Chapter 8: A Lifetime of Promises

In "Farewell My Concubine", Cheng Dieyi said to Duan Xiaolou, if we agreed to be together for a lifetime, it would be a lifetime. One year, one month, one day or one hour less would not count as a lifetime.
Lin Leyao, I want to be with you forever.

Six days before Valentine's Day, Lin Leyao and Jian Yan had their first quarrel since they started dating.
The thing is, the two of them went shopping happily that day. Because Jian Yan never mentioned Valentine's Day, Lin Leyao felt a little depressed and was not very happy the whole way. When Jian Yan asked her questions, her answers were a little vague.
Jian Yan didn't know what happened, and asked with concern: "Yaoyao, are you feeling unwell today? How about I take you back to rest first?"
Lin Leyao: “No.”
Jian Yan: "Why do you look so listless? Is it because Mingliang is here recently and you haven't been intimate with me, so you feel a little empty and lonely?"
Lin Leyao: "Why do you keep thinking about these unhealthy things all day? Okay, I'm not in the mood anymore, let's go home."
Jian Yan was a little confused. Seeing that she didn't want to talk, he didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, this girl couldn't keep it to herself, so he couldn't help but said, "Okay, you don't look very energetic. Go back and have a good rest. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."
"No need. We're not married. It's not good to go to your house for meals all the time. I can just go home and make something for myself." Tan Ziwen also returned to school these days. Mingliang often went out with him and usually would not eat with Lin Leyao at noon.
"Okay, then you should have a good rest." Jian Yan didn't say much, just sent her home.
After saying goodbye, Lin Leyao felt a little regretful. It was just Valentine's Day, why was she so awkward? Wasn't it fine as long as Jian Yan was by his side? Why did she care so much about the gift?
But why doesn’t Jian Yan just comfort her?
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but in the next two days, Lin Leyao felt that Jian Yan paid much less attention to her. Not to mention going out to play together, she even received fewer phone calls and text messages.
Lin Leyao was very sad.
Lin Leyao was in great pain.
Lin Leyao was very annoyed.
Lin Leyao...really misses Jian Yan.
It had been three days. He showed up in the morning and brought her breakfast. The two of them had breakfast together for half an hour, and then he said he was busy and went home. And then... he never saw her again.
Mingliang went on a date. Lin Leyao sat on the bed and began to recall the little things that happened since she met Jian Yan. One year, two years, three years, four years... When she thought of the tenth year, she couldn't help but ask herself: "Lin Leyao, what have you done for Jian Yan in the past ten years?"
When she was angry, he was the one who comforted her; when they were upset, he was the one who apologized first; when she was in a bad mood, he was the one who accompanied her... It seemed that she had never really done anything for him.
Even during this awkward moment, she was still waiting for Jian Yan to take the initiative to coax her and refused to give in.
What if they keep quarreling like this and remain lukewarm? Thinking of this possibility, Lin Leyao's head was about to explode.
No, she would never allow this!
How should she take the initiative to show her affection? She has never done that before.
Lin Leyao sat on the bed scratching her head for a long time, and finally thought of a good idea: seduction.
So how do you lure them?
Read a book! Yes, read a book!
Lin Leyao ran upstairs quickly and took out three dusty novels from the locked cabinet on the top of the bookshelf. Then, she smiled silly and took them back to the living room to study them carefully.
"In order to make Leng Batian change his mind, Lin Lele decided to seduce him with her body. But how to seduce him? She asked a few married sisters for advice, but what the sisters said was too explicit, and she blushed."
800 words are omitted here.
Lin Leyao was a little crazy, since you have already decided to seduce me, why do you just hurry up? Why are you writing so much nonsense?
It's finally here, the novel says, Lin Lele, naked, asked her sisters to wrap her up like a gift with ribbons and put her on the bed covered with a quilt, and then she found an excuse to call Leng Batian back home.
After Leng Batian returned home, he lifted the quilt and then...
She is alone, so this possibility won't work. Even if she is not alone, the temptation is too... Change the book!
As the saying goes, there are mountains beyond mountains and books beyond books! One book is better than another!
Lin Leyao has read all the tempting plots in the three books, and she only wants to say one thing - I can't do it!
"Mingliang, I always feel that Jianyan has been lukewarm towards me these two days. What do you think I should do?" Finally, she called Mingliang for help off-site.
"What should I do? If you feel that he has ignored you, just go and ask him. Why do you have to suffer alone? Is this still the Lin Leyao I know?" Mingliang said angrily, "I'm telling you, don't be afraid. If Jian Yan dares to bully you, I will beat him to a pulp."
"Mingliang, I can't beat Jian Yan." Lin Leyao said.
"Get out, Lin Leyao!" Mingliang hung up the phone.
Mingliang's words suddenly enlightened Lin Leyao. She put on her clothes and ran to the big tree at the door to call Jian Yan. The general meaning was: "I'll wait for you under the big tree until you come."
Isn’t this statement particularly poetic and Mary Sue?
"Lin Leyao, are you a pig?" Jian Yan immediately got dressed and went out after answering her call. He was still angry at first, angry that she had gone crazy and ran outside to freeze in such a cold weather.
But when he saw Lin Leyao shivering under the tree, all his anger turned into heartache. He held her cold hands in his arms and said reproachfully, "Why did you run outside in such a cold weather? Can't you talk at home if you have something to say?"
"This is more romantic, don't you think?" Lin Leyao said.
"Lin Leyao, what's in your mind? Let's go home first." Without saying anything, Jian Yan pulled her home.
Lin Leyao followed behind him and asked weakly, "Are you not angry anymore?"
"Angry?" Jian Yan asked back. He had been a little busy these days and couldn't take care of her. Did she think he was angry? Just because she said she wouldn't go to his house for dinner that day, "Yaoyao, you ran to wait for me under the tree because I was angry? And you told me you would wait until I showed up?"
"Hmm." Lin Leyao sniffed and couldn't help but sneeze loudly .
"If you do such stupid things again, I will really be angry!" After entering the room, Jian Yan asked her to sit on the sofa and planned to boil a pot of hot water for her to drive away the cold.
Before leaving, I glanced at the books with distinctive covers on the coffee table.
Lin Leyao also discovered it. She wanted to hide the book, but the book was already in Jian Yan's hands.
"A domineering president falls in love with me? Your Majesty, please let me go? Climb into your bed? Miss Lin Leyao, your taste is quite strong." Jian Yan flipped open one of the books, which happened to be the one about Leng Batian, the pages where Lin Lele seduced her. Lin Leyao folded it into a triangle, "You thought I was angry at first, you might want to imitate the contents of the book and make peace with me."
Misfortunes sent by heaven can be tolerated, but misfortunes brought upon oneself cannot be tolerated.
"Jianyan, it's not like that actually. These books are Mingliang's, yes, Mingliang's, not mine. Those triangles were also folded by her, really!" Mingliang, I can only apologize to you.
"Really? If I remember correctly, these books were not on the table when I came here in the morning, and Mingliang had already left at that time and has not returned since." Jian Yan said mercilessly.
In short, could you not be so smart?
"Um...why hasn't Mingliang come back yet? Has something happened to her? Should we go look for her?" There was no way to avoid the question, so he could only change the subject.
Jian Yan knew that Mingliang had already moved back to school with her luggage in the morning. Seeing her like this, he could only pretend that he didn't know: "Read less of these books in the future, okay? I'll take these three books away later."
take away……
Her CEO novel, when she first read it, she was thinking about finding time to read it again. Why didn't she realize that the plot was so interesting before?
After the water was boiled, Jian Yan sat opposite Lin Leyao, tapping the back of the sofa with his middle finger. He asked, "How many books like this do you have?"
Lin Leyao thought for a moment, held out five fingers, and then took two back: "Three, only three."
Jian Yan sneered: "I'm asking how many books you have left, not including these three, understand?"
"No...no...there are still three books left." She really wanted to say that there were no more, but under Jian Yan's stare, she couldn't say it, so she could only give herself a discount.
Jian Yan: "Only 3?"
Lin Leyao: "Actually no, there are 5."
Jian Yan: "Only 5?"
Lin Leyao nodded: "Just 5!"
The next day, Jian Yan found 30 similar books from Lin Leyao's study and bedroom under the pretext of helping to clean up the house. He then realized that these books were divided into series, such as the Overbearing CEO series, the Abandoned Concubine series, and the Falling in Love with a Young Wife series...
He held the books in his hands, speechless for a long time. He really underestimated Lin Leyao: "Didn't you say there were only 5 books?"
Lin Leyao said with a pained look, "Yes, there are only five books. There are only six volumes in one book."
Jian Yan: “Have you read all these books?”
She wanted to say that he wouldn't believe it if he hadn't seen it, so she could only nod honestly: "Yeah."
"I think I need to take a look. I think the part you folded last night is very interesting. I can use it on you if I have the chance. I think I will be very surprised and will never ignore you in my life." Jian Yan walked to her side with a wicked smile, "Baby, do you like me like this?"
"You..." Lin Leyao was so scared that she took two steps back, "Did you go back and read those books last night?"
The words Jian Yan just said are what Leng Batian likes to say to Lin Lele the most, and every time he says this, it means that they are about to do something shameful.
"Jian Yan...I'm still young..." Lin Leyao said weakly.
"You little slut." Jian Yan tapped her forehead and said with a little doting.
He looks so handsome...
Lin Leyao couldn't help but become infatuated with him. She stood on tiptoe and kissed Jian Yan on the cheek when he was about to turn around.
Jian Yan touched the cheek that had been kissed and asked, "Playing with fire?"
"Jian Yan! I tell you not to read this kind of book in the future! Not allowed!"
"Yes, your Majesty."
Valentine's Day finally arrived as Lin Leyao had been waiting for.
She sat by the window and waited from morning to evening but didn't see Jian Yan. During this time, she sent several text messages to hint at him, but his replies always made her very disappointed.
Did he really forget?
At around six o'clock, the phone finally rang. Lin Leyao looked at the phone excitedly, and found that the caller was Mingliang. She was a little disappointed.
"Yaoyao, today is Valentine's Day. Did Jianyan give you a gift? Did he surprise you? Did you have a candlelight dinner?" Mingliang asked three questions in one breath, and Lin Leyao answered all of them with "NO".
"This is not Jian Yan's style. Since you don't have any plans, why don't you come out and have dinner with me?" Afraid that Lin Leyao would refuse, Mingliang explained, "Tan Ziwen has something to do tonight and has to go back to school. Now I'm alone. Just think of it as spending Valentine's Day with me, okay?"
"Okay." Lin Leyao sighed.
"Okay, I'll come to your house to find you." Mingliang said quickly and hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Leyao sent another text message to Jian Yan, saying, "Mingliang and I are going out for dinner."
The other party did not respond.
"Happy Valentine's Day." She couldn't help but sent another message.
Jian Yan still didn't answer.
Lin Leyao's mood hit rock bottom. She knew that Jian Yan might not have seen it, but she was very upset. She was so upset that she didn't even notice that Mingliang said he would come to her house to find her when he called.
It takes more than half an hour to take a taxi from her home to school, not to mention there will be traffic jams today because it is a holiday.
"Yaoyao, I'm here. Let's go and have dinner together." Mingliang stood at the door, knocking and shouting.
"Let's go." After she got dressed, she went out. Her eyes unconsciously glanced towards Jian Yan's house. All the lights were off, so he probably wasn't at home.
Why didn't he tell me he was going out today? Where did he go?
"Don't think about that heartless guy Jian Yan. Come on, I'll take you to eat hotpot!" Mingliang pulled her out happily.
The distraught Lin Leyao seemed to have forgotten that there was no hotpot restaurant within walking distance of her home.
With the cold wind blowing on her body, Lin Leyao's mind finally became a little clearer. She looked at the surrounding environment and it didn't look like the road to the subway station. It was also difficult to get a taxi nearby.
An idea suddenly popped into my mind. Could it be that Mingliang had agreed with Jian Yan to give me a surprise?
The idea was short-lived because there was no romantic hotel or even a place to eat where they were.
Disappointed! Very disappointed!
"We're here." Mingliang took her to two big trees. Everything around them was pitch black.
"What do you mean arrived? Where? Isn't this the open space near my house? Don't tell me there is a fire here... Mingliang, Jian Yan is here, right?" Even if she was stupid, she must have thought of it. No wonder Mingliang always hinted to her that Jian Yan would have a surprise for her. Jian Yan must be here, he must be.
"Bang!" With a loud bang, the fireworks rose into the sky and exploded into brilliant starlight.
The loud noise was like a trigger, and the small fireworks around began to set off. Lin Leyao could see clearly that the two big trees had been decorated with colorful balloons to look like an arch. Jian Yan walked out from behind the trees, stretched out his right hand wearing a white glove like a prince in a fairy tale, and said, "My princess, are you willing to give me your hand?"
Lin Leyao put her hand in Jian Yan's and he held it. Tears immediately flowed down her cheeks: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Look, I'm still wearing a shit-yellow down jacket."
"You are the most beautiful no matter what you wear." Jian Yan said with a smile.
The fireworks around her had finished setting off and the music started. Then she realized that there was a carousel in the middle of the small square that was originally used by the aunties to dance square dance.
"My princess, would you like to mount the horse with me and let me be your knight?" Jian Yan asked.
"I do." Lin Leyao followed Jian Yan onto the carousel, and as soon as they sat on it, it started spinning.
The lights in the square came on, and a group of familiar people appeared in front of her. They happily applauded her and Jian Yan and gave them their blessings.
Lin Leyao was touched: "Is this your Valentine's Day gift to me?"
Jian Yan shook his head: "Of course not, am I such a shabby person?"
"What is that?" She didn't understand.
Jian Yan raised his hand and snapped his fingers beside her ear, and a large rose appeared in front of her. The petals of the rose slowly opened, and a crown-shaped velvet box lay quietly inside.
Jianyan opened the box and, as expected, found a diamond ring inside, the style of which was her favorite.
"Lin Leyao, will you marry me?" Jian Yan said affectionately.
"Hehe...hehe...Jian Yan, I'm not even 20 years old yet." Lin Leyao thought of the cruel reality tactlessly.
Jian Yan: "I know, I want to tie you up earlier."
Lin Leyao: "But it's a little too early."
Jian Yan: "It's getting late. I have been waiting for this day for more than ten years. I don't have the patience to wait another ten years."
Lin Leyao: "Didn't I ask you to wait for more than ten years..."
"Yaoyao, my arms are so sore." Jian Yan shamelessly used the self-torture tactic.
Seeing him like that, Lin Leyao stretched out her hand. Jian Yan pinched the ring and put it on her ring finger, then held her hand with his backhand: "You are trapped by my ring, and you are mine from now on."
Lin Leyao: "Then let me take care of your money from now on."
Jian Yan: "Okay."
"It seems that Jian Yan has been completely dominated by Yao Yao before they even got married." Mother Jian, who was standing by and watching, held Mother Lin's hand and said with emotion, "Why did I say that I would wait until they graduate before getting married? I really want to hold my grandson right away."
"Who says it's not? I'm looking forward to it too." said Mother Lin.
Jian Yan and Lin Leyao had already stepped off the carousel. Jian Yan said to everyone present, "Thank you all for coming to witness my proposal. It's a bit cold. I've already booked a hotel and the car is over there. Let's go eat first."

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