Seeing that Bodyguard Bo still has the gun pointed at Duan Heng, Tan Jiaying patted his arm to signal that he shouldn't worry and should lower his guard for now.
[Uhh, sir bodyguard…]
[Can you calm down for a bit?]
-Sigh-
She looked at the ring on Duan Heng's hand, and then she moved her gaze towards his face.
[Mr. CEO Hunk, you're not supposed to scare the one you like by proposing to them the first time you see them in a long time…]
-Sigh-
She turned her head to look at the dazed Yan Rumei this time.
[And you…]
[Aiyaaaah!]
-Eheeerm-
Knowing that she's currently the only one who is a little clear-headed at this time, Tan Jiaying decided to speak, "Yan Rumei, why did you scare us like that? You act like this is the first time someone confessed to you. Hahaha, that would be funny… right? Hahaha… hahaha… it isn't… right?"
The person being questioned just stared at her with an incredulous look.
Realization dawn on the trio.
[Wow, this can't be…]
[Even I had a boyfriend once… and a few normal men who confessed.]
"Miss… miss… you have never been in a relationship?", the inconsiderate Assistant Li asked.
Tan Jiaying facepalmed.
[What the hell are you asking your Miss?]
[Are you so tired of your job and are ready to hit the bucket?]
One must know that they shouldn't ask this kind of question to a 31-year-old NBSB (No Boyfriend Since Birth).
"Hey, Assistant Li! You don't need to come back to work starting tomorrow! Hmph!", Yan Rumei screeched.
-Thud-
Assistant Li dropped his phone on the floor. He widened his eyes and begged, "Miss! Miss! I was wrong!"
"Please don't fire me. I was just kidding!"
"Ehehehe…. Of course, with Miss's beauty and brains, it's impossible that you have never been in a relationship with someone before!"
Tan Jiaying pinched the bridge of her nose. She's starting to have a headache because of this low EQ assistant.
[If you beg for mercy, then just beg. Why do you have to dig your grave even deeper?]
Hmph! Of course, I have been in a relationship!
Different from what Tan Jiaying thought, Yan Rumei actually admitted that she had been in a relationship before.
-Sigh-
[That's good, then. This dumb assistant just dodged the bullet.]
On the other hand, Duan Heng crumpled his brows and a cold glint showed in his eyes.
[Who the f*ck dared to take my woman before me!!!]
He roared internally.
[I must find this man and bury him alive!]
[Hnm, I should skin him first and pull out his nails.]
While Duan Heng was planning all the evil things he will do to the supposed ex-boyfriend of Yan Rumei, the latter followed up what she said.
"I have been in a relationship with myself! That should count! Besides, I'm the best person I can find out there."
She let out a smug look afterward.
The trio's jaws dropped.
Tan Jiaying wanted to cry.
While Duan Heng's malicious thoughts dissipated like they never existed. He smiled widely to the point that his eyes turned into crescent moons, "Of course, Rumei… You are the best person, no one other men deserve you at all."
When Yan Rumei heard that, she instinctively answered, "Yeah! I know right?!"
She also looked at the direction of the origin of the voice, but she was stunned once more by his beautiful smile. She almost forgot what this man did earlier.
[Marry…]
[What a scary word.]
Yan Rumei has never really hoped of marrying someone in this lifetime. She had been too busy working and planning a good and worriless future for herself and her mom.
It's not like she had no feelings or have never liked a man before. She was also a girl, and her heart fluttered many times too.
There were a few boys who confessed to her in City H before too and wanted her to be their girlfriend, but she just did not want to.
In fact, she kind of stood out in her university years.
Having a huge resemblance to her beautiful mother, Yan Rumei was indeed one of the campus belle candidates. She has beautiful eyes, fair skin, and a nice figure, but she wasn't really on the top because unlike the other girls, she didn't really dress up or even wear any make-up before.
She also kept her hair either cleanly combed down or cleanly tied in a bun. She wore glasses that didn't really match her facial shape so that brought her position lower on the list.
She didn't really care about that though, until one night, someone saw her in the library quite tired. She took her glasses off to relax her eyes. She also decided to remove her bun because it felt a little heavy and she was starting to have a stiff neck.
A passerby saw this and captured a picture of her without her glasses, and then a perfectly ruffled hair.
Her photo blew up the entire campus overnight and people started to glance at her whenever she passes by. They would even whisper to each other about how she was a hidden beauty.
But because of her 'do-not-approach or bother me' aura and attitude, her position never went up the ranks.
So much so now, being confessed to by Duan Heng like this.
[Like, can you first ask me to be a girlfriend or maybe… like what normal people do… be friends first?]
[Why jump to marriage so fast? Goodness!]
For her, marriage is only for people who are financially stable. Although she can already be considered as well off, being able to move from City H to City D, she thought that it wasn't enough yet.
But now, things are quite different. She didn't have to worry about her mom or any emergency financial problems. Her mom has her husband Gu Feng now to provide for her and to give her whatever she wanted.
Yan Rumei bit her lip and furrowed her brows, "Mr. Duan, I-"
"Duan Heng", he cut her off. "You can just call me Duan Heng or Heng. You can also call me Heng'er or Heng Heng or Xiao Heng or Baby or Honey or---"
"Ahhhh! Mr. Duan Heng!" Tan Jiaying could no longer take it. "Slow down! You have to slow down! You are scaring Yan Rumei!"
A/N (* ^ v ^) / ~~~~ o
Hello, beautiful people! My only request is for you to please leave the novel a review, so it can reach more readers. The current release schedule is 1 chapter every 9 pm GMT +8. Will increase to 2 chapters once we get that lovely paper. Possible mass releases every Sunday if we get a lot of votes/ reviews/ collections.