Chapter 126 - The Ring

Xiu Mei was very conscious of the warmth that she could feel from Lu Chen's hand when he covered the back of her hand. She almost lost herself from the touch when she remembered that she was supposed to be angry with him.

So what she did is she quickly shook off his hand and stepped forward to put a distance between their bodies.

"T-Thanks." She awkwardly said when she looked at the ground while tilting her head towards his direction.

Lu Chen found her reaction too adorable that he couldn't help but pat her on the head.

Lu Qiang who suddenly became the third wheel:....Maybe I'll just ignore them ah.

Xiu Mei slowly picked up her pace after shooting for a little while. Her accuracy gradually improved after focusing on it a little bit more.

She studied her own target paper when she heard continuous firing shots just beside her. She looked at her left and saw Lu Chen in a perfect shooting form and firing shots like a breeze. She stared at the monitor above his head that shows the zoomed-in image of his target paper. Aside from the hole in the middle, no shots landed on the other areas of the paper.

Lu Qiang forego his own gun practice and stood behind Lu Chun to admire him. Clearly, he was very fascinated with how his Dad looked so cool right at this moment.

"Dad, teach me how to do that!" Lu Qiang exclaimed with a spark in his eyes as soon as Lu Chen took off his earm.u.f.fs. He rubbed the top of his head in response to his son's request.

"Let's have a break first. You still have half an hour left for practice."

"Mhm!"

Then Lu Chen turned to Xiu Mei and said the same thing to her.

"Wife, let's take a short break."

"Ah….oh."

The three of them were brought into a private lounge. As soon as they sat on the table, the bread and pastries were immediately served before them.

"Slow down, little Qiang ah." Xiu Mei reminded Lu Qiang who was almost gobbling down his food.

"But Mom, I also want to play with Harry today too!"

"Harry?"

Who's that? Some friend of Lu Chen?

"It's the name of my horse that lives right here."

"..."

In the beginning, Xiu Mei thought that Lu Chen and Lu Qiang didn't like living such a lavish lifestyle coupled with the fact that Lu Chen was somehow frugal. But today, she's being enlightened that Lu Chen didn't really hold back in spoiling Lu Qiang with everything ah.

He already created a zoo for him, then he even bought a horse for Lu Qiang to use here. Then this property he is co-owner with also has an amazing choice of armory ah. The guns she saw in there isn't all common. She saw quite a lot of the guns in there that she also saw in her grandfather's gun collection ah.

As soon as Lu Qiang finished eating his snacks, he quickly dashed away to go to the stables leaving her and Lu Chen alone in the room.

"..."

"..."

Xiu Mei did her best to act as natural as possible while eating her food. She didn't look up from her plate and only grabbed the snacks that were only within her reach.

She took a bite of waffles with strawberry fillings and the moment she tried to chew on the soft waffle, she couldn't help but cry in pain when her teeth bit on something hard.

"Ah!" Her hands immediately flew to the side of her cheek that was in pain.

d.a.m.n it! What was that? A bone? In a waffle?

She almost thought that her teeth were gonna be cracked after accidentally chewing something that hard ah. Should she schedule an appointment with her dentist just in case her teeth really chipped ah?

Xiu Mei quickly grabbed a tissue and spat out whatever food was in her mouth. She needed to identify what kind of bone was it and question the staff how the h.e.l.l did that end up in a waffle ah.

After spitting it out, Xiu Mei immediately saw the culprit of her pain. But as soon as she realized what it was, she froze on the spot.

It was a ring. A very familiar ring. And she was very sure that it was the same ring that she saw that Lu Chen was looking at days ago before he disappeared.

d.a.m.n it! It was that ring with a fudging large diamond ah!

With a raised eyebrow and baffled expression, she raised her head to look at Lu Chen. Their eyes immediately met so she realized that Lu Chen could have been watching her this whole time, waiting for her reaction for this ah.

No, wait. How did Lu Chen even think about this cringe idea ah? It's definitely not his style ah!

"So I bought it."

"Obviously. That's why it's here sitting on my tissue after I bit on it right?" She sarcastically responded.

"...Right."

"So?"

She needed something more than that ah. Like why the heck is he giving her this ring when she specifically mentioned that she didn't want a ring this big ah? Actually no. The thing she should really ask is why is he suddenly doing this ah?

"...It's my apology gift."

Apology gift?

Xiu Mei hesitantly picked up the ring. "A gift? This expensive?"

"Mhm! From what I looked up online, they said husbands give their wives presents when they're trying to coax them ah." Lu Chen confidently replied.

"..."

So all his ideas all this time came from the articles online? Wait, he really took the time to look that up in Baidu?

Right now, Xiu Mei didn't know whether to feel touched first or laugh ah. She felt touched that Lu Chen went out of his way to really follow all the steps online even though it's not his character to do this type of thing or laugh because now that she thought about it, he looks adorable when he gets anxious for her response ah.

d.a.m.n it, she couldn't hold it anymore ah! How can she stay angry at him if he's acting this cute?

Xiu Mei finally let out the giggle that she was suppressing. While she laughed, Lu Chen looked at her in confusion.

"Hahahahahaha!" She felt her mood turn lighter as she continued to laugh like that.

She really can't stand a chance against Lu Chen ah! He would always attack her with his slyness or his pure and innocent ideas when coaxing her.

Look, she can't even get angry at him anymore even after thinking that he ignored her calls for the past few days.

She sighed as she looked in admiration at him. It feels like all the effort she spent on ignoring him didn't go to waste after discovering this fact. She was realizing just now how adorable Lu Chen really was ah.

Lu Chen who wasn't aware of her current thoughts was getting anxious. Did Xiu Mei not like it? Or did she like it?

What does her laugh mean ah?

For the first time in his life, Lu Chen was earnestly worried about Xiu Mei's thoughts about him. Since he was a novice in courts.h.i.+p and dating, he didn't know what to do at all. He couldn't even read a girl's mood or thoughts. Xiu Mei was even harder to decipher than figuring out his compet.i.tors' minds!

"Wife, I'm really sorry for what I did." Lu Chen sincerely apologized again.

Right now, Xiu Mei almost imagined some dropping puppy ears on his head ah. He looks so pitiful right now as if she was bullying him ah.

"Do you promise not to ignore my calls and messages again next time?"

"I swear to that with my entire life." Lu Chen even raised his right hand like he was uttering a pledge.

"Oh, then you should swear on your money's name too."

"Ah?"

Xiu Mei raised the ring in front of his eyes and explained.

"You gifted this with an investment in mind right?"

Lu Chen blinked. Is the investment she was talking about the investment that he was talking about?

"The article said that women like big diamonds ah. 'The bigger the stone is, the happier the wife is' is what the article said."

"Hey, didn't I say numerous times that I don't like rings with stones this big?"

"I know… but that's for our wedding ring. This is not our wedding ring."

"Oh."

Xiu Mei rejoiced. Thank goodness this isn't the wedding ring ah! She couldn't bear to wear a ring this big in public. For sure, her face will be on the papers and news the next day if that happens!

But then before her thoughts trailed off, she returned to her previous question. She tapped on the stone embedded in the ring and asked Lu Chen.

"Then this ring is really an investment?"

"Investment?"

If Lu Chen were to think about what investment he put in that ring, then that would be an investment in Xiu Mei's feelings for him ah.

"This is just a gut feeling since I'm no expert with this type of thing. But this stone right here, isn't this shade of pink one of the rarest colors for diamonds in the world?"

"..."

Lu Chen who was truly innocent this time: Wife, I didn't really plan that ah!!