Chapter 325 - Chapter 325: Marriage Suggestion
Chapter 325: Marriage Suggestion
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Huo Sicheng gazed at Gu Qingcheng with eyes as bright as stars, filled with fervent emotion.
“As you see.”
Gu Qingcheng looked at Huo Sicheng in a daze, her mind buzzing.
As she sees?
What she saw before her was something she could hardly believe at any time.
She had fantasized about a day like this for Huo Sicheng, but when it finally came, she couldn’t describe the feeling in her heart.
She asked Huo Sicheng in a low murmur, “Why?”
Huo Sicheng replied softly, “Because you are Gu Qingcheng.”
In Huo Sicheng’s eyes, Gu Qingcheng saw deep affection and sincerity for herself.
“Because you are Gu Qingcheng”—these words touched her heart the most.
She is Gu Qingcheng, not Mrs. Huo or anyone’s accessory; she has always been herself. Huo Sicheng’s simple words moved her deeply.
He always had a way of saying things that touched her heart, each phrase showing his respect for her.
Seeing Gu Qingcheng’s gentle gaze, Huo Sicheng spoke softly, “I’ll put it on for you.”
“No,” Gu Qingcheng suddenly came to her senses and withdrew her hand, “I won’t let you put it on.”
At that moment, Huo Sicheng’s star-like eyes instantly dimmed. He watched Gu Qingcheng, who had stepped back to create distance, with a complex expression.
Seeing Huo Sicheng’s shocked, bewildered, and bitter look, Gu Qingcheng’s heart, just fluttering for him, was now full of pity.
“Don’t misunderstand, I’m not rejecting you,” she hurriedly told Huo Sicheng.
“I think it’s better if I prepare the ring.”
Indeed, Huo Sicheng had a gift box in his hand at the moment she turned around. Inside the exquisite box lay a pair of couple rings.
She glanced at it, liked it, and knew Huo Sicheng had put thought into its design.
The rings weren’t luxurious, even simple, but the little details showed Huo Sicheng’s care for her. The rings were adorned with diamond-encrusted lily of the valley, forming a circle. The woman’s ring featured a pink diamond carved into a blooming lily, while the man’s was just a simple lily of the valley leaf circle, one white and one black, both extremely classic and complementing each other.
Huo Sicheng always had high taste and knew her style well. She loved these rings.
But the reason she refused to wear the ring was due to a lingering doubt in her heart—Miss Li.
Miss Li’s issue was unresolved, always a point of unease for her, and she wouldn’t allow Huo Sicheng to play both sides.
Moreover, Huo Sicheng was her husband, and giving a couple ring was different from giving a necklace.
A necklace could be worn as jewelry anytime, but once Huo Sicheng gave a ring, it symbolized a commitment, a wedding ring.
At least without wearing the ring, she felt okay. But once she wore it, she’d never take off this wedding ring. So, wearing the ring wasn’t as simple as Huo Sicheng putting it on her.
Unless he resolved the issue with Miss Li, she wouldn’t wear the ring, despite longing and fantasizing about Huo Sicheng putting it on her.
Huo Sicheng was close to Gu Qingcheng, observing the subtle changes in her eyes from up close.
He looked down at the couple rings in his hand, beautifully designed by himself as a commitment ring for him and Gu Qingcheng.
But now he couldn’t give these rings away because Gu Qingcheng had refused him.
He should have listened to his son, Huo Xuan, and given her the ring earlier. Back then, she wouldn’t have refused him.
So much had happened since then. On the surface, she was harmonious with him, but deep down, she harbored resentment and anger.
Especially that night she told him she was at the hospital with Qi Shaoze, his jealousy flared, and he couldn’t keep waiting.
His visit to the hospital was driven by jealousy. He wanted to put the ring on Gu Qingcheng in front of Qi Shaoze.
However, when he arrived and saw Gu Qingcheng exhausted, alone at an outdoor stone table, he knew he had overthought her situation.
Seeing her so tired and struggling, he didn’t make the ring public.
Delaying and delaying, he finally thought today was the right time to put the ring on her, only to be rejected.
His heart ached, as if being cut by a knife.
“Okay,” he didn’t want her to be uncomfortable and agreed, “I’ll listen to you.”
With that, he slowly closed the box with the rings, suddenly unsure how to deal with them, feeling the box heavy in his hands, burning like fire.
Gu Qingcheng watched Huo Sicheng’s calm and handsome face, feeling an indescribable bitterness and apology in her heart.
The calmer his expression, the more intense she knew his emotions were. He wouldn’t show his feelings openly but would suppress and endure them.
This was exactly why she felt sorry. She had rejected him, as if slapping him hard.
Her gaze fell on his hands—his perfect, artistic hands were also without a ring.
The couple rings he prepared, once he wore them, would mark him as a truly married man. Wouldn’t Miss Li be angry?
Suddenly, she began to feel agitated.
She moved her lips, wanting to tell Huo Sicheng to resolve the issue with Miss Li, and then she would wear the ring.
But those words, when they reached her lips, were swallowed back. She didn’t want to appear jealous over Miss Li.
Nor did she want to seem as if wearing a ring depended on resolving Miss Li’s issue. No matter how much she agonized over it, Huo Sicheng’s response would still be to wait, to tell her to wait.
Waiting was the only answer he could give her, and it wasn’t fair to her, so she couldn’t mention Miss Li.
Seeing his discomfort, she took the initiative to ease the situation, taking the ring box from her hand and stuffing it into his pocket.
“What are you waiting for? Put away the ring and let’s eat.”
Huo Sicheng watched as Gu Qingcheng placed the ring box back into his pocket, his eyes complex as he looked at his empty hands.
It turned out, his hands weren’t burned by the ring box, but they ached, a bone-piercing pain spreading throughout his body.
Gu Qingcheng sat at the dining table, picking up food with chopsticks for Huo Sicheng.
“Huo Sicheng, come and have your dinner,” she called out calmly as if nothing had happened, “I’ve already picked out your food. Eat well and then go back to the office. I’ll be busy too. I’ll return early tonight to cook something delicious for the baby. Oh, if you finish your work early, you can pick up our son from school and take him back to the villa.”
Huo Sicheng heard Gu Qingcheng’s clear voice beside him, and a trace of painful bitterness flickered in his eyes before he turned to look at her.
At this moment, the bitterness in his expression faded, replaced only by a gentle gentle gaze towards her as he replied, “Alright, I’ll do as you say. After I finish my work, I’ll pick up Huo Xuan and bring him home.”
He approached Gu Qingcheng and held her hand, which was reaching for a napkin, his eyes filled with seriousness, “You just misspoke.”
Gu Qingcheng, still upset from their disagreement, tried to maintain her composure despite feeling suppressed and pained. She was slightly dazed, so when Huo Sicheng held her hand, she stiffened like a frightened bird. Then, facing Huo Sicheng’s gentle face and eyes, she let go of her defensive heart.
She asked Huo Sicheng with a puzzled face, “I misspoke? What did I say wrong?”