Marriage of a Sickly Villain and a Fortune Hunter - Chap 47 Extra 1

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It took a long time for the lingering kiss to end. Xia Xingchi almost suffocated to the point of having no oxygen left by the time they reluctantly parted.

Not only was he excited and nervous, but in fact, Li Chengyuan was also flustered.

So much so that a normally calm and meticulous person didn’t forget to kneel down on one knee while holding roses to propose, but he forgot to take out the ring and put it on Xia Xingchi.

Fortunately, it was not too late to put it on after the kiss. He took out the ring box that he had carefully rehearsed with for a long time, facing the golden-red ocean sunrise. The ring was set with a red gemstone the size of a pigeon’s egg.

Xia Xingchi looked at it with wide eyes: “Huh? Why is it red, is it a ruby?”

The little money-grubber tilted his head in thought. It seemed he still preferred diamonds. Just their implication of “eternal and everlasting” was enough to make him like them, not to mention that they were expensive.

But this stone seemed to look different from a ruby. This bright luster was so beautiful, more so than ordinary gemstones.

While he was lowering his head to study it seriously, Li Chengyuan rubbed it helplessly a few times. “It’s a red diamond – do you like it?”

After all, he knew that this little money-grubber liked things that were expensive and flashy. If the pigeon egg was made bigger, it would affect the appearance, so if he wanted it to be more expensive, he could only come up with another idea.

When he heard this, Xia Xingchi was shocked.

Even a person who had never eaten pork had seen a pig walk. Not long ago, he had watched a movie related to red diamonds, but he had never expected to see this legendary thing before his own eyes.

“I like it!”

Of course he liked beautiful and expensive things, and this was not only expensive jewelry, but it also had a unique symbolic meaning. He nodded vigorously and was even happier when he saw that Li Chengyuan had a matching ring inlaid with red diamonds.

Li Chengyuan smiled.

Although usually indifferent, he was obviously in a good mood at the moment, and he looked pretty good with the corners of his eyes creased in a smile: “If you accept the ring, have you considered the result?”

Xia Xingchi lowered his head and fiddled with the ring on his finger. He froze for a moment after hearing this nonsense, then remembered how he had joked before about “considering” the relationship between the two.

He had originally come to listen to a confession, and just saying “I love you” could satisfy Xia Xingchi.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengyuan planned such a grand spectacle – looking around the ship that was so big and luxurious, it was like a dream.

“For the sake of your sincerity,” Xia Xingchi showed a rare blush and said in his ear, “I will take on the job of calling you husband.” After saying so, he kissed the other’s earlobe lightly.

Warm breath landed on Li Chengyuan’s ear, causing them to turn red immediately, and then he lifted Xia Xingchi up into his arms!

“Ai, ai, why are you carrying me again!……what is this hobby of yours!”

Li Chengyuan embraced him firmly, and said after hearing this: “A certain person was drunk before and said he liked being held by me. What, now you won’t admit the truth?”

Xia Xingchi lagged for a few seconds, then raised his hand in embarrassment and smacked Li Chengyuan. He had been drunk once, and if it wasn’t for the fans’ supernatural powers of taking photos and knocking sugar, he would have forgotten about it by now.

He didn’t expect that besides holding on to Li Chengyuan in the photo, he also uttered the truth after drinking?

Obviously this smack was just a light tease, but Li Chengyuan remained silent and Xia Xingchi was even more ashamed and indignant. He said through gritted teeth: “What! You still cried and called me gege when you were young, and made me carry you!”

Although, that wasn’t really crying, those were tears from extreme physical pain, and Xia Xingchi’s heart was so soft that he couldn’t let go of the little porcelain doll.

But he really did call him gege.

Xia Xingchi had been coaxing and coercing him for so many days. It was the first time that Li Chengyuan really called him gege, and there was an illusion of childish dependence, which almost made Xia Xingchi happy.

Li Chengyuan was taken aback: “You……remember?”

It seemed that he had remembered, so of course he should remember that at that time, Li Chengyuan had called him gege to make this naive little money-grubber happy.

Xia Xingchi pretended not to understand, and haughtily changed the subject: “Hmph! I have such a good memory, so of course I just casually remembered it! I’d like to see how someone can claim that status of “victim of a petty liar” for sympathy!”

This misunderstanding that spanned more than twenty years was finally resolved with Xia Xingchi’s recovered memories, and the erroneous circumstances of the two intersecting worlds became clear through narration and explanation.

He had originally thought that Li Chengyuan would be shocked or even disbelieving, but his big kitty cat just listened quietly and finally bowed his head to kiss him.

“You just believe it?” Xia Xingchi was puzzled.

Although all the evidence back then pointed to the conclusion that Xia Xingchi was a little liar, Li Chengyuan was still willing to believe that it was a misunderstanding.

He kept saying that Xia Xingchi was a little liar, but in fact, when they met many years later and Li Chengyuan saw that he was still soft-hearted and righteous, Li Chengyuan had already guessed that he hadn’t been cheated.

“I just wanted to use the fact that the flow of time in both worlds is different to prove that you are actually older than me. You are too gullible.”

Li Chengyuan smiled faintly and asked: “Where am I bigger than you?”[1]

He almost never played around with him, so Xia Xingchi almost didn’t react when his cold humor emerged, and it took him a long time to recover from the shock. How did his family’s cat become so crooked?

“Go to hell!” Xia Xingchi snorted. “No matter how big you are, it all belongs to me!”

Saying this, he raised the priceless diamond ring on his hand and pointed at it: “See, this is your contract of sale!”

The two chatted and quarreled all the way as Li Chengyuan carried him into the magnificent lobby of the luxury cruise ship.

There was an unexpected number of guests on board, and every detail was meticulously decorated, full of the cheerful and lively atmosphere of a birthday party. When a waiter opened the door for them, Xia Xingchi happened to see the back kitchen pushing out a huge cake that had just been made.

Xia Xingchi was immediately dumbfounded, and it took him a long moment to realize that today was his birthday. Although he still remembered it clearly the night before, first he recovered his memories, and then he received a surprise confession, so he completely forgot about his birthday later.

As soon as the two entered, the guests looked over one after another and stepped forward to wish Xia Xingchi a happy birthday.

Xia Xingchi was immediately flattered. A person who had never experienced a good birthday was thrown such a well-prepared party. He almost had the illusion that he was on the wrong set, although his name was clearly written on the cake.

Among the guests were many friends that he had recently met in the entertainment industry, and there were also people that Li Chengyuan found pleasing.

After all, Xia Xingchi was a very lively person. As long as they were not irritating, he would be happy even if strangers came to celebrate his birthday. Naturally, the more guests there were, the better.

“I……” Xia Xingchi was both excited and embarrassed. “Wait, put me down first! There are too many people watching!”

It was too embarrassing to be carried by his fiance in public. Xia Xingchi hurriedly stood up by himself and was happy all the way through as he thanked them for their blessings.

Normally, when everyone met Li Chengyuan, they would inevitably want to establish a relationship or various business ventures, but he had made it clear that today he would not discuss any business. Anyone who dared to do so on Xia Xingchi’s day would be courting death. After all, they had never seen Li Chengyuan holding someone so carefully in his arms before.

Of course, it was actually impossible to disappoint Xia Xingchi. He was working happily, and no one could disturb him at all. Especially with the very down-to-earth blowing out candles in the dark and everyone singing happy birthday to him together, his joy rose exponentially.

The result of being so happy was to play wildly and happily. After eating and drinking enough, he accidentally overindulged on sweet wine and hung on Li Chengyuan’s body, refusing to get off.

He was not completely drunk, but he was extremely excited. He had been too embarrassed to be carried in public by Li Chengyuan, but now he almost stood on tiptoe to kiss Li Chengyuan’s lips in public.

Li Chengyuan was helpless. He didn’t care that he was in full view, so he just smiled and kissed him lightly: “That’s enough, I’ll take you back for a nap.”

Everyone hurriedly turned their faces to the ground, not daring to watch the big boss make out with his fiance.

. . . . . .

Although Xia Xingchi looked exhilarated after drinking too much, he actually fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. It was dark when he opened his eyes again.

He rubbed his eyes, yawned, and walked out of the room. Standing on the deck, he realized that the moon tonight was quite large and round.

He didn’t know the coordinates of where they were, but he felt that the surroundings were very warm, and the sea breeze was fresh and comfortable, not as cold as Beijing, which had already entered winter.

This was the first time Xia Xingchi had seen the magnificent sight of the bright moon on the sea. What’s more, the moon was so strangely bright for some reason, and the surface of the water shimmered under the moonlight like a layer of silver tulle.

He leaned on the side of the ship and looked at it for a while, until he forgot that he was going to find Li Chengyuan. Turning around, he remembered that a little money-grubber should take advantage of the dead of night to do his favorite part – unwrapping presents.

He had been thinking about tearing them open for a long time, but there were guests around and he was too embarrassed to sneak away to the storage room. Therefore, he had to eat, drink, and have fun first, and planned to go in the dark of night to see what birthday presents he had received.

Due to unfamiliarity, he took a long time to find the place and slip in smoothly under the guidance of a waiter.

There were all kinds of expensive items piled up in the storage room. After all, Xia Xingchi was Li Chengyuan’s lover, and his net worth was surprisingly high, so every single thing seemed quite expensive.

Xia Xingchi couldn’t find a light switch in the room even after a long time, and he didn’t want to go out and ask a waiter to turn on the light, so he simply looked at the presents in the dark, which was even better.

The light of his mobile phone illuminated things such as Patek Phillipe watches, diamond cufflinks, and expensive limited-edition wallets.

Xia Xingchi felt that only using one hand was slowing him down, so he simply stuffed the phone into his pocket and opened the gift boxes with both hands.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took out a necklace and went to grab the next box, he suddenly felt the touch of a cold hand.

It was pitch dark, and the blind touch of such a cold hand was quite scary, but Xia Xingchi realized in less than half a second that this was his big cat’s paw. The two of them had been together for a long time, and not to mention touching hands, even if the hand rubbed his hair, he would be able to tell that it was Li Chengyuan.

When his fingertips touched the ring on Li Chengyuan’s hand, he couldn’t help but smile. He suspected that this person had deliberately stood by and waited here to scare him, so he simply turned the tables and amorously caressed Li Chengyuan’s palms and arms with both hands.

Xia Xingchi cleared his throat, pretending to be serious as he commented: “That’s right, this is the very satisfying gift I received today! It’s beautiful and valuable, so I’ll take it back to my room to enjoy it hehehe.”

Li Chengyuan was amused by him, but he also said calmly: “What are you going to use to unwrap it? Your hands or – your mouth?”

Before Xia Xingchi had time to react, he was enveloped by the scent of a familiar cologne as his big cat stepped forward and kissed his lips directly.

In the dark and windowless storeroom cabin, it was so silent that Xia Xingchi’s soft hums and the overlapping gasps of the two were quite clear. This fierce kiss seemed inexplicably more exciting due to the different atmosphere of this place.

There was no telling how long the kiss lasted, but Li Chengyuan finally took the initiative to let go of Xia Xingchi as if to let him take a breath. He had only taken two short breaths when he was suddenly lifted up!

“Just now, you said you wanted to go back to the room and unwrap presents?” Li Chengyuan asked.

Xia Xingchi was just talking bravely, but it was self-evident that the atmosphere was so ambiguous that it was almost on fire. He immediately blushed, but refused to admit defeat and said: “Right! You, you have to serve this young master well!”

Li Chengyuan smiled: “Okay.”

Xia Xingchi became even more nervous when he smiled, so he had no choice but to change the subject in an attempt to change the terrifying atmosphere: “You didn’t give me a birthday present……the ring was for proposing marriage. You can’t use one thing for two purposes, can you?”

In fact, it was fine to use such an expensive thing for dual purposes. What’s more, this signified sending the “Big Kitty Cat Adoption Certificate” to Xia Xingchi. He was just trying to deliberately find fault and nitpick.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengyuan replied: “Your birthday present —”

Having said this, he walked onto the deck, and the bright moon could be clearly seen on one side of the deck, and a lush and beautiful island on the other side of the deck.

“Do you see that island?” Li Chengyuan asked. “I bought it for you.”

“En……ah?” After Xia Xingchi came back to his senses, he was in shock. “You, you bought an island?!”

This unbelievable TV drama plot could happen in real life? Although Li Chengyuan had smiled a lot today, he would not make such a joke. If he said that he bought it, then he really bought it.

“It is mild all year round, you can take a vacation at any time……of course, you can also “unwrap presents” every day here.”

After making a surprising statement, a certain person unexpectedly returned to the original ambiguous topic. When these words were uttered by his low and slightly gloomy voice, Xia Xingchi’s mind suddenly filled with many inexplicable prison play scenes.

……Thinking about it, it seemed quite exciting?

Of course he knew that although Li Chengyuan could be a madman, a person with a bottom line would not really imprison him. The more this was the case, the more he could confidently and boldly imagine various exciting plots.

The pure and innocent little hedgehog was trying to figure out what to do, but suddenly realized that Li Chengyuan had carried him to the bedroom and thrown him onto the big, soft, luxurious bed.

Xia Xingchi: “…….”

This time, he couldn’t speak any more obscene words. Embarrassed and nervous, but looking forward to it, he whispered: “Let’s, let’s take a bath together — just because it’s cold!”

Hearing this, the corners of Li Chengyuan’s mouth raised slightly. This excuse was too clumsy. Xia Xingchi was obviously wearing short sleeves, looking like a little hedgehog with his blushing face and wide eyes.

There was a rather large round bathtub on the ship. The two of them had just taken off their clothes to soak in it when the strength of the sea breeze increased. Even a big ship could not be as stable as flat ground under the dual effects of waves and strong winds, and the entire “ground” promptly shook up and down with a comfortable frequency and amplitude.

Steam lingered, and the bathroom mirror was covered in a thin layer of mist, so that the specific scene in the room was no longer visible. But some outlines could be vaguely seen, complementing the sound of the rising and falling of all sorts of tides.

[1] There is some word play going on here, as the character 大 can change the sentence to “older than” or “bigger than” according to the context. ⮐