Let's Get Married

Maxx thinks that she is going to cry, which makes him very nervous, “Is anyone troubling you?”

“I don’t know….” Marina deliberately makes it ambiguous, letting him guess, “I just feel very uncomfortable. Sometimes I’m feels very embarrassed since nobody is with me.”

“What about Rex?”

“He is too busy at work and isn’t at home most of the time. He only comes back at night. When he’s back, Lily will also back. So I… I’m like an outsider, it’s very awkward.”

Maxx is not feeling nice either. He had expected that the three of them will have a lot of inconveniences to live with each other. However, at that time, she insisted on going. He could not say anything because he is not qualified to speak.

Hearing what Marina said at this time, an idea pops in his mind, “Marina, if you feel uncomfortable, move back to the North Villa. I will accompany you and you won’t feel lonely.”

This sentence has already surpassed their relationship. Marina feels disgusted with it. However, she does not show it. She merely finds an excuse, “I’d just moved in, and if I go back now, I’m afraid it’s a bit annoying. Let’s wait for some more time. Wait till I’m better. After the New Year, I will think about it again.”

Maxx thinks her words make sense; after all, New Year is approaching. He has to go home too. Leaving her alone at the Villa is not a good idea, how can she pass the days alone.

“Okay. If something happens, you can contact me anytime. I’m always here.” After that, Maxx seems to have something to say, he pauses, the ‘I miss you so much’ phrase can hardly be spoken. In the end, he gives up, “Bye.”

After hanging up the phone, Marina looks at the clouds outside the window thoughtfully. She could still hear Maxx’s considerate voice. A human’s heart is made of flesh. Having Maxx’s admiration makes Marina a little disgusted. However, it has to be said that he is the only man who treats her wholeheartedly. It is impossible if she is not moved.

She clenches the phone in her palm and secretly prays that everything will happen as she wished.

…

When Rex returns home in the evening, it is almost ten o’clock. There are also tons of social engagements before the New Year. Even though he has declined most of them, there are still many feasts that he must appear.

red lanterns lit at the door as if welcoming him home. In the quiet and cold night, it brings warmth to the bottom of his heart. The red couplets are plastered on both sides of the door frame. The

There is an imaginary scene of Lily preparing all of it before his eyes. It must be agile and gentle. Scattered hair in her ear, or

It is rare for Marina not to come and disturb her. While eating fruits, she

in with coldness,

and brings her to the sofa to sit down. While glancing at the fruit on the table and noticing half of it were eaten,

good, the

her smiles with squinted eyes, he reaches out to hug her. She has taken a bath, which makes her body fragrant. Even the alcohol in her body has diluted a bit, “The lanterns at the

“You see it?”

really big; it’s hard not to see

“What about the couplets?”

now. It is better than the phrase like ‘may a river of gold flow into your pockets’. When thinking of the horizontal couplets,

praise her, and nods with great pride, “Of course, I did it all by

“How do you plaster it

be at least four meters tall, which is twice the height of others’ houses. It is not easily accessible.

points in the direction of

He exhorts worriedly and adds another sentence, “If you really like it,

it at home with my mom. Don’t worry about it. I’m not a child. I can still do

is the best solution for relieving his fatigue, “Past is past. Now that you have me, how can it

she could not help but lower her head to look at him, “Did

not talk

man silently raises his mouth corners; he does not drink much at all. People like him to go to