It's hard to quit, but it's the perfect marriage!

Zhu Xi slept for a long time.

When I woke up, the sky was gray-blue, and the chill was even stronger.

She moved her foot slightly, and her whole body swayed gently again.

Zhu Xi realized too late that she was still on the swing.

My head was resting on a cushion, which smelled like the car.

It has Zhou Yinghuai's signature faint, cool fragrance.

She sniffed, lay back, and stared at the dense canopy of leaves above her head.

Having been away from nature for too long, Zhu Xi had overlooked the fact that even the summer night breeze could produce a rustling sound.

She mourned the beauty of her childhood, remembering the love between Huo Xi's adoptive parents and the summer dreams and evening stars in the courtyard when she was a child.

She even recalled some beautiful memories of He Mianxin and Zhu Tanzhi, and of the siblings.

Zhu Xi sighed, amidst the wisps of smoke from mosquito coils swirling around her.

No need to guess, it must have been Zhou Yinghuai who ordered it.

The gray-blue intensifies, and darkness descends once more.

Zhu Xi chuckled in the shadows, thinking that a thousand years of good fortune couldn't compare to finding a kindred spirit.

But before her laughter could fully register, she was enveloped in a shadow.

Zhou Yinghuai looked down at her with a smile.

"woke up?"

Zhu Xi clenched her small fist and rested it on her chin, her eyes looking shy. "Mmm."

As her echoed, Zhou Yinghuai shrank even further.

Their intertwined, lingering gazes drew ever closer.

Zhu Xi's smile deepened, her eyes filled with an intense tenderness. "How long have I been asleep?"

"For a long, long time." Zhou Yinghuai mimicked her, drawing out the last syllable, "I was just thinking, if you hadn't woken up, where should I kiss you?"

His hunched back was even lower, his gaze even more profound, and his expression still tender.

His well-defined hand slowly caressed the corner of her eye. "Kiss here?"

Zhou Yinghuai asked himself the question and answered it himself, "It doesn't seem very good."

Zhu Xi reached for his warm palm with her cheek, almost touching it, and gently tugged at his sleeve with her right hand, "Oppa."

"Oh?"

"Oppa~" Zhu Xi called out again, kissing his palm with her slightly dry lips, "Saranghaeyo~"

Zhou Yinghuai broke down again, his hunched back instantly slumping down.

He squatted down beside her, met her shy and longing eyes, and smiled, "It seems like kissing me anywhere isn't enough."

Zhu Xi chuckled, her chest heaving, and she trembled.

"On the swing, a beauty languidly slumbers, and I cannot restrain myself." Zhou Yinghuai kissed the tip of her nose, paused for a moment, and said, "I'd rather a gentleman hang himself on a beam!"

Zhu Xi didn't understand, and before she could ask the question, her lips were sealed shut again.

With his jaws breached, his lips and tongue became Zhou Yinghuai's mouth contents, and ownership was divided in two.

Zhu Xi gave half to Zhou Yinghuai, and Zhou Yinghuai then gave away the majority of it.

He has always been like this.

Zhu Xi gave him one point, and he reciprocated with ten or even ten thousand points.

The kiss ended.

Zhou Yinghuai wiped the water from the corner of her lips with his fingertip. "They've been waiting for quite a while."

Zhu Xi glanced towards the middle of the courtyard.

The lights were off, with only the faint light from the tall streetlights along the roadside.

She couldn't make out the vague outlines and shadows, but she could vaguely make out that there was a pile of things there.

"A campfire?" she asked. "An employee of Ark Tech?"

Zhou Yinghuai's laughter rang out clearly in the twilight. "You guessed it?"

It's not difficult, Zhu Xi thought.

"I'm not a blockhead," she said, getting up and placing her bare feet on his knees. "I'll just sit here and watch, okay?"

Zhou Yinghuai pinched her ankle. "You're the boss, you call the shots!"

Zhu Xi: "Are you the boss's husband?"

Zhou Yinghuai: "..."

-

The bonfire was blazing.

Zhu Xi sat in the cool shade under the tree, enjoying the charm of the through breeze.

She wasn't in the center of the hustle and bustle, but she wasn't far away either.

Zhu Xi sat cross-legged in a comfortable chair, with a fruit platter and snacks prepared by Zhou Yinghuai beside her.

They were all within her reach.

She took a bite of a strawberry and leisurely watched Zhou Yinghuai among a group of people with different styles.

Shedding his former composure and slightly mature demeanor, he frequently showered her with alluring pinks.

Zhu Xi waved the lemonade in her hand, her eyes smiling.

The fire crackled and popped, occasionally sending sparks flying.

A dozen or so people formed a circle, sparsely following the dance steps of those who had come before them, occasionally singing and occasionally cheering.

People who are on the same wavelength all have the same smile on their faces.

They were equally radiant, confident, and relaxed.

When people pass by Zhu Xi, some call her "boss" and others call her "General Manager Zhu".

A pink-haired girl danced and waved at her, "Sister Xi~"

Zhu Xi raised her arms above her head and made a big heart shape with her hands.

At that moment, Zhou Yinghuai was at the farthest end from her, separated from the group, dancing alone.

This was the first time Zhu Xi had ever seen Zhou Yinghuai so vividly and unrestrainedly, so alluring in the dark.

He doesn't look like someone in their thirties, nor like a wealthy boss, nor like a refined young master who has been pampered since childhood.

Across the leaping firelight, across the aura of youth.

At this moment, Zhu Xi and Zhou Yinghuai's unbridled smugness were intertwined, tightly intertwined.

She watched him shout into the sky, watched him respond with great joy to the noise and commotion of his colleagues, watched his true form revealed by the heavy light and shadow.

Zhu Xi stopped chewing the strawberries and swallowed stiffly and woodenly.

She frowned; she was nervous.

Zhu Xi's heart sank.

The sweet aroma of strawberries didn't reach her throat, and she got up on her own.

With the latest understanding, this is the real Zhou Yinghuai, the true Zhou Yinghuai.

Beneath his gentle and polite, profound and affectionate, and handsome appearance lies the true Zhou Yinghuai.

Zhu Xi's eyes welled up with tears, and she ran wildly through the dim light, sparks flying, until she pounced into Zhou Yinghuai's arms.

She jumped on him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Her eyes welled up with tears. "You fool!"

Zhou Yinghuai held her steadily, his smile undiminished, his heart brimming with joy.

Zhu Xi closed her eyes, her pouting lips betraying her heartache for him. "Just tell me what you want to do."

Zhou Yinghuai kept kissing her, kissing her eyelids, kissing her tear stains, kissing the corners of her lips, kissing her cupid's bow.

Zhu Xi muttered to himself, "He clearly wants to be a playboy, but he deliberately disguises himself as a gentleman."

"I told you, a gentleman hangs on the beam." He mocked himself, holding her and spinning her around, dancing with her in his arms.

Zhu Xi pressed herself against him, touching the side of his neck to feel him.

This man is anything but calm and collected.

They're clearly playing drums.

-

The campfire flickered and burned for a year.

Wishing you a smooth handover as the resident chief physician, a difficult task indeed.

Zhou Yinghuai helped her organize her things in the dormitory.

"Should we take this home?" he asked.

Zhu Xi shook her head. "Stay."

"What about this one?"

"I don't want it anymore."

Zhou Yinghuai pointed to another box, "What about this one?"

Zhu Xi paused for a few seconds, then said, "I don't want any of them."

"So generous?" Zhou Yinghuai laughed. "This was all bought with money!"

Zhu Xi scoffed, "Don't be stingy! Didn't my brother transfer you money?"

Zhou Yinghuai raised an eyebrow. "Congratulations on transferring 20,000 yuan to me. I didn't keep a penny; it's all yours."

"You don't want to?" Zhu Xi handed Zhou Yinghuai a box of unfinished socks. "Take this!"

"Not leaving any for Lezhi?"

Zhu Xi shook her head, "She can't wear it!"

Zhou Yinghuai smiled faintly, "Okay."

And so, after living in the dormitory for a year, he only took a box of socks with him.

The drive back to Huanxisha was incredibly smooth, with green lights all the way.

Zhu Xi sat in the passenger seat and listed the expenses for Le Zhi, intending to make a profit from the situation.

Zhou Yinghuai reached out and pinched her cheek. "The wedding is the day after tomorrow, are you nervous?"