Feng Kai Ze stayed by Da Tian Ting’s side since they left her uncle’s home. He hated seeing her cry over the Shang family. A part of him felt insecure. He was scared she would go back to Shang Duan Hua, because a ten year engagement was a long time.
Da Tian Ting didn’t want to cry over the Shang family who only brought sorrows into her life. She wouldn’t leave a good man like Feng Kai Ze for Shang Duan Hua. She needed to find out her own talents, and forget about the past.
‘Little monkey, what do you think I’m good at doing?’ Da Tian Ting asked.
‘Being my girlfriend,’ Feng Kai Ze said.
Da Tian Ting looking ahead rea.s.sured Feng Kai Ze that she wouldn’t hold onto the past and get back together with Shang Duan Hua.
Da Tian Ting rolled her eyes.
‘Apart from being your girlfriend,’ Da Tian Ting said.
‘Being my wife,’ Feng Kai Ze said.
‘I’m being serious,’ Da Tian Ting said.
‘I’m being serious too,’ Feng Kai Ze said. He held Da Tian Ting’s hand. ‘Tian Ting, will you marry me? Will you let me take care of you for the rest of your life?’
‘Aren’t we rushing into marriage?’ Da Tian Ting asked. ‘Marriage is sacred to me. I don’t want us to divorce if later we find out we’re not compatible.’
‘We’re not rushing into marriage,’ Feng Kai Ze said. ‘We’ve known each other for more than twenty years. Compared to other married couples, we’re slow.’
‘What twenty years?’ Da Tian Ting asked. ‘We met as children, but we were separated for sixteen years. I don’t know what you’ve done for the last sixteen years. I only know your name, and that you’re Feng’s company’s heir. I haven’t met your family. What if your family don’t approve of me?’
Feng Kai Ze squeezed Da Tian Ting’s nose.
‘Little dummy, leave everything to me,’ Feng Kai Ze said. ‘You only need to prepare to be my bride.’
‘Who wants to be your bride?’ Da Tian Ting asked.
Da Tian Ting walked ahead of Feng Kai Ze, and her heart fluttered. In the past she didn’t take his marriage proposals seriously. But after she spent weeks with him and got to know him, she realised he did want to marry her.
Feng Kai Ze caught up to Da Tian Ting, he wrapped an arm around her waist and they walked together.
‘Tian Ting, soon you’ll be my bride,’ Feng Kai Ze whispered in Da Tian Ting’s ear. ‘You’ll be Mrs Feng for life.’
‘Don’t stand close to me,’ Da Tian Ting said. ‘We’re in public.’
Feng Kai Ze smiled, he didn’t let go of Da Tian Ting’s waist and they walked toward a shop that sold jewellery.
‘Wow,’ Da Tian Ting said. ‘This intricate diamond necklace is beautiful.’
Da Tian Ting used to wish Shang Duan Hua would buy her a lover’s token. She would have been happy with a cheap necklace, because it was the gesture that mattered to her.
Da Tian Ting was grateful Shang Duan Hua never gave her a gift, because it would be a waste to throw it out after their break up.
‘Tian Ting, do you like this necklace?’ Feng Kai Ze asked.
‘Yes,’ Da Tian Ting said.
‘Come with me inside,’ Feng Kai Ze said.
Feng Kai Ze held Da Tian Ting’s hand, and he took her into the shop.
‘Little monkey, what are you doing?’ Da Tian Ting asked.
‘What else can I do in a shop that sells jewellery?’ Feng Kai Ze asked.
Feng Kai Ze waved a shop a.s.sistant to a display cabinet.
‘I want to buy this necklace for my girlfriend,’ Feng Kai Ze said.
‘Sir, I’m sorry,’ the shop a.s.sistant said. ‘Another customer reserved this necklace. The customer is coming here today to pick it up.’
Da Tian Ting was a little disappointed the necklace had an owner. She squeezed Feng Kai Ze’s hand to signal them to leave.
‘I’ll pay double to buy this necklace,’ Feng Kai Ze said.
‘Sir, I’m sor…’ the shop a.s.sistant.
‘Little monkey, don’t burn money crazily,’ Da Tian Ting said. ‘I don’t need this necklace. Let’s leave.’
Da Tian Ting dragged Feng Kai Ze outside the shop.
‘Tian Ting, I’m serious,’ Feng Kai Ze said. ‘I find money for you to spend.’
Feng Kai Ze wanted to buy everything Da Tian Ting wanted. It was meaningless for him to be rich when alive, and not spend it on Da Tian Ting. He didn’t want to be buried with his money.
‘Little monkey, I don’t mind if you spend money on me,’ Da Tian Ting said. ‘But I don’t want you to go bankrupt because of me. I don’t need expensive things like the necklace.’
‘But every day I earn a hundred times more money than the money I spend,’ Feng Kai Ze said.
‘Little monkey, you shouldn’t waste your father’s money,’ Da Tian Ting said. ‘You should only spend your father’s money frugally.’
‘Who said I’m spending another person’s money?’ Feng Kai Ze asked.
‘How can you earn money if you’re jobless?’ Da Tian Ting asked. ‘Where else can your source of income come from except from another person?’
Da Tian Ting didn’t want Feng Kai Ze to waste his family’s money like Da Ming Sheng. She shook her head, and told herself to forget the past.
Feng Kai Ze burst out laughing.
‘Why are you laughing?’ Da Tian Ting asked. ‘I’m being serious, it’s not good to waste another person’s money.’
‘Tian Ting, you don’t need to worry,’ Feng Kai Ze said. ‘Every dollar I spend on you is a dollar I earned.’
‘How can you earn money if you’re jobless?’ Da Tian Ting asked.
Da Tian Ting used to think Feng Kai Ze was a rich gangster, and she didn’t approve of him making a living being a gangster. After she found out he was Feng’s company’s heir, she didn’t approve of him wasting his family’s money either.
‘Who said I didn’t work?’ Feng Kai Ze asked.
‘How can you work and earn money if you spend most of your day with me?’ Da Tian Ting asked. ‘Big dummy, if you’re going lie, at least make it believable.’
‘Men who use their strength to earn money don’t have time to spend most of the day with their wives,’ Feng Kai Ze said. ‘Geniuses like me only needs to use their brain a little to earn money and they can spend most of the day with their wives.’
‘Mr Genius, tell me, what do you do for a living?’ Da Tian Ting asked. ‘I don’t believe geniuses can play all day and still earn money.’
‘I’ll tell you after you become Mrs Genius,’ Feng Kai Ze said. ‘I’m going to buy you the necklace you like otherwise I can’t call myself your boyfriend.’
Da Tian Ting promised Feng Kai Ze that she would trust him. She believed he wouldn’t lie to her.
Feng Kai Ze took Da Tian Ting back to the shop, and he waved the same shop a.s.sistant to the display cabinet.
‘Sir, I’m sorry I can’t sell you this necklace even if you paid double the price,’ the shop a.s.sistant said.
‘Why not?’ Da Tian Ting asked.
Da Tian Ting didn’t want Feng Kai Ze to buy the necklace for her. She was only curious why someone would turn down the chance to double their profit.
‘Because I’m the customer who reserved the necklace,’ Hong Shi Na said.