ARBW Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Lin Mian was still angry one second, and the next, he saw Mr. Pei kneeling on one knee before him, holding flowers and a ring, proposing to him.

Yes, Mr. Pei said to him, “Although it’s quite sudden, I still want to say, Lin Mian, will you marry me? As my partner, to spend the rest of our lives together.”

Lin Mian was momentarily stunned, unable to react. Cheng Xiaowan, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, quickly shouted at him, “Agree! Agree quickly!”

Lin Mian let out a soft “Ah,” feeling that everything was moving too fast.

He and Mr. Pei had only been together for a few days, and it didn’t seem like they were ready for marriage yet.

But seeing Mr. Pei kneeling there, with so many people watching, Lin Mian didn’t want to embarrass him.

Of course, his hesitation wasn’t because he didn’t want to marry Mr. Pei, but because he wasn’t mentally prepared. He wasn’t afraid that he would regret it, but that Mr. Pei might regret it later.

Not wanting to embarrass Mr. Pei in public, Lin Mian eventually hurriedly agreed.

Everyone around them was envious and jealous, and Cheng Xiaowan was so excited she couldn’t help but scream. Only Lin Mian was left in a state of confusion.

After Pei Yuhuai placed the engagement ring on Lin Mian’s finger, he noticed that Lin Mian seemed a bit off.

He gently squeezed Lin Mian’s hand, suddenly feeling that he might have been too impulsive.

Pei Yuhuai had never been in a relationship before, and in his mind, dating was for the purpose of marriage.

He was a very responsible person, and ever since he realized that Lin Mian was real, he wanted to take responsibility for him.

So when he saw someone offering themselves to him, he wanted to give Lin Mian a better status.

This way, they would be legal partners, and no one would try to come between them.

But seeing Lin Mian’s reaction, it seemed like he wasn’t particularly happy.

Later, Pei Yuhuai went to complete a time-limited task, while Lin Mian and Cheng Xiaowan found a place to sit and wait for him.

Lin Mian wasn’t sure what about Mr. Pei’s affairs he could or couldn’t discuss, so he didn’t talk much about Mr. Pei with Cheng Xiaowan.

At that moment, Cheng Xiaowan wasn’t very concerned about Mr. Pei’s affairs either, but rather more interested in how Lin Mian was feeling.

Cheng Xiaowan: “So? So? Are you really happy and blissful right now? You have no idea, when I saw Mr. Pei kneeling on one knee, I was almost overwhelmed with happiness for you.”

Lin Mian pursed his lips upon hearing this, “I, I am definitely happy, and blissful. But I feel like it’s all too fast. Mr. Pei is such an outstanding person, I’m a bit worried that after we get married, he might quickly lose interest in me.”

Moreover, Mr. Pei wasn’t from this world, which meant they could easily lose contact.

If one day Mr. Pei disappeared, he wouldn’t even know how to find him.

Unfortunately, these were things he couldn’t discuss with Cheng Xiaowan.

Cheng Xiaowan truly couldn’t understand his feelings, she was still happily gesticulating as she spoke.

“What’s there to worry about? As long as you’re Mr. Pei’s partner, you’ll be able to enjoy a life that we can’t. Even if one day Mr. Pei doesn’t like you anymore, with his personality, he wouldn’t treat you badly. He would definitely arrange the best for you, at the very least, you could live in the Inner City.”

“But…”

“There are no buts, don’t overthink it, just go and enjoy it. Enjoy the life we’ve never had before, enjoy being with such an outstanding man like Mr. Pei.”

But… he was afraid that after enjoying it, he wouldn’t be able to bear the separation, he… would be heartbroken.

After Pei Yuhuai completed the time-limited task, he collected the rewards.

This time, the reward was medicine, a scarce item in the apocalypse.

After taking out the prize, Pei Yuhuai personally oversaw its distribution.

Then he took Lin Mian back to their villa.

On the way, Pei Yuhuai wanted to ask Lin Mian if he didn’t like the proposal.

Was it too simple, too rushed?

But Lin Mian was holding the flowers and seemed distracted, so Pei Yuhuai didn’t get a chance to ask him on the way.

It wasn’t until they got home and there was no one else around that Pei Yuhuai finally asked, “What’s wrong? Are you unhappy because I proposed?”

Lin Mian quickly shook his head, “No, I’m very happy, I’m very happy.”

“If you’re so happy, why are your eyes red?”

It looked like he was about to cry.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mian’s tears immediately fell.

He didn’t used to cry much, but for some reason, he felt like crying whenever he faced Mr. Pei.

“I, I’m a bit scared.”

Pei Yuhuai looked at his tears, which were falling like beads from a broken string, and gently asked, “Scared of what?”

“I’m scared that the happier I am now, the sadder I’ll be later.”

“Why would you think that?”

Pei Yuhuai chose to hold hands, pulling Lin Mian to sit on the couch in the living room, intending to have a good talk with him.

Lin Mian looked at the gentle and patient Mr. Pei, and his mood gradually calmed down a bit.

“Mr. Pei and I are not from the same world, I’m afraid that if Mr. Pei doesn’t want me anymore, I wouldn’t even know how to find him.”

“That won’t happen, I’m going to marry you, how could I not want you?”

“But… we’re not from the same world.”

“I’ve said it before, I can take you to my world. If you can’t come to my world to live, I’ll keep coming to your world for you.”

“But, but I’m a man, I can’t have children. Someone of Mr. Pei’s status should need children, right?”

Hearing this, Pei Yuhuai couldn’t help but laugh.

His voice was very pleasant, and when heard up close, it made one’s ears burn.

“Silly, although my family does need me to inherit the family business, my brothers and sisters have many, many children, so even if I don’t have children, it’s fine. Their children are all very good, even if a few are mischievous, they’ll still take care of us when we’re old.”

“Don’t you want your own children? I’ve seen those Noble livestreams chatting, and they all care a lot about heirs. Many men marry for children, they would divorce a woman if she couldn’t bear children.”

Pei Yuhuai frowned, “But you’re not a woman, I knew that from the start. If I wanted children and was willing to marry a woman I didn’t like for the sake of having children, I wouldn’t have chosen you in the first place.”

Seeing Pei Yuhuai frown, Lin Mian felt a bit scared. But thinking about what was on his mind, he still wanted to clarify with Mr. Pei.

“But… what if you regret it later? Regret marrying a man and want to have a child?”

“If I really want a child later, I’ll ask for your opinion, and then it’ll be up to you to bear one for me.”

“Ah? What are you talking about, Mr. Pei, I’m being serious, don’t joke with me.”

I, I don’t have that function.

“I’m not joking, if you want to, I’ll let you have one.”

Lin Mian was shocked, looking at the serious Mr. Pei, he thought Mr. Pei’s words were particularly shameless.

Blushing, he stammered, asking how a man could bear a child?

But then it occurred to him, if Mr. Pei could give him an Ability, then… then making him pregnant might not be that difficult.

“Mr. Pei, you, you can’t possibly make a man pregnant, can you?”

As Lin Mian said this, he remembered that night with Mr. Pei, and suddenly felt a bit scared, touching his belly.

Pei Yuhuai looked at his little action, and couldn’t help but have a hint of a smile in his eyes.

He… actually didn’t want children, there was a fruit in the game store that could make men pregnant.

If it were in Lin Mian’s world, it wouldn’t be too difficult for him to have Lin Mian bear a child for him.

They ended up talking about having children because Lin Mian had been anxious about it.

Seeing that Pei Yuhuai didn’t answer his question, but just kept looking at him with a gentle smile, Lin Mian got scared and leaned closer to Pei Yuhuai, his big eyes like a deer’s, full of unease.

Lin Mian whispered, “Mr. Pei, how do you make a man pregnant? Then, then with you… could I already be pregnant?”

At this moment, Lin Mian’s mind was in chaos, it was all too fast, too fast!

Not only was he going to marry Mr. Pei, but he might already be pregnant with Mr. Pei’s child?

Pei Yuhuai didn’t dare to tease him anymore, and could only say helplessly, “What are you thinking? Only men who have eaten the pregnancy fruit have a chance to get pregnant.”

He hadn’t given Lin Mian anything strange to eat, how could Lin Mian possibly be pregnant?

“A fruit that makes you pregnant if you eat it? What kind of fruit is that, is it a fruit??”

Lin Mian was really curious, feeling that everything was very surreal.

Pei Yuhuai found his wide-eyed expression very cute, so he bought one from the game store for him.

The pregnancy fruit was small, red, and looked a bit like a strawberry without the seeds.

Lin Mian carefully took it, then held it in front of him to examine it closely.

Then, as he looked at it, he suddenly wanted to put it in his mouth.

Pei Yuhuai was startled and wanted to reach out to take the fruit back.

But his game character didn’t have the action to grab things, so he could only stop him by saying, “What are you doing?”

Lin Mian, who had opened his mouth wide, ready to gulp down the fruit, smiled sheepishly.

“I want to eat it.”

“Mm, and then?”

“Then I’ll give Mr. Pei a child.”

Pei Yuhuai was both amused and exasperated, “Do you like children that much?”

Lin Mian nodded, then shook his head.

“I like children, if it’s a child between Mr. Pei and me, I would definitely like it very, very much.”

“You like them, then why did you shake your head?”

“I… I actually don’t want to have children right now, I’m a bit scared that it would hurt to have a child.”

“Then why did you want to eat it?”

Lin Mian lowered his eyelashes, not wanting Mr. Pei to see his little thoughts.

He didn’t plan to answer this question, because if he did, Mr. Pei would think he was very scheming.

Pei Yuhuai saw him lowering his head like a quail, so he chose the interaction of cupping his face, directly lifting Lin Mian’s face up.

“Why aren’t you answering me?”

Seeing that he couldn’t avoid it, Lin Mian stubbornly said, “They say the shelf life of love is short, I don’t believe that love between two men can last forever. I thought it would be better to give Mr. Pei a child, because everyone says that the most secure thing is family. As long as we have a child together, Mr. Pei wouldn’t suddenly disappear one day.”

Pei Yuhuai saw that after explaining for so long, Lin Mian was still uneasy, and couldn’t help but sigh.

It really wasn’t Lin Mian’s fault, it was mainly because of their different identities, statuses, and situations.

In the relationship between Lin Mian and Pei Yuhuai, Lin Mian’s position was too passive.

The more Pei Yuhuai seemed omnipotent, the more Lin Mian felt he couldn’t control anything.

Because the status was too unequal, Lin Mian’s mood was very uneasy, and he would try every means to bind Pei Yuhuai.

Pei Yuhuai thought about it and could understand Lin Mian’s feelings. He didn’t know how to make promises, feeling that promises were empty, so he could only follow Lin Mian’s thoughts to reassure him.

“We’ll think about having children later. For now, let’s just get along well, and if… after some time together, I still make you feel uneasy, then we’ll have a child.”

Hearing Mr. Pei say this, Lin Mian’s mood indeed improved a lot.

He nodded, then carefully wrapped his arms around Mr. Pei’s neck.

“Mr. Pei, will you only like me in the future?”

“Okay.”

“Really?”

“Really, I’m a man of my word.”