My Life with Narration

Chapter 558 - 549: The Patriarch’s Manifestation

Wang Xing stayed at his home for more than two hours before leaving after it got dark. Anyway, he taught everything he could, and whether it would work depended on fate.

As for Wang Xing’s on-the-spot performance? Sorry, he never counted on it.

At this moment, the street lamps on the roadside lit up, and the entire community was decked out by the property management with radiant lights. The bare trees in the community were wrapped in colorful lights, and there were even large New Year lights placed throughout the community. The atmosphere, to say the least, was on point.

But unfortunately, Shen Yi was not there. Otherwise, with neither of them having to work, on such snowy weather, they would have been out shopping.

Don’t be fooled by the heavy snowfall outside, but without the wind, in the cheerful year-end atmosphere, there should be many young couples going out on dates.

Thinking about it, it seemed that they had yet to walk out in the rain or snow, and even simple street walking happened only once, during which Shen Yi twisted her ankle.

Just then, his phone suddenly rang. It was Shen Yi, and upon seeing this, Su Qing’s lips curled up slightly.

"What’s up, sweetheart~ Miss me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Nan’s voice came from the other end of the phone: "Ew~~ You two are so mushy, and sweetheart~~ Shen, you’re letting someone call you sweetheart at your age, don’t you feel embarrassed?"

Meanwhile, in the capital, Shen Yi rolled her eyes at Tang Nan, then wriggled away from her, happily laughing, "Ignore her, it’s the impotent rage of a single dog. By the way, I saw the pictures you sent me. It’s a pity I can’t be with you to put up the Spring Festival couplets this year."

"It’s okay, how’s work going?" Su Qing asked.

He was someone who listened to advice, heeding his wife’s words, directly ignoring Tang Nan beside her.

"It’s okay, tomorrow there’s only half a day left, then the employees are on holiday. Xiao Tang and I plan to visit Director Wang’s place. If all goes well, I’ll be heading home the day after tomorrow!"

"That’s good, but remember to take a gift for uncle and aunt for me!"

"Don’t worry, there’ll be plenty. I’ll make sure to speak highly of you!"

Then the two started chatting on the phone right in front of Tang Nan, calling each other sweetheart, making Tang Nan feel a bit uncomfortable. She shouldn’t have come.

If it wasn’t for Shen Yi making her stand her last post and wanting her to get familiar with the company affairs early, she would’ve gone home long ago.

Back in her early acting days, she wasn’t this tired. Except the year she performed in the Spring Festival Gala, she always went home early to reunite with her family.

The more she thought about managing such a large company in the future, the more Tang Nan felt a headache. She suddenly thought being a celebrity wasn’t so bad, seemed freer than being a boss.

On the other hand, after getting tips from Su Qing today, Wang Xing specially prepared a bouquet at home and then went out with Lin Miaomiao for a stroll.

Even with the snow outside, it couldn’t extinguish their enthusiasm. Originally, Wang Xing wanted to take Lin Miaomiao to a nice meal outside and then watch a horror film. Though domestic horror films are often dreams or human-related, this was the only one somewhat terrifying.

Finally, he planned to take Lin Miaomiao home and confess to her. He even envisioned the scene of failure. This time he wouldn’t let himself be a sycophant. If Lin Miaomiao rejected him, he wouldn’t pester her.

However, plans can’t keep up with changes. Lin Miaomiao wouldn’t go, saying eating out was too expensive and they might as well go home and cook.

Nor would they see a movie. Watching a film together would cost at least a hundred bucks, which could make a large table of dishes at home. Finally, Wang Xing couldn’t convince her, so they just strolled outside for a while, went to the market, and bought some seafood.

Strangely, even though they hadn’t officially confirmed their relationship, what they did was quite couple-like.

But Wang Xing was surprised to find that his money wasn’t decreasing, in fact, he saved more than when he was alone.

Lin Miaomiao never asked for gifts. Sometimes when Wang Xing offered to buy her clothes, she would refuse.

This showed that someone truly fond of you wouldn’t want you to waste money.

Yet men have a common weakness, you could call it foolish—whenever you demand, I don’t have it; when you don’t want it, I want to give, and not only give, but give more.

Of course, except for the guys with bad intentions.

In the evening, Wang Xing and Lin Miaomiao cooked up a large table of dishes together in the kitchen.

"Cheers, to an early New Year and a year of hard work!" Wang Xing said with a smile, holding juice.

When alone with Lin Miaomiao, he rarely drank alcohol and seldom smoked.

Upon hearing that, Miaomiao nodded eagerly, holding up her cup to clink with Wang Xing.

"Ah~~ not bad, let’s eat, let’s eat. Wow~~ smells so good, Miaomiao, your cooking is amazing! Whoever marries you is truly blessed!" Wang Xing mumbled while eating.

In response, Lin Miaomiao gave him a shy glance, her cheeks a little red, and softly said, "I... I’m not someone who cooks for just anyone..."

Wang Xing felt warmth in his heart hearing this, wanting to speak but not knowing what to say, after a while: "Let’s eat before it gets cold and doesn’t taste good!"

With that, he began to devour the food, upon hearing which, Lin Miaomiao’s eyes showed a hint of disappointment. Was she not good enough, or did she not express herself clearly, or did the other party not like her?

Even with her timid nature, she felt their relationship could progress further, so why was there no response from the other party? Could it be Mumu’s advice was wrong?

That’s right, Wang Xing sought Su Qing’s advice, and Lin Miaomiao consulted with Sun Mumu for some methods.

But it had to be said that these two were indeed bold. In terms of this, Su Qing and Sun Mumu could both be called ’brilliant minds’ in a sarcastic sense, one daring to teach, one daring to learn.

Thankfully, although Su Qing and Sun Mumu weren’t reliable, at least Wang Xing and Lin Miaomiao liked each other.

Sometimes methods are secondary, it all boils down to whether there’s affection. With the right person, a bouquet of rapeseed flowers can do the trick, while with the wrong one, even 999 roses wouldn’t work.

"Um..."*2

Suddenly, the two spoke at the same time, then froze together.

"You say..." *2

Once again, they spoke in unison, and they both looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Finally, Wang Xing felt that as a man, he should take the initiative.

"Um... what do you think of me?"

"Pretty good!"

"It’s vacation time, what time is your ticket tomorrow?"

"3 PM!"

"I see, looks like it’ll be a long time before I can eat your cooking again."

"It’s okay, I’ll try to come back earlier after the New Year."

"That’s great! By the way, how do you think my scrambled eggs are?"

"They’re okay, just a bit burnt!"

"Oh, I’m so stupid, I can’t even cook scrambled eggs properly. Could you... be my girlfriend?"

Lin Miaomiao: ???

They were chatting aimlessly, with mismatched conversation, yet she didn’t expect Wang Xing to suddenly confess, and for such a ridiculous reason.

Can’t cook scrambled eggs, so be my girlfriend—is there such a strange reason for a confession?

There is, and Wang Xing did it. He held it in, and by the time he got to the end, his mind was blank, not even knowing what he was saying.

When he finally realized it, he had already confessed. Seeing Lin Miaomiao’s expression, he wished he could just disappear into the floor. What the heck was he doing?

Seeing Wang Xing’s awkward face, looking like he wanted to hide under the table, Lin Miaomiao suddenly chuckled, then heavily nodded, and said with a sweet smile, "Okay!"

She had been waiting for this confession for a long time, from when they first met in the elevator, to later when she was in danger and Wang Xing carried her out, and to their current mode of getting along—she had really been hoping for a long time.

Not to mention such a weird reason, even if Wang Xing had said to her, "It’s snowing heavily today, it’s too cold, be my girlfriend," she would have agreed without hesitation.

After all, if she didn’t agree this time, who knew how long she would have to wait next time.

When Lin Miaomiao nodded her agreement, Wang Xing was stunned. Didn’t I mess it up? Apparently not?

"Re... really?"

"Mm!" Lin Miaomiao’s small face was flushed, as she held her rice bowl and ate little by little, agreeing.

Although she was very shy, her tone was unusually firm.

"That’s great!" Wang Xing suddenly jumped up, startling Lin Miaomiao.

"Wait for me!"

Having said that, Wang Xing hurried back to his bedroom, took out a big bunch of flowers he had prepared, and handed it to Lin Miaomiao: "For... for you!"

"Gosh, you’re wasting money again. Such a big bunch of flowers—how many ribs could that buy!"

Receiving the flowers, Lin Miaomiao was both happy and heartbroken over the money, her little face extremely conflicted.

Seeing this, Wang Xing was overjoyed, and in Lin Miaomiao’s gasp, he picked her up and spun her around in place.

Once he came to his senses and realized they were embracing, Wang Xing then awkwardly asked, "Um... can I hug you?"

"You’re already hugging me!" Lin Miaomiao whispered.

"Then I’ll let go!" Wang Xing said, but the next second, Lin Miaomiao’s arms wrapped around his waist: "No... no need, hugging feels good."

"Then I’ll hug you a little longer!"

Nobody knew how long had passed, but Wang Xing suddenly remembered Su Qing’s guidance and the ancestral teachings: "Um... as you can see, it’s so late, and it’s still snowing heavily outside, so cold. I... I mean, how about... I didn’t mean anything else, I just..."

Facing Wang Xing’s hesitant, timid demeanor, Lin Miaomiao, with her blushing face, took over the conversation:

"It’s too dark, I’m scared there might be ghosts outside, can I stay here for the night?"

Wang Xing: ???

Upon hearing this, Wang’s mind was blown. Are girls so easily fooled nowadays? I haven’t even started telling a ghost story, yet you’re already scared?

Wait, could it be that the ancestral spirit really appeared?

At the same time, in two different places in Jiang City, a man and a woman

Su Qing: "Achoo!"

Sun Mumu: "Achoo!"

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