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She was just playing around! How could Jiang Chengbei, that womanizer, take it seriously?
So many days have passed, why are you still thinking about proposing?
Besides, we've only known each other for a few days. My confession just two days ago was so effective that it made you fall for me so quickly, and now you're thinking about proposing to me all the time?
But I'm not divorced yet, young man, can you please not be in such a hurry!
Seeing Jiang Chengbei walk in front of her and almost kneel down on one knee, Yukiko quickly went up and hugged him, then put on a dramatic performance, her eyes brimming with tears, and said:
"Bei, were all those strangers who said nice things to me and complimented my looks arranged by you?"
Bei, you're so kind! I'm so touched. This is the first time I've ever experienced something so romantic. I'm so excited, I don't even know what to say.
"Bei, you're so wonderful! I'm so excited! Please, please don't do anything else. We've only known each other for a few days, and we've only been together for a few days. Some things shouldn't move too fast. Let's wait a couple of days."
While acting, Yukiko gripped the jewelry box in Jiang Chengbei's hands tightly, preventing him from opening it or handing it over.
If things progress too fast, Yukiko feels that the fake couple act can't continue, and then she'll have to break off the relationship and run away.
"Bei, things are moving too fast. I'm not ready yet. Let's date first and see if we're compatible. Don't take such a big step, or we won't even be able to be lovers or friends!"
Seeing that Yukiko, this playful woman, was actually scared, Jiang Chengbei certainly wouldn't take the blame himself. He grabbed Conan, who was watching the show from the sidelines, and reprimanded him:
"Anan, what a great idea you came up with! I haven't even confessed my feelings yet, and my wife has already given me a heads-up. What do you suggest we do next in this awkward situation?"
Also, Anan, you're the director on set. Now that the female lead has had an accident and has a new idea, what do you suggest we do?
"And didn't you say you'd already tested the waters for me? All you had to do was create a romantic scene, and my wife would agree. Why is she having second thoughts now?"
With Jiang Chengbei's sudden movement, Conan found himself suspended in mid-air, helpless and adrift, saying in exasperation:
"Abei, I didn't want to either! When I tested her yesterday, Sister Zhenli readily agreed. I didn't know she would change her mind after just one day!"
After saying that, Conan gave Yukiko a resentful look:
"Sister Zhenli, that's not what you thought yesterday, is it?"
You clearly said you wanted a romantic and creative proposal and you would agree unconditionally, which is why I helped you put together today's scene. How come you changed your mind after just one night?
You women are so fickle! It's infuriating! You're like this, and Xiaolan is like this too!
Yukiko felt embarrassed when Conan looked at her like that. Conan had indeed come to test her yesterday, but she really disliked this third son who looked exactly like Shinichi and wore the same clothes.
When Conan wasn't in Jiangchengbei before, she searched Conan's room and found dozens of outfits that were exactly the same as the suits Shinichi wore when he was a child.
Seeing these clothes, Yukiko immediately thought of the same little suit she bought for Shinichi when he was little. She bought dozens of identical suits at once and made Shinichi wear the same suit to school every day.
The weather may be windy, thunderous, rainy, or snowy, but you can't go without wearing shorts and a blazer.
She thought Shin-chan's style of dressing was unique in this world, but little did she know that she would see a whole bunch of the same style in Conan's room.
At the Kudo residence in 2-chome, Shinichi's childhood clothes were missing only two sets. Yukiko went back to check, so it's very likely that Conan, who had been there, stole the two missing sets.
Although this made her very angry, she could still tolerate the fact that the mistress's son had stooped to stealing her son's old clothes.
However, she was really angry when she saw dozens of identical suits and shorts in Conan's room!
Yusaku Kudo bought Conan so many clothes that were the same as Shinichi's when he was a child, dressing them up exactly the same way, even with the same hairstyle. What does he mean by this?
Of course, Yukiko's anger was a misunderstanding; Conan's matching clothes were actually given to her by Jiang Chengbei.
When Conan moved to Jiangchengbei's place, Jiangchengbei discovered that Megure had bought him several sets of clothes in other styles that normal elementary school students would wear.
How can Conan not wear a suit?
So Jiang Chengbei immediately bought dozens of Conan-style suits and shorts from the system, enough to meet Conan's daily needs for wearing suits and shorts.
Faced with the childish clothes for elementary school students that Megure bought, Conan still preferred to wear a solid-color blue suit and blue shorts. So the clothes that Megure bought were put back at Megure's house, while Conan wore the suit provided by Jiang Chengbei every day.
Yukiko was already annoyed by Conan, and now that she knows Yusaku Kudo "bought" so many items that were the same as Shinichi's when he was young for Conan, and even dressed Conan up like Shinichi when he was young, she's even more annoyed!
If Conan were her son, it would be fine, but Conan is the son of Yusaku Kudo's mistress, and Yukiko couldn't stand it, her anger rising rapidly.
So yesterday, when Conan tested her, Yukiko was distracted, didn't listen carefully, and didn't intend to tell the truth. So she just gave a few perfunctory replies and then told that annoying brat to get lost.
Her thought at the time was that since she had successfully started dating Jiang Chengbei, she had achieved her goal of preventing Jiang Chengbei from being with Xiao Lan.
Since this annoying brat is no longer of any use, let him go back to where he came from. The brief temporary alliance is over. There is no friendship between Yukiko and Conan, only hatred!
Given this relationship, Yukiko didn't listen to much of what Conan said and just made up a few lies to get by. Anyway, the principle of lying is to say the opposite of what you think.
Unexpectedly, Conan was actually spying for Jiang Chengbei, testing her. This was awkward, because Yukiko was just playing around and didn't want to take any further steps to avoid getting hurt.
At the same time, she didn't want to back down and let Jiang Chengbei turn around and find Xiaolan. Of course, she also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of pretending to be his girlfriend to gain Jiang Chengbei's trust and then get Conan's information from him, and incidentally make a contribution to the country.
Yukiko, who didn't want to take things any further, met Jiang Chengbei, who only wanted to take things further. Yukiko felt a little awkward, so before she realized an even bigger embarrassment, she gave Jiang Chengbei a clean and decisive hint to avoid making any bigger moves and being rejected, which would make things even more awkward.
Yukiko thought so, but Kojo Kita didn't.
Yukiko had confessed her feelings to him before, and he was the one who passively accepted.
Then, over the next two days, he went to great lengths to create romance and atmosphere, drinking red wine and watching the stars and moon together in a glass room, and watching movies and drinking red wine together, and so on.
In any case, Jiang Chengbei put in a lot of effort, but always failed at the last step, and the experienced Yukiko always managed to escape.
Of course, Jiang Chengbei wouldn't do things like drugging or forcing himself on someone right now. So, having run out of options, and feeling a bit anxious as he realized he didn't have much time left, he had no choice but to propose.
If he refuses to do things that are normal between couples, and even refuses to get married, then what kind of relationship is Jiang Chengbei talking about?
So Jiang Chengbei thought that Yukiko was still married, so his marriage proposal would definitely be rejected.
Since the marriage proposal was rejected, the only options are either to break up and end the relationship, or to do the things that normal couples do, right?
Jiang Chengbei could accept any of the above, as long as they stopped dating but couldn't do anything, and just dragged it out like that.
However, before he could even speak, Yukiko had already sensed something was amiss and promptly stopped Jiang Chengbei from proposing.
If this embarrassment wasn't enough, and you try to use it as an excuse to make up for it later, feigning helplessness, it just doesn't quite work; it's not touching enough.
Since Yukiko realized his intentions and pretended to be mature to remind him first, Jiang Chengbei had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.
So, under Yukiko's stern warning gaze, he forcibly moved Yukiko's hand that was tightly pressing down on the jewelry box, insisting on opening it in public and giving her the contents inside.
Yukiko wasn't as strong as Jiang Chengbei, so she could only watch helplessly as he snatched the jewelry box back and then opened it in front of everyone to give it to her.
To avoid the awkwardness of rejection and the possibility of losing a friend, Yukiko put on all her acting skills, warning with her eyes while sternly saying:
"I won't agree to this because the time is too short. If you don't want things to be awkward right now, listen to your sister and it's best not to open it."
If you stop here, we can still get to know each other better and understand each other better. But if you insist on taking things further, I have no choice but to refuse…
Before Yukiko could utter the word "absolute," Jiang Chengbei opened the jewelry box and, instead of the pigeon-egg-sized diamond ring Yukiko had expected, found a straight rose stem!
That's right! It's a rose stem with all the petals removed, leaving only a leaf and a bare stem!
It's unclear how Jiang Chengbei managed to pull such a long, bare flower stem from a small, square jewelry box, without even a trace of breakage on it.
When Yukiko saw the bare flower stalk with only one green leaf placed in front of her, she was completely stunned.
Then, recalling what she had just said and her confident behavior, she felt a little embarrassed, even though she had two layers of skin.
"My wife, here, this is for you. What are you standing there for? Take it!"
Is it because this isn't the huge diamond ring you imagined, the one you envisioned, that you're so disappointed?
"No, no, I really like it, I really do..."
Yukiko didn't know why she had a sliver of hope, but when she saw that the ring wasn't what she had imagined, she felt relieved, but also a little embarrassed about what she had just said and done.
Now, Jiang Chengbei is no longer ashamed for not proposing, but because of what he just said, he is now the one who is ashamed and embarrassed.
So, Yukiko glared at Jiang Chengbei and said in a dissatisfied tone:
"You went to all this trouble today just to give me this?"
Faced with Yukiko's dissatisfaction, Jiang Chengbei feigned innocence and asked, "Otherwise what?"
Seeing Jiang Chengbei's matter-of-fact expression, the guests invited by Conan and the partners who came to help all looked at Jiang Chengbei with puzzled expressions.
Before coming here, I clearly heard the director Conan say that he was going to show them a romantic show, but now we're here to see this?
They admitted that it started off well and was quite creative, with 99 strangers in a flash mob, each giving the female protagonist a rose and a blessing, which deeply moved them.
They thought that when they went back, they would do the same thing when they proposed.
Of course, when they were doing this, they didn't dare to ask Conan to be the director. They weren't as bold as Jiang Chengbei, who dared to let Conan, the Grim Reaper, live in his house and also let him be the director of the marriage proposal.
Seeing Jiang Chengbei's self-righteous attitude, Yukiko started to grit her teeth in anger again, and began to fantasize about how wonderful it would be if Jiang Chengbei proposed with a big diamond ring this time!
Then she can take the big diamond ring that Jiang Chengbei sent... throw it away, and then severely humiliate Jiang Chengbei who is kneeling on the ground, to avenge the current grudge... the grudge of the flower pole!
Thinking of this, Yukiko reached out, stood on tiptoe, and touched Jiang Chengbei's forehead:
"You don't have a fever... Jiang Cheng, you don't have a fever, why are you doing something so childish?"
After saying that, Yukiko waved the bare flower stem in her hand.
"Are you out of your mind to give me this?"
A stranger gave me a flower, but you, as my boyfriend, only gave me this?
"But what about this?"
"There were no flowers, just a bare stalk."
"Yes, it's just a bare stalk now, without any flowers."
But last night, it was just as beautiful as the flowers here. Do you know why it looks like this now?
As he spoke, Jiang Chengbei picked up a rose beside him, showed it to everyone, and then began his heartfelt performance:
"Last night I didn't know whether I should propose to you today, so this is all I can say: she'll say yes, she won't say yes, she'll say yes, she won't..."
As Jiang Chengbei spoke, he tore a petal off the rose:
"When I plucked the last petal, it told me that you wouldn't agree."
Yukiko looked at Jiang Chengbei with some surprise: So this charlatan is actually quite accurate sometimes.
“Originally, I wanted to give up,” Jiang Chengbei said, looking into Yukiko’s eyes, “but…”
Chapter 174 Conan, from now on I'm your father. Don't worry, I'll treat you like my own son.
"But after thinking about it, I'm certain that I love her, I love her very much, regardless of whether she will refuse me or not."
Even if I get rejected, I'll still give it a try.