Chapter 60: Sister’s News

The air conditioner in the room was set quite low. Guan Xi reluctantly pulled the blanket back, looking at him with great “reluctance.”

“Well, today we can only separate into two rooms. Goodnight.”

Jiang Suizhou, who indeed hadn’t obtained a permit, lowered his gaze and looked at her. After a silent moment, he said, “Let’s get the license in two months.”

“Huh?” Guan Xi was stunned. She didn’t expect her casual mention of a permit would push him into marriage.

Jiang Suizhou said, “There are some trivial matters to handle in the next two months. After that, we’ll get married.”

Guan Xi stared at him, “So sudden?”

“Don’t you want to get married?”

Well… it’s not that.

“I just didn’t expect it to be so sudden. You haven’t even proposed yet!”

Jiang Suizhou pulled her blanket again and directly lay down, “It’s a proposal now.”

Guan Xi immediately went to kick him, “Jiang Suizhou, if you’re so casual, believe me, I’ll run away. Anyone who wants to marry me will have to wait in a long line outside the city!”

“How far outside the city?” Jiang Suizhou chuckled, pulled her closer, “Alright, I’ll be serious. I’ll arrange a full curtain light show for you by the Li River.”

Guan Xi: “…………”

Guan Xi knew that the light show there was mainly for big companies advertising or fans supporting their idols. The light show covered an entire row, involving 42 buildings, with over nine million lights if played continuously for an hour.

When it comes to proposals, playing on such a grand scale would definitely become headline news.

She absolutely didn’t want that!

“If you dare to put my name or photo there, I’ll kill you,” Guan Xi held back for a while, gritting her teeth.

Jiang Suizhou: “Isn’t it supposed to have a bit of ceremony?”

“No, no, no!” Just thinking about that scene made Guan Xi’s scalp tingle. She didn’t like this kind of public and cheesy display! It’s too nerve-wracking! Broadcasting it in a loop for an hour, the gossip-loving women around her would be thrilled.

“I don’t like this. Just be more casual, okay!”

“No way.”

“Okay!”

Jiang Suizhou closed his eyes and said softly, “If I’m too casual, and you run away, You’ll have potential marriage candidates lining up outside the city. You can only marry me.”

The restlessness in his body suddenly settled.

“I can only marry… you?”

Since when did Er Gou start taking the sweet talk route?

Guan Xi glanced at him, although feeling a bit overwhelmed by sweetness, her heart still uncontrollably tightened. Sweet words are indeed effective!

“Don’t want the light show? Then let me think of something else.” Jiang Suizhou, appearing like he was in a deep sleep, furrowed his brows, as if genuinely troubled by the matter.

Guan Xi bit her lip, reached out, and pinched his brow. Somehow, she softened, “Actually, it doesn’t have to be so complicated. How about this, just prepare a super large ring for me.”

Jiang Suizhou opened his eyes, his pitch-black pupils seemed to have a faint glow in the light.

Guan Xi immediately added, “I want something special, the most special! And the bigger, the better.”

This completely matched Miss Guan’s taste.

Jiang Suizhou smiled, “Okay, I’ll find one for you.”

“Good, if I’m not satisfied, I’ll return it.”

“Mmm.”

The two lay on their sides, looking at each other. After speaking, they both inexplicably started to laugh. Guan Xi didn’t know why, but she simply felt that this moment of being together was very comfortable. It was incredibly relaxing, making her whole heart feel soft.

“You’re still lying here. Go sleep outside.” After a while, Guan Xi spoke.

“Did Grandma really prepare another room for me?”

“Really, why would I lie to you.”

“But even if I don’t go, no one will notice.”

The house is so big, rooms are scattered everywhere. In the end, who knows where he slept.

Guan Xi pinched his face, “Jiang Suizhou, aren’t you lacking in manners and integrity?”

Jiang Suizhou responded, “Then let it be.”

“Hey—”

Jiang Suizhou still held her without letting go, “Quiet, let’s just stay like this, get some rest.”

But in the end, he still listened to the elders.

After lying for a while, Guan Xi fell asleep, and Jiang Suizhou got up and left the room. As he was heading to his own room, he happened to bump into Qi Chengyan, who was coming out to get warm water.

Qi Chengyan looked surprised to see him, “You’re going out in the middle of the night?”

Jiang Suizhou said, “No, I’m going to sleep.”

Qi Chengyan paused, “Isn’t Guan Xi’s room over there? Where are you going?”

“Across the hall.”

Separate rooms?

Qi Chengyan was initially puzzled, then quickly understood. He smiled with a hint of meaning, “Did Grandma prepare a guest room for you?”

“Yeah.”

“In that case, go ahead. I’m heading back to my room,” Qi Chengyan said, “Zhiyi is still waiting for me.”

“…”

Qi Chengyan walked away with the cup of water, and Jiang Suizhou glanced back at him. Suddenly, he felt even less inclined to sleep in the guest room.

** 

The next morning, when Guan Xi woke up, she found Jiang Suizhou sleeping beside her.

“Huh? Have you been sleeping here all along?”

Jiang Suizhou, who had spent a brief moment in the guest room last night, responded with a sound, “I fell asleep and forgot to go back.”

“Well, that’s okay. Grandma probably doesn’t know.” Guan Xi stretched, “I’m a bit hungry. I want breakfast.”

“Then let’s get up.”

“Mm.”

When the two finished dressing and went downstairs, the two elderly people were not there, only Guan Zhiyi and Qi Chengyan were at the dining table.

“Where are Grandpa and Grandma?” Guan Xi asked.

Guan Zhiyi: “They got up early, already had breakfast, and went for a walk outside.”

Guan Xi nodded, sat down, and started eating breakfast.

“Sis, our visit to the crocodile yesterday trended.”

Guan Xi: “I know. Now, every little thing you do gets posted.”

Guan Zhiyi chuckled somewhat embarrassed, “Your photos are also there, is everything okay?”

Guan Xi had anticipated this outcome yesterday, but she wasn’t too concerned. She hadn’t deliberately hidden anything about herself, and even if netizens dug something up, it was all legitimate stuff. There was nothing to hide.

“It’s fine.” Guan Xi said, taking out her phone and opening the trending topics.

Sure enough, the hashtag #GuanZhiyiWatchingCrocodile# was trending.

Upon clicking, there were several clear photos taken by tourists. Some showed Guan Zhiyi standing on the steps while she sat watching the crocodile, and others depicted her holding hands with Guan Zhiyi as they left.

A certain marketing account commented: “Guan Zhiyi, who finished filming the new drama, appeared at a crocodile center tourist attraction in the capital, enjoying the crocodile viewing with friends. Little Zhiyi seems to be on vacation and in a good mood. Additionally, the friend accompanying Little Zhiyi is the recently popular travel blogger Guan Xi. They both share the surname Guan! Feels like there’s some connection!”

Clicking into the comment section—

【My goose is so amusing. After finishing filming, why go watch crocodiles?】

【So beautiful, so beautiful, real-life goddess!】

【It’s really Guan Xi! The boundaries between the real and fictional worlds are breaking! How did these two end up together?】

【Previously, when Guan Xi was seen with Guangyi Group’s Jiang Suizhou, people speculated that her background was not ordinary. Can someone elaborate on that?】

【Here it is, someone in the doxxing zone revealed she’s the young miss of the Guan family in the capital! Guan Zhiyi is the fifth daughter, and this young lady is the fourth!!】

【Oh my, oh my! She’s really wealthy! Being a travel blogger is just for fun!】

【No wonder she hangs out with Jiang Suizhou; society still values matching social status.】

【Ah, I was there that day! The staff said Guan Zhiyi came to watch the crocodiles with Miss Guan Xi. She has a few crocodiles there, and it seems one named Zhou Zhou died that day. She was really sad and sat there for a long time!】

【Adopting crocodiles? The behavior of rich people is truly peculiar.】

【Hahaha, Zhou Zhou, is that a nickname given after her boyfriend? Are there also ones named Jiang Jiang?】

【It’s true… I asked the staff, and there are two crocodiles named Jiang Jiang and Little Sui inside.】

【Hahaha, that’s so cool! Guan Xi is really funny.】

【Does Jiang Suizhou know?】

【Feel sorry for Jiang Suizhou.】

…

Guan Xi scrolled through the comments and, seeing a sudden wave of netizens expressing sympathy for Jiang Suizhou, she turned off her phone.

“What do they understand? Why should I feel sorry for you just because I use your name for our sons? Isn’t that an expression of love?” Guan Xi cut into the omelette and looked at Jiang Suizhou. “Do you feel like you need sympathy in this matter?”

Jiang Suizhou paused for a second with the fork and knife in hand, then continued eating breakfast. “It’s up to you.”

Guan Xi: “See? I knew you wouldn’t mind at all.”

“Pfft—” Guan Zhiyi, sitting across from them, couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

After laughing, she noticed that both Guan Xi and Jiang Suizhou were looking at her, so she quickly lowered her head. “I’m not laughing at you guys!”

Guan Xi: “Then what are you laughing at?”

“I’m laughing, laughing…” Guan Zhiyi couldn’t come up with a coherent reason, but suddenly her expression changed, and she covered her mouth.

Guan Xi frowned. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing…”

Qi Chengyan quickly put down the utensils in his hands and asked, “Feeling nauseous?”

Guan Zhiyi nodded and said, “I don’t want to eat breakfast.”

Qi Chengyan: “Then don’t eat for now. I’ll get you something else later.”

“Mm.”

Guan Xi was genuinely concerned about Guan Zhiyi. Seeing this, she immediately said, “Is your stomach not feeling well? Since you have some free time now, go to the hospital for a check-up. I don’t have much to do recently anyway, so I’ll accompany you.”

Guan Zhiyi hesitated, “No need, my stomach is fine.”

“You felt nauseous while having breakfast. That doesn’t sound fine to me.”

Guan Zhiyi blushed slightly. “Well, that’s because…”

Guan Xi: “Because of what?”

“Pregnant?” Jiang Suizhou’s words abruptly interjected.

Guan Xi turned her head abruptly. “What???”

Jiang Suizhou remained calm and looked at Qi Chengyan. Qi Chengyan, seeing this, didn’t hide it either. “Yes, we found out recently.”

Guan Xi stared, trembling fingers pointing at Qi Chengyan. “You, you actually—”

Jiang Suizhou pulled Guan Xi’s hand back, returning the words she had said to him yesterday, “Calm down. People get married, it’s reasonable and legal.”

Guan Xi paused for a moment and suddenly snapped back to reality.

Oh, right, married.

She had always treated Guan Zhiyi like a younger sister. Even when she watched her get married, she didn’t feel like she had grown up. Now, hearing that she was pregnant, her instinctive first thought was… Qi Chengyan, you jerk!

“You, you’re pregnant? Why didn’t you tell me?” After calming down, Guan Xi asked Guan Zhiyi.

Guan Zhiyi: “I found out recently too… I thought it would be more stable to wait a bit, so I haven’t told everyone yet.”

“You really have grown up. When were you planning to tell?” 

“I was planning to wait a little longer, but now… since you already know, I might as well say it early.”

Guan Xi, shocked, held her forehead, then suddenly stood up and walked around to Guan Zhiyi. “Let me touch, is there any change?”

Guan Zhiyi chuckled. “Sis, it’s not even two months. How could there be any changes?”

Ignoring her, Guan Xi reached out to feel. After a few seconds, she inexplicably felt a bit moved. “No way, in a while, I’ll have a child to play with?”

Jiang Suizhou glanced at her. “Don’t go causing trouble for other people’s children.”

“How is it causing trouble? I’ll definitely treat the baby the best!”

Jiang Suizhou calmly remarked, “How’s the best way? Will you have to give her gold-plated pacifiers?”

Guan Xi: “…”

“That was the first-anniversary gift I gave you! I don’t easily give those to others!”

Ignoring her indignant expression, Jiang Suizhou said, “Come over, eat your breakfast first, don’t be so excited.”

The news of Guan Zhiyi’s pregnancy had not only excited Guan Xi but the whole family. After everyone, including uncles and brothers, gathered, they all discussed the future of the child. Guan Xi, with great enthusiasm, shared her thoughts. Later, she admitted to being tired and sat back down next to Jiang Suizhou.

Jiang Suizhou handed her a glass of water. “You like kids so much?”

“I generally don’t like them, but I’ll definitely like my sister’s child. What about you? Don’t you like them?” Guan Xi asked.

Jiang Suizhou replied, “Too noisy.”

Guan Xi whispered, “Right, I find them noisy too. That’s why other people’s kids are the best. Hug them when they’re cute, and when they’re noisy, quickly give them back to their parents.”

Jiang Suizhou nodded in agreement.

Guan Xi thought for a moment and said, “If we have children in the future, you won’t dislike them, right?”

Jiang Suizhou casually said, “If you have them, I’ll reluctantly accept it.”

Guan Xi squinted, immediately took out her phone, and said, “Come on, say it again. I’ll record it, and when you’re old and need an oxygen tube, I’ll play it for your child.”

Jiang Suizhou: “…”

“Come on.”

Watching the recording bar gently moving, Jiang Suizhou said, “I like the ones you give birth to.”

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