Lu Shao is cunning; Miss Nan has fallen for his tricks again.

Chapter 124 Declaring to the World You Belong to Me
"Oh, then drive carefully." Zhou Zan grabbed another potato chip from the bag and stuffed it into his mouth, speaking indistinctly.

Yue Heng waved his hand as he walked.

Not long after, Ling Shu and Zhou Zan also left. Only Nan Xu and Lu Zhiyan remained.

As the sky grew darker and the sea breeze grew stronger, Nanxu couldn't help but pull the blanket around her tighter with both hands.

"The temperature is getting lower and lower, let's go back." The sea breeze blew Nanxu's curly hair, her whole face hidden in the strands, giving her an indescribable hazy beauty.

"Wait a little longer." Lu Zhiyan pulled Nan Xu into his arms.

Nanxu didn't understand, but she still obediently nestled in Lu Zhiyan's arms.

As soon as the words were spoken, fireworks began to bloom in the sky above the sea, with all sorts of colorful fireworks soaring into the heavens. Even the pitch-black night was illuminated as if it were daytime.

The fireworks show lasted for ten minutes. After the last firework fell, several words were clearly visible in the distant sky.

"Nanxu, marry me!"

Nan Xu couldn't hide her joy as she looked at Lu Zhiyan beside her, reached out and hugged his neck, kissing him.

It took a while for the food to arrive. Nan Xu's eyes were slightly red. "Was that Yue Heng's idea just now? Is it yours now?"

Lu Zhiyan draped the blanket back over Nanxu, gazing at her with loving eyes. "Hmm, I think a proposal should be grand. Maybe I'm just vain, but I want to give you everything good and special."

"I want everyone to know that I proposed to you today."

I also want others to know that from now on, you belong to me alone.

However, he kept these words to himself, afraid that if he said them aloud, Nanxu would call him naive.

Even if it's childish, so what? I just want to declare to the whole world that you are mine.

It was quite late when they got home. Remembering that Nanxu had been enjoying the sea breeze at the beach, Lu Zhiyan made her a bowl of ginger soup.

He originally wanted Nanxu to prioritize warmth, but the proposal photos were going to be posted online. He knew Nanxu well; she'd rather be "beautifully freezing" than simply dressed warmly.

After taking a hot shower, Nanxu came out of the bathroom, her exposed skin still faintly damp with water droplets.

When Lu Zhiyan brought in the ginger soup, Nan Xu was already lying in bed scrolling through her phone. Hearing the door open, she didn't even look up before ordering Lu Zhiyan around.

"There's some skincare oil I just bought in the cabinet under the bathroom. Could you get it for me?" Nan Xu said, her voice nasal, clearly indicating she had caught a cold.

As soon as she finished speaking, she thought she smelled a hint of ginger, but the smell wasn't very strong, and she thought she was mistaken.

Lu Zhiyan first placed the ginger tea on the bedside table and said to Nan Xu, "Drink the ginger soup first to warm yourself up. I'll get it for you after I take a shower."

Upon hearing about ginger soup, Nanxu subconsciously frowned; she didn't like ginger!
Previously, Lu Zhiyan only put a little bit of ginger in the brown sugar ginger tea he made, but this bowl of ginger soup was full of ginger, and she could smell a very strong ginger aroma.

"I won't drink." Nan Xu changed her posture, turning her back to Lu Zhiyan.

"Stop fooling around. You've been out in the sea breeze all night. Drink something to warm yourself up," Lu Zhiyan patiently urged her.

Nan Xu's eyes darted around, and she came up with a bad idea.

"Okay then, just put it there and I'll drink it later."

With just one glance, Lu Zhiyan saw through Nan Xu's little scheme.

"Don't even think about taking them down. I've already had Uncle Ji move the potted plants down from the balcony. And don't even think about knocking them off the balcony; there are security cameras down there," Lu Zhiyan said slowly and deliberately.

"Don't even think about taking it out and throwing it away. Except for this bedroom, which has no surveillance cameras, there are cameras everywhere else." As she spoke, she reached out and pinched Nan Xu's cheek.

Seeing Nan Xu frowning and looking unhappy, Lu Zhiyan's lips curled up in a good mood.

After saying that, he went to the dressing room, took a change of clothes, and went into the bathroom.

Nan Xu took a deep breath, got out of bed, and snorted angrily at the bathroom.

Then, as if resigned to her fate, she picked up the ginger soup on the table. Smelling the pungent ginger aroma, she frowned and looked at the dark brown ginger soup. Nanxu closed her eyes and drank it all in one gulp.

After showering in the bathroom, Lu Zhiyan, with a towel tied around his waist, hesitated for a moment in front of the cabinet before taking out a black box from behind a pile of skincare products. The box was entirely black, with no words on it. He took out a small bottle of something that looked like essential oil from the box.

Lu Zhiyan poured the liquid onto his hands and spread it evenly on his wrists, neck, and other exposed skin.

Then he took out the skincare essential oil that Nanxu wanted from a pile of skincare products.

When Lu Zhiyan came out of the bathroom, Nan Xu leaned against the bed with her hands folded in front of her chest, looking at Lu Zhiyan with a resentful expression.

Lu Zhiyan closed the bathroom door, and as he turned his head, he saw Nan Xu's resentful little expression. Lu Zhiyan paused in closing the door.

It's just a bowl of ginger soup, why are you so angry?

Lu Zhiyan had no choice but to step forward and hand the things in his hand to Nan Xu.

Unexpectedly, Nan Xu only glanced at it and showed no intention of taking it.

Helpless, Lu Zhiyan had no choice but to put the things on the bedside table first, then get into bed and kneel down next to Nan Xu. "What's wrong? Why do you look like that? All I did was give you a bowl of ginger soup."

Nan Xu snorted coldly, "You already know that, why ask!"
After a while, no matter what kind of nice things Lu Zhiyan said, Nan Xu didn't give him a good look.

Lu Zhiyan had no choice but to sigh softly, "Alright, I've brought you the essential oil you wanted." He then took the essential oil from the bedside table and handed it to Nan Xu.

Nan Xu didn't answer, and said irritably, "I don't need it today!"

Seeing that Nan Xu was still unmoved, Lu Zhiyan grabbed her neck and kissed her fiercely without saying a word.

With a flushed face, Nan Xu struggled and tried to push Lu Zhiyan away. But the more she pushed him away, the closer Lu Zhiyan got.

With no other option, Nanxu went from struggling at the beginning to silently enduring it.

It took Lu Zhiyan quite a while before he released Nan Xu.

As soon as I let go, tears welled up in Nanxu's eyes, making her look pitiful.

Lu Zhiyan panicked immediately. "What's wrong? Why are you crying?" he said, reaching out to wipe away the tears that Nanxu was about to shed with his thumb.

"How dare you say that to me? You've only just proposed and you're already so inconsiderate of my feelings. If we get married, will I still have any say in the matter?" Nan Xu said, then burst into tears, feeling wronged.

It was just a bowl of ginger soup, but he insisted that Nanxu drink it because he was concerned about her health. How did this become a matter of disregarding her feelings?

Oh, it’s so difficult.

"Isn't this all for your health? How am I disregarding your feelings?" Lu Zhiyan's eyes held a hint of doubt, and his voice was filled with helplessness.

Nan Xu thought about it again and realized that she was being unreasonable. Even though it was her fault, she still acted superior.

"Then I'll admit I was wrong."

Even after apologizing, she still acted proud.

But Lu Zhiyan didn't expect Nan Xu to apologize; he would be grateful if she didn't cause any trouble.

As time passed, Lu Zhiyan's scent began to slowly emanate. Nan Xu, with her keen sense of smell, quickly detected the faint fragrance.

This scent definitely doesn't belong to her; she's never used perfumes or skincare products with this scent.

But there was no third person in the room, so it must be Lu Zhiyan's scent.

"What did you put on? It smells quite nice." As she spoke, Nan Xu moved closer to Lu Zhiyan, wanting to smell it more clearly.

Lu Zhiyan did not refuse, letting Nan Xu smell on him.

Ylang-ylang essential oil.

"Hmm? It smells really good. Send me a bottle sometime, I'll try it too."

"Why wait until another day? I can use you today." With that, he pounced on Nanxu and pushed her onto the bed.

(End of this chapter)