After Chen Yiran gave the ring, he didn’t mention it again, as if he was waiting for Li Linlin to think about it slowly. Li Linlin also played dumb and pretended not to know.

Anyway, she still had half a year before graduating from university. Even if she really wanted to get married, she would definitely have to wait until she graduates before considering it.

However, netizens and fans were obviously thinking more than the two of them. On Li Linlin’s birthday, Chen Yiran made a post on his Weibo, which had few followers, and it became a hot search the next day.

He felt that the hot search on Weibo was a bit too popular.

Regarding the two photos he posted, netizens showed great enthusiasm and were so excited that they directly called for the two of them to get married. Chen Yiran naturally didn’t respond, while Li Linlin curiously looked at the hot search, and then pretended not to see it.

She didn’t tell anyone about receiving Chen Yiran’s ring. She placed it together with her building block figure by her bedside.

The last semester of university was busy and full. Li Linlin had to prepare for the exams and thesis defense, so she didn’t take on too much work for the time being. Chen Yiran would take Xiao Chaichai to the villa on the outskirts of the city once a week, and would also call Li Linlin there with the dog as an excuse.

Every time they went there, some things would be added to the villa. The originally quite empty house had become a lot more bustling over the past few months. Xiao Chaichai also likes it there, especially the garden, which was spacious and comfortable enough for it to play around in.

Speaking of which, Xiao Chaichai had grown up a lot and its ears has long stood up. Compared to when it first arrived at Chen Yiran’s house, it looked completely different. Chen Yiran’s profile picture also changes every month. There’s no need to look at his Moments. Everyone had never even seen his dog once, but they have witnessed Xiao Chaichai’s entire growth process through his profile picture.

Li Linlin also changed her WeChat profile picture to Xiao Chaichai. At first glance, it looked very much like a couple’s profile pic with Chen Yiran. The day after she changed it, #LiLinlinAndChenYiran’sCoupleProfilePic# became a hot search topic.

Li Linlin: “……”

Netizens screamed and said that the two of them had a good relationship and even used similar profile pictures. Li Linlin immediately posted a Weibo message in response, 【Thanks, it’s the same dog. [Smile]】

After disliking the internet, she couldn’t help but start thinking―― Who was the traitor lurking among her friends?

Moreover, this person was also a good friend of both her and Chen Yiran!

It’s not difficult to add her as a friend, but President Chen’s WeChat account should be very valuable and he wouldn’t add others easily. The person who broke the news about their couple’s profile picture was really talented.

【Li Linlin: So who exactly leaked President Chen’s profile picture?】

She posted an insane suggestion in WeChat Moments and Assistant Wu was the first to come over to clarify that it wasn’t him.

【Assistant Wu: It’s not me!】

【Fu Angsi: Not me either. Is it one of your older sisters?】

Madam Qiu replied to Fu Angsi, 【Heh, what kind of bullsh*t are you talking about here?】

【Fu Angsi: ……】

He couldn’t mess with her. 🙂

【Chen Xi: Have you never suspected that it might be my brother?】

Chen Yiran: “……”

Li Linlin indeed suspected that Chen Yiran directed it himself, so she ran to question Chen Yiran, but the other party refused to admit it.

“Where are you right now?” Li Linlin asked.

Chen Yiran chuckled and asked back, “Are you coming to confront me?”

“Why, do you have a guilty conscience?”

Chen Yiran’s lips curled up slightly and he answered her, “I’m at Wanglong Cemetery.”

“Ah?” Li Linlin froze for a moment. She thought Chen Yiran was either in the company or having a meeting somewhere. She never imagined that he was at the cemetery.

“I came to visit my mother.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin didn’t know what to say for a while. “Why did you suddenly think of going to see Aunt Chen?”

“I had a dream last night about when I was a child. When I got up in the morning, I miss her so much.”

Li Linlin lowered her eyes and said nothing. There was a whistling sound of the wind from Chen Yiran’s side, and then Chen Yiran’s voice whispered in her ears, “Next time, let’s visit Mom together.”

Li Linlin’s ears felt a little hot all of a sudden. She stretched out her hand and pressed it against the spot where her heart was, and responded in a muffled voice, “Hmm.”

Li Linlin hung up the phone, her eyes unconsciously flicked back to the transparent box placed on the side of her bed, which contained the building block figure and the ring that Chen Yiran had given her.

She stared at it for a while, then reached out to open it and took out the ring. She hadn’t worn this ring since she received it, and somehow today, she suddenly wanted to try it on.

She put the ring on her ring finger and was surprised at how well it fit.

Li Linlin’s heart was beating wildly and her face turned even hotter than when she spoke to Chen Yiran just now. She quickly took off the ring and put it back inside the box.

———pr

After that day, Chen Zui suddenly mentioned marriage to Li Shen. Even Chen Yiran’s father planned to come back from abroad the next month. Li Shen and Yu Wan asked Li Linlin’s opinion in a subtle way. When Li Linlin heard them mention this topic, she stuttered embarrassedly, and the place where she tried on the ring felt inexplicably hot.

Li Linlin was still young, and she herself felt that it was relatively early to get married, but Chen Yiran wasn’t young anymore, so asking him to wait a few more years seemed a bit inhumane?

After so long, she had also acquiesced in her heart that she was in a relationship with Chen Yiran. Li Shen and Yu Wan had already known about the suburban villa she and Chen Yiran often went to. There were many things that the two families didn’t point out, and they seem to be waiting for her to grow up. Now that she was about to graduate, should she give them an accurate answer?

Li Linlin sighed. She had been entangled with Chen Yiran for so long. If she turned him down at this time, abandoning her man and dog, wouldn’t that make her a scumbag?

———pr

Before Li Linlin graduated, Chen Yiran’s birthday arrived first. When Chen Yiran celebrated his birthday last year, she and Chen Yiran were in a cold war and didn’t speak much during the whole process. This year, their relationship has progressed, and Li Linlin had started to consider how she’s going to celebrate his birthday.

Unlike Li Linlin, Chen Yiran didn’t want to spend his birthday with other people. He only wanted to spend it with Li Linlin.

He refused Li Linlin’s proposal to hold a birthday party and invited her to the suburban villa, saying that they could just have dinner together. Li Linlin felt that it was too simple, but of course the birthday celebrant’s opinion was the most important.

She went to the villa ahead of time to prepare things there, during which, she couldn’t help but wonder if Chen Yiran was in the same mood as she was when stayed there to make her a cake?

Li Linlin had been at odds with the kitchen since she was a child, so she would definitely be the first to rule out the plan of cooking a dinner for Chen Yiran. She ordered a table of dishes from Tianxiaju in advance, as well as a cake. As long as the food wasn’t awful, it didn’t matter if she’s awful at decorating the house.

Xiao Chaichai had come with her and had been chasing butterflies in the garden outside. Li Linlin set up some balloons, ribbons and tiny lights, and suddenly remembered the time she danced with Chen Yiran on Youxian Mountain last year.

He also set up a lot of tiny lights like this. At that time, she thought it was a bit crude. But now that she started doing it herself, she realized that hanging lights was also tricky!

Adults should be in awe of the world. She would never say that tiny lights were crude again.

When Chen Yiran came back from the company, he first embraced Xiao Chaichai, who was rushing toward him. The name Xiao Chaichai really didn’t match it anymore. The power of its pounce was several times greater than before.

After picking up Xiao Chaichai, he entered the house and saw the garishly decorated living room. The hand that was untying his tie paused, and Chen Yiran chuckled softly and said, “Looks good.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Why does it sound to me like you’re not sincere?

“Let’s eat first.” She wanted to take out the dishes that just been delivered by Tianxiaju, but Chen Yiran grabbed her waist from behind and took her into his arms.

“Why don’t we dance first? I thought you hung these lights because you wanted to dance with me.”

Li Linlin: “……”

You’re thinking too much.

Xiao Chaichai was barking next to them. Chen Yiran put on the record player, took Li Linlin’s hand and started dancing slowly in the living room. Xiao Chaichai circled around them excitedly and seemed to want to participate. Li Linlin was afraid that she would accidentally step on it, so she took special care to avoid it, and then stepped on Chen Yiran’s feet several times instead.

“……” Chen Yiran realized the fact that he was inferior to a dog. As his eyes moved, he accidentally caught a glimpse of something hanging around Li Linlin’s neck.

It was something that shone brightly under the light. It had been previously hidden under Li Linlin’s clothes but it came out during their dance.

It was the ring he gave her.

Chen Yiran’s eyes stared at the ring without looking away.

Li Linlin soon noticed that he was looking at the ring around her neck and she suddenly felt uncomfortable. The two could no longer continue to dance and their movements became slower and slower. Li Linlin coughed slightly and wanted to tuck the ring back, however, Chen Yiran grabbed her hand.

“Why are you hanging the ring here?” His voice was low, suppressing some emotions that could easily make Li Linlin confused.

Li Linlin’s heart started beating faster and she was too embarrassed to look at him. “Nothing, I just think it looks good around my neck.”

Chen Yiran looked at her with his black eyes, as if he wanted to take her into his heart. Only after a long time did he smile a little, reached out and took the ring off Li Linlin’s neck. “Silly, the ring isn’t worn here.”

He removed the ring from the chain and put it aside. The beating of Li Linlin’s heart was now even faster and she subconsciously tried to run away from Chen Yiran. But he didn’t give her a chance to escape. He grabbed her hand and placed it on his heart. Under his palm, his heartbeat was beating as fiercely as hers.

The strong heartbeat under her hand made Li Linlin giddy for a moment. Chen Yiran lowered his head and kissed her fingers, before placing the ring on her ring finger. “It’s worn here.”

The ring perfectly fits Li Linlin just as it had the last time she tried it on.

Just like two people who were incomparably compatible.