
it was way too embarrassing!
Gu Tang was too embarrassed to continue kissing, so he pushed Young Master Gu toward the dining room.
Gu Qinian could only lick his lips emptily and obediently go eat with his future father-in-law’s family.
He had originally planned that after dinner the two of them would find somewhere private and spend some intimate time together.
After all, the Yu residence was so large. Once night fell and it was dark, wouldn’t it be easy enough to find some secluded place with no one around?
But what he did not expect was that at the dinner table, the three Yu men took turns forcing Young Master Gu to drink.
Gu Qinian rarely drank, but his alcohol tolerance was actually not bad.
At the very least, in Gu Tang’s memory, he had never seen Young Master Gu get drunk. On the other hand, Gu Tang himself got drunk the moment he touched alcohol. Even a few liquor-filled chocolates could leave him dazed for half a day.
But no matter how high your tolerance was, it could not withstand being ganged up on in rounds.
Yu Zhongyuan’s health had already fully recovered, and together with Yu Xiao and Yu Yang, it became one against three for Gu Qinian.
In the end, they actually drank him flat.
Yu Zhongyuan, having drunk too much, was helped back to his room by Yin Ruan to rest.
Yu Yang turned into a drunken lunatic, shouting that he wanted to find Gu Lin. He shamelessly clung to the phone pestering him, and in the end Gu Lin had no choice but to come to the Yu residence with a flushed face and take him away.
Only Yu Xiao was still able to stand, though he could no longer walk straight.
“Big brother, slow down!”
Gu Tang was terrified his brother would fall, but since supporting Young Master Gu alone was already difficult enough, he could only express concern for his big brother verbally.
Yu Xiao staggered unsteadily and suddenly grabbed Gu Qinian by the collar. “You brat… why are you following Tangtang? Trying to get into his room? No way!”
“Go sleep in the guest room…”
As Gu Tang held onto Young Master Gu, he also tried to pry off his own brother’s hand. “Big brother, don’t hurt Nian Nian!”
When Gu Qinian was drunk, he became very quiet and only stuck to Gu Tang.
Even with someone tugging at his collar, he only waved his hand irritably.
His face stayed buried against Gu Tang’s neck, sniffing and nuzzling there like he liked it very much.
Yu Xiao’s mind was foggy too, and for a moment he forgot that the person in front of him was his future brother-in-law. Thinking only that someone was taking advantage of his little brother, he was furious. “Let go of Tangtang!”
In the end, under Yu Xiao’s relentless insistence, Young Master Gu was thrown into the guest room.
As for Gu Tang, he was personally escorted back to his own room by his big brother.
But how could Gu Tang possibly sleep?
The moment he thought of Young Master Gu being so drunk he was unconscious, he could not stop worrying.
He had heard news stories of people dying in their sleep after getting drunk because no one was there to take care of them.
The more Gu Tang thought about it, the more frightened he became.
After listening carefully and making sure there was no movement outside, he cautiously pushed open the door.
To his surprise, he found the door blocked, and it would only open a crack. Fortunately, he was not fat, so that crack was enough for him to squeeze through.
Gu Tang lowered his head to look—
and found that the one blocking the door was none other than his big brother.
In order to keep watch over him and stop him from sneaking out, Yu Xiao had not gone back to his own room, but had instead crouched outside his door.
Now, however, the alcohol had probably hit him too hard, and he had directly fallen asleep outside the doorway.
Gu Tang: “…”
Not one of them gave him any peace of mind.
Gu Tang summoned the butler and had him carry Yu Xiao back to his bedroom to be looked after, while he himself slipped into his slippers and sneaked off to the guest room where Young Master Gu was sleeping.
At this moment, Yu Xiao, dead drunk, still had no idea that his precious little brother—the delicate flower he treasured so much—had already carried his own flowerpot and run off by himself.
Mainly because Yu Xiao had never really communicated with Gu Lin.
Gu Lin, on the other hand, was already very experienced with the fact that a little flower could run away on its own.
At eleven at night, the Yu residence was completely quiet.
Gu Tang quietly made his way to the guest room where Young Master Gu was staying, slipped inside, and locked the door behind him.
Just like when he had been thrown in there earlier—
Gu Qinian lay quietly on the bed, not even turning over once.
“It must be so uncomfortable to sleep without taking your clothes off…”
Maybe because he was embarrassed, Gu Tang muttered to himself before going over with flushed cheeks to help undress him.
Young Master Gu was wearing formal clothing, with layer after layer.
After removing the outer coat, Gu Tang tugged off his tie and then undid his shirt buttons one by one.
In his memories, it was always Young Master Gu taking care of him. Gu Tang did not have many chances to take care of others, and even when they were intimate, Young Master Gu would usually undress himself first and then help him undress. Thinking about it carefully, this was actually the first time he had ever helped the other take his clothes off.
That cool pale skin gradually revealed itself, followed by a firm chest, abdominal muscles…
“Gulp—”
Gu Tang swallowed.
He was not doing it on purpose.
It was just that… helping someone undress could feel this intense?!
No wonder Young Master Gu always liked helping him take off clothes and put them on, sometimes dressing and undressing him over and over without ever getting tired of it…
His mind was drifting when suddenly,
a strong force clamped around his wrist.
Before Gu Tang could react, he was flipped over and pinned down beneath him.
In an instant, their positions were reversed.
Gu Tang sank into the soft bedding, his hands pinned to either side, his body pressed down under the other man, while scorching breath brushed against his face.
“Tangtang…”
Gu Qinian called him in a low voice.
Young Master Gu had never called him “Tangtang” before. He always used his full name.
This was the first time.
And it felt completely different from hearing anyone else call him that. That single “Tangtang” from Young Master Gu made a shiver run down his spine.
“I was worried you’d feel uncomfortable because you were drunk, so I came over to take care of you…”
Gu Tang did not know what was wrong with him either, but he found himself explaining in a fluster.
He tried to struggle, but he was pinned so tightly he could not move at all.
“Tangtang…”
Gu Qinian called him again, his eyes dazed as he murmured, “So sweet.”
Then Young Master Gu lowered himself and tasted sweet Tangtang all over.
Tangtang…
He was probably the only sweet thing in this world that Gu Qinian truly liked.
A deep kiss carrying the scent of wine was not something a lightweight like Gu Tang, who got drunk after three drops, could possibly withstand.
After just a little kissing, he ended up even more drunk than Young Master Gu.
Little stars filled his vision.
He had come with good intentions to help Young Master Gu take off his clothes, yet he had no idea how even his own clothes ended up gone…
The next day, May sunlight streamed into the room.
Gu Tang was soft all over, lazily rubbing against the bedsheets.
Half-asleep and half-awake, he let out a tiny mumble and raised a hand to block the dazzling sunlight.
Only to find that something hard was pressing against his cheek between his fingers.
Gu Tang blinked sleepily and opened his eyes. The next second, he had to shut them again because the brilliant light flashing between his fingers was too dazzling.
…What was that?
Only after he had slowly adjusted did Gu Tang open his eyes again to look.
He saw that on his finger was an enormous, dazzling diamond ring.
Judging by Gu Tang’s many years of immersion in jewelry, this glittering stone alone could probably be worth more than half of the entire Yu residence. Anywhere else, it would be the kind of treasure that had to be locked in a safe.
Gu Tang instantly woke up.
What was going on?
Had he sleepwalked into a jewelry robbery last night?!
No, an ordinary jewelry store would not even have something like this!!!
Before he could think it through, he heard Young Master Gu’s low voice from beside him. “Would you be willing…”
Gu Tang twisted his head and saw the man kneeling on one knee by the bed.
And who knew how long he had been kneeling there.
“What are you doing?”
So startled that he practically sprang upright, Gu Tang sat up with a smack, and the blanket slid down, revealing his bare body.
It was still marked with the evidence of what Young Master Gu had done while drunk the night before.
He looked at the man half-kneeling on the floor, then at the giant diamond on his finger.
Only then did Gu Tang finally realize what was happening.
He yanked the blanket over himself and cried out in collapse, “At least let me put my clothes on first!”
Gu Qinian pressed his lips together and nodded.
But he still did not stand up.
Was he planning to keep kneeling there while waiting for him to get dressed?
Seeing the grievance written all over Young Master Gu’s face, Gu Tang’s heart softened.
He no longer cared about getting dressed right away. Instead, he wrapped himself in the blanket and patted the mattress beside him. “Come sit up here first.”
Gu Qinian remained motionless on one knee.
“If you don’t come up, I won’t say yes.”
Gu Tang lifted his little chin with deliberate haughtiness.
Sure enough, Young Master Gu immediately stood up and sat down beside him.
“Nian Nian, explain to me what exactly happened here.”
Gu Tang shook the giant diamond on his hand. The dazzling reflections were so bright that even Young Master Gu had to shut his eyes.
Gu Tang asked, “Were you originally planning to propose last night?”
Gu Qinian nodded, looking even more aggrieved.
“You didn’t prepare a gift for me because you prepared this instead?”
Gu Tang shook his hand again, only for Young Master Gu to grab it at once.
Gu Qinian said, “Stop shaking it. It’s too bright.”
“…” So you do know that.
Gu Tang took a deep breath. “You prepared a ring and planned to propose at my house, but then my father and my brother got you completely drunk?”
The moment he put it that way,
Young Master Gu pouted and nodded heavily, looking pitiful beyond words.
