Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 267 Extra 1

Fireworks lit up the sky above the manor, illuminating the flowers scattered on the ground under the dark sky.

Lin Xi tilted her head back, her eyes red at the corners.

She hadn't expected Duan Yiheng's marriage proposal to be such a grand affair.

Based on Duan Yiheng's personality, she thought it would just be the two of them when he proposed.

Duan Yiheng hugged her and comforted her affectionately, "You can't cry anymore, or your eyes will get swollen."

"I had a vague feeling about it," Lin Xi said, turning her head slightly. "But I wasn't sure. We'd walked all the way to the end of Ginkgo Road and you hadn't made a move. I never expected..."

Duan Yiheng chuckled: "How could I let you guess so easily? Ginkgo Road is already there. I asked Liang Yutong and Mu Zhao, and they all said they wanted to decorate it in a grand way. Do you like it?"

Lin Xi hummed in agreement: "I like it very much."

"I'm glad you like it." Duan Yiheng put his arm around the back of her head and rubbed it. "All the time I've spent working on this has been worth it."

Lin Xi suddenly realized that Duan Yiheng's recent avoidance of looking at his phone was actually because he was preparing to propose.

Even after the fireworks ended, Lin Xi was reluctant to leave.

Duan Yiheng said, "Come back tomorrow morning. Let's go eat now and not keep everyone waiting."

Lin Xi asked him, "What if the flowers die?"

"No," Duan Yiheng comforted her. "There will be someone to look after you at night, and even if there's no one, you won't wither overnight."

Lin Xi then returned to the main building restaurant with Duan Yiheng.

The Meng family, including the grandmother, came as a group of four, along with Duan Yiheng's friends; the large restaurant could easily accommodate them.

Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng raised their glasses to thank everyone.

Mu Zhao spoke first: "No need to thank me, it's my pleasure. It's just that I lost control of the drone this morning and almost crashed into your golf cart. I even got a scolding from Brother Heng."

Lin Xi chuckled: "Where did you all hide?"

“Where isn’t enough to hide?” Liang Yutong said. “This place is too big. We came yesterday, and the rest of us didn’t sleep last night. When you came in, we were arranging flowers.”

Mu Zhao: "My hands were shaking after I finished arranging the flowers."

After all, there were 100,000 flowers and hundreds of people hiding down the slope, working all night.

They didn't go back to their rooms to sleep until four in the morning.

"Whose fault is it that you guys are just having fun?" Duan Yiheng said. "I was worried that you would disturb the staff and end up with one more or one less flower."

Outside the treatment room of Meng Huaishan: "Why don't you go and count them now?"

Duan Yiheng: "..."

Lin Xi suppressed a laugh and tugged at Duan Yiheng, then said to the old lady in the main seat, "Grandma, when did you arrive?"

The old lady chuckled and said, "I was in the front last night."

There was only Miss Meng's former villa in front of her. Presumably, the old lady missed her daughter and slept there for one night.

The meal was lively, and afterwards, Grandma went home with her uncle and aunt in their car.

Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng escorted her to the gate of the manor before returning.

The rest were all young people, and judging from their demeanor, Lin Xi thought they were going to party all night.

Liang Yutong looked down on them for smoking and drinking, and gave Lin Xi a look that Lin Xi immediately understood.

As soon as she turned around, Duan Yiheng put his arm around her waist: "Where are you going?"

Lin Xi said, "You play with them, I'll go talk to Yu Tong."

Duan Yiheng then let go.

Lin Xi and Liang Yutong went to the shallow slope flower sea. It was windy at night, so she took a shawl for herself and Liang Yutong.

The scene before him was a turning point in Lin Xi's life, inevitably bringing back memories of the past.

When Liang Yutong first met Lin Xi, Lin Xi was only seven or eight years old. When Lin Xi was bullied, Liang Yutong stepped in to protect her, and their friendship continued from there.

Thinking back to the past, we started talking about it.

They chatted until late into the night, until Duan Yiheng and Mu Shuo came to pick them up.

"What did you two talk about? You stayed out until midnight," Duan Yiheng asked.

"We talked about marriage and the future," Lin Xi said. "She said she would be my bridesmaid, which goes without saying."

Duan Yiheng put his arm around her waist and walked up the steps one by one, saying, "We'll have to get busy with the wedding when we get back. There are a lot of details that I need you to review. Of course, I'm not trying to avoid it. We'll discuss it together. I'll have my aunt help with the arrangements. Feel free to make any requests you have, okay?"

Lin Xi grinned mischievously: "I can wear a suit, and you can wear a wedding dress?"

Duan Yiheng immediately flicked her head: "No way."

Lin Xi snorted: "I just made a request and it was rejected."

Duan Yiheng smiled helplessly and said, "I'll grant you a hundred normal requests."

Lin Xi cleared her throat: "We need to choose a venue for the wedding, right? How about we have a lawn wedding at the manor?"

Duan Yiheng said, "I have no objection. We'll have the wedding planner come up with a few options, and you can choose one yourself."

Lin Xi responded.

I spent two days at the manor, and had a blast with my friends.

Lin Xi was still a little unaccustomed to being back at the company.

The diamond ring was too big, so Lin Xi, with Duan Yiheng's permission, left it at home and didn't wear it out.

However, everyone still found out. As soon as I entered the office, my colleagues started to cheer and shout "Oh oh," like a scene of human atavism.

Lin Xi was both amused and exasperated: "How did you know?"

“It was issued by the company itself.” One of them took out his phone and showed it to Lin Xi. “Manager Lin, didn’t you know that yourself?”

Lin Xi glanced at her phone and saw that the official account of Yinfan Group had indeed posted photos of her proposal to Duan Yiheng.

She immediately returned to her office and called Duan Yiheng.

Duan Yiheng picked up the phone in the car before he even arrived at the company.

"The group's official Weibo account posted photos of you and me proposing. Did you authorize it?" Lin Xi asked.

Duan Yiheng replied, "I forgot to tell you, it was my authorization. The public relations director suggested it to me, and I agreed at the time."

Lin Xi understood why the public relations department made that suggestion.

Her affair with Duan Yiheng has been in the news repeatedly, and has long been public knowledge.

Surprisingly, the topic of her and Duan Yiheng generated quite a bit of discussion, and the company naturally wanted to use this to shape Duan Yiheng's public image as a leader.

Duan Yiheng's name is linked to Yin Fan, so their marriage will inevitably have to be made public.

This can also attract the attention of collaborators.

Of course, Duan Yiheng also had his own selfish motives.

Although he hadn't seen the letter Duan Mingxuan wrote to Lin Xi, he could guess most of it.

Duan Yiheng wanted to declare to everyone that he and Lin Xi belonged to each other.

Lin Xi was unaware of his ulterior motives, but she asked him anyway.

After hanging up the phone, she went to the comments section and found that most of the comments were positive, so she felt relieved.

After serving for a while, Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng were both busy.

Their aunt repeatedly asked them to discuss marriage, but they simply couldn't find the time.

With the year-end rush upon them, Lin Xi simply told her aunt, "There will be plenty of free time after the annual meeting, let's talk about it then?"

My aunt sighed helplessly and had no choice but to agree.

Fortunately, we get a week off during the Chinese New Year, so we still have some time.

Even if we have to force them, we'll force them to stay at home.