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OSL – Chapter Seventeen

‘Come to my bedroom, I want to talk with you privately,’ Gu Tian Tian says

An Yin Zhu follows Gu Tian Tian to her pink bedroom, and she firmly closes the door

‘What do you want?’ Gu Tian Tian asks

An Yin Zhu sits on a pink sofa, and crosses his legs

‘I want to marry you,’ An Yin Zhu says

Marry? If Gu Tian Tian’s hands aren’t s head then she would slap him

‘Did I say yes?’ Gu Tian Tian asks

‘Didn’t you wear the engage yourself?’ An Yin Zhu asks

Gu Tian Tian takes off the dia, and puts it on a table

‘Hurry up and explain the truth to your mum,’ Gu Tian Tian says

‘You can explain to my mum yourself,’ An Yin Zhu says

Gu Tian Tian looks down at An Yin Zhu

‘Do you hate me?’ An Yin Zhu asks

Gu Tian Tian looks at An Yin Zhu pursing his lips, creasing his forehead and his eyes looking straight into her eyes like he wants to see what she’s thinking Does she hate or love his are toward him

‘I…’ Gu Tian Tian says

Gu Tian Tian thinks she’s hallucinating because there’s a second flicker of heartbreak on An Yin Zhu’s face

‘It’s your choice,’ An Yin Zhu says, and stands up

Gu Tian Tian watches An Yin Zhu leave She flops onto the pink bed, and doesn’t kno to explain to Mrs An It’s unlike An Yin Zhu to let her make the final decision

Now that Mr and Mrs An, Mr and Mrs Gu knows about An Yin Zhu’s proposal, Gu Tian Tian is worried the relationshi+p between the two families will suffer if Gu Tian Tian explains the truth

Mrs An calls Gu Tian Tian downstairs to eat dinner

During dinner, Mrs An talks ani plans But An Yin Zhu eats dinner quietly like he’s not the future groom

‘Xiao Tian, when do you want to marry Yin Zhu?’ Mrs An asks ‘Xiao Tian, the sooner you marry Yin Zhu, the sooner you can have babies When yours and Yin Zhu’s babies grow up, you’ll still be a young mother, and people will think you’re their older sister There’s plenty of ti’

‘Mu…’ Gu Tian Tian says