Seeing Xu Zhiyi's reaction, Mingrui sighed softly, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
"Zhiyi, marriage depends on fate. You can't have a good impression of each other. No matter how perfect the compatibility between the two is in theory, there won't be any love between a man and a woman, let alone the idea of getting married."
"Senior Hua Yue and I are a living example. Everyone thinks that we are a perfect match. God knows how painful it has been for us to be forced to become a couple by our elders over the years."
As he said that, he looked at Xu Zhiyi honestly and cautiously, "Zhiyi, you gave me the idea of getting married. I have a crush on you and want to get married. Don't you have a crush on me? Please think carefully and answer me. , this is very, very important to me.”
Xu Zhiyi looked at him, her eyelids blinking rapidly uncontrollably, her heart beating faster, and she could hear her own panicked heartbeat.
Finally unable to stand his gaze, she couldn't help but lower her head and pluck her fingers back and forth.
The private room was unusually quiet, and occasionally the sound of waiters passing food around could be heard outside.
After a while, she heard Octavia's soft words again:
"Zhiyi, it's all over. You rejected me because you thought too highly of me and underestimated yourself. In fact, you and I are both ordinary people. I want to marry you because I just want to experience daily life with you." The life of Jiang and Vinegar Tea is trivial, just have a few more children and grow old together."
Xu Zhiyi still lowered his head and remained silent.
Octavia waited patiently.
After a long time, Xu Zhiyi finally raised his head and looked at Octavia with tears in his eyes.
Octavia was startled and a little at a loss.
"Zhiyi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I was too impatient and pushed you a little too hard. Do you really have no good feelings for me at all? If not, I don't. I don't blame you. Don't cry. Don't Cry, okay?”
He immediately took out the tissue, leaned forward, stretched his long arms across the table, and carefully wiped her tears.
Unexpectedly, the more he wiped it, the more Xu Zhiyi's tears fell, as if a floodgate had been opened.
Octavia was completely panicked, his face full of annoyance, "Zhiyi, I..."
For the first time, he was speechless in front of Xu Zhiyi.
Octavia, Octavia, you, a grown man in his thirties, made a little girl cry, you are so good!
Xu Zhiyi looked at the bewildered Mingrui and suddenly cried, "You, do you really want to marry me? Me, can I really be worthy of you? You earn so much, and I earn so little, what if After marriage, after marriage, if you and I are in a relationship, I won’t be able to do it.”
Speaking of this, she started crying anxiously and aggrievedly, like a little girl who didn't win the candy.
Octavia couldn't sit still at all. He stood up, walked around the table, and sat next to her. He put his arm around her shoulder, took out tissues one by one, wiped her tears, and coaxed her:
"Don't be afraid. After marriage, all the money I earn will be handed over to you. The money you earn will also be managed by you. I promise to do it. What's mine is yours, and what's yours is still yours. I will never have sex with you. If you don’t believe it, we can sign the agreement in front of both parents.”
Xu Zhiyi lay unconsciously in Mingrui's arms, sniffing and looking at him with tearful eyes, "Are you serious?"
Octavia nodded vigorously: "Really, I never lie."
Xu Zhiyi's cry suddenly became louder. He curled his lips and said aggrievedly: "Huh huh huh, I can't spend all the money I make, I can't spend it all, huh..."
Octavia's hand holding the tissue paused.
Well……
Afterwards, Xu Zhiyi continued to cry, her voice rising and falling, and she kept mumbling, "The flowers will never be spent, the flowers will never be spent."
Octavia was panicked at first, but gradually, looking at her appearance, he felt cute, and tried his best to hold back his laughter, for fear that he would not be able to hold it back and laugh out loud.
He just held Xu Zhiyi in his arms, silently wiping her tears and letting her cry senselessly.
After a while, Xu Zhiyi slowly stopped and stopped crying. He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes suddenly widened.
"No, I still can't marry you. My job is in Acropolis. I promised my mother that I won't marry far away, and I don't want to marry far away. Me, even if I earn less, I can't quit my job. And you , working in Shanghai.”
Hearing this, Mingrui quickly comforted her:
"Blame me, blame me, I didn't explain it clearly. Don't worry, I won't let you marry far away, and stay with your parents with peace of mind. I built the company's business in the northwest seven years ago. Taking into account the specific situation of my family, I divided the branch The office building is located in Acropolis, and I have been working in Acropolis.”
Xu Zhiyi asked with a thick nasal voice, "Then what are you doing in Hangzhou?"
Octavia was a bit dumbfounded. She was confused by crying, "I'm on a business trip. There is a West-East Electricity Transmission Project here. We need to cooperate with the Northwest Branch that I am in charge of."
"Oh...I understand, just like my postgraduate studies here, it's all temporary, and I will eventually return to the Acropolis."
"That's right, Zhiyi. Since we both have a good impression of each other and are both rushing to get married, I will choose the right time to ask my parents to propose marriage to your parents. You can find a chance to give it to Teacher Xu. Tell me."
Xu Zhiyi hesitated for a while and nodded.
The two of them left the hotel, and Octavia sent her directly back to school without saying anything more.
It was just nine o'clock when Xu Zhiyi returned to the dormitory. After taking a shower, he climbed into his bed, tightened the bed curtains, and said nothing no matter how noisy his roommates were.
At noon the next day, she received a call from Xu Cheng. After talking about Wen Xuezhi, he asked about her study situation these days, comforted her and told her not to worry about Wen Xuezhi, and not to be afraid. .
Before hanging up the phone, Xu Zhiyi hesitated and said: "Dad, I, I..."
She didn't know how to tell Xu Cheng about her and Octavia's affairs. Even before Wen Xuezhi's incident was over, she and Octavia...
This seems too fast.
It had only been a few days since then, and we were already talking about marriage to another man.
"What's wrong, girl? What happened to you again?"
Xu Cheng's voice became tense.
Xu Zhiyi said quickly: "Dad, nothing happened here. Everything is fine, fine."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhiyi took a deep breath.
Forget it, let’s tell her dad in a few days.
Before taking a nap, she received a call from Octavia, saying that he was going to Shanghai in the afternoon and returned to the headquarters to deal with some urgent matters, and that he would not be able to have dinner with her today.
Xu Zhiyi was not used to him reporting the itinerary, so she hurriedly said: "Senior, you are busy with your business, there is no need to tell me everything, I, I am not clingy."
Mingrui's low laughter came from the other end of the phone, "I know, the senior is too clingy. Zhiyi will have to adapt to it in the future."
Xu Zhiyi blushed instantly and was speechless.
Octavia was still laughing, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, let's take a lunch break."
How could she sleep when he said this?
Until the weekend, Octavia did not come back from its Shanghai headquarters.
However, every night, he would call her. The two of them had not many topics in common, only a few words.
Very useless chat.
Just ask her what she did all day, did she eat anything delicious, is there anything she wants to eat, etc.
During this period, Octavia asked her if she had told her parents about them.
Xu Zhiyi lied for no reason and replied, "I've told you so."
As soon as the lie came out, she was very upset. Why did she tell this lie? It was not something shameful.
It is human nature for a man to marry and a woman to marry.
She decided to tell her parents tomorrow night.
Tomorrow is Monday, Xu Cheng is free in the evening.
