Chapter 28

Ten minutes later, Cheng Yuelin finished washing the dishes and walked out of the kitchen leisurely.

Sitting in the living room and thinking for a long time, Ruan Zhiyin called out to him.

"Cheng Yuelin."

"Um, what?"

The man raised his eyebrows, turned his head in a daze, and looked straight at her with his dark and quiet eyes.

Maybe because he was wearing black and white sportswear today, leaning against the wall idly, he seemed like when he was in high school.

Ruan Zhiyin paused, "If you overhear me again, I think I need to change the room."

After thinking about it, if installing the sound insulation layer, she needs to ask the decoration worker to come over. It is obviously more convenient to change a room.

Cheng Yuelin twitched the corner of his mouth when he heard the words, turned his eyes away, and replied with a chuckle, "Ruan Yingying, to correct you, it is clear that the sound insulation of the second bedroom is too poor, but it is not that I 'overheard'."

"In addition, only the master bedroom and the guest room can live in the villa. Where do you want to move?"

Ruan Zhiyin frowned, "Isn't there two more rooms to the west of the master bedroom?"

"Oh, that's a reserved children's room."

The man dismissed her plan lightly.

Ruan Zhiyin suddenly felt inexplicable, "Children's room? Where are your kids?"

"Not now, but it doesn't mean not in the future. Don't you understand the truth of planning ahead?"

After Cheng Yuelin finished speaking lazily, his deep eyes looked at her lightly, unable to discern any emotion.

"But Zhao Bing said that you—"

Before she finished speaking, Ruan Zhiyin was stunned.

Since Cheng Yuelin can prepare two children's rooms, he seems to like children very much. No matter what, she couldn't stab people in such a straightforward way.

In the man's deep eyes, there is an exploration brewing, "Oh? What did Zhao Bing say about me?"

He knew that the last time Zhao Bing took the initiative to meet her. She must have revealed something inadvertently.

Her current attitude seems to be... a bad misunderstanding of him.

"Nothing.” Ruan Zhiyin breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, then I won't move it, but I will invite the decoration worker to come over and install a sound insulation board in the second bedroom."

"Whatever.” Cheng Yuelin's tone was casual. He shrugged indifferently, and then snorted, adding in a meaningful way, "As long as you don't mind wasting your time."

Anyway, even if it is installed, it won't take long.

/ / /

The weekend flies by.

After Cheng Yuelin returned from a business trip, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official start of the Beicheng project followed. Lin Heng is an investor after all, so he naturally needs to attend.

The terrain in the north of Landbridge is more ups and downs. It is not easy to develop as a residential area and a commercial area. In the past, it has always belonged to the suburbs.

Fortunately, there is still quite a bit of scenery and artistic conception. The city government does not want to waste the commercial value of Beicheng, and finally plans to build a large-scale holiday park.

Ruan family is not only responsible for the development of the park, but also for future operation planning. In addition to representatives of Linheng, who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, there were also several partners who later settled in the park.

Kang Yu contacted local TV stations and media in advance to film, but in order to avoid suspicion, Ruan Zhiyin did not show up with Cheng Yuelin.

The partners were almost here, so were the people from the government.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to begin at ten o'clock.

With more than ten minutes left, Kang Yu walked over to Ruan Zhiyin who was sitting in the front row of the reception, "Mr. Ruan, everything is ready."

"Um." Ruan Zhiyin hummed softly.

Just as she was about to send a message to Cheng Yuelin, who had not yet arrived, she heard a small commotion from the back row.

Looking up, a man wearing a dark gray straight suit came calmly. There was a hint of coldness in the tough outline, and the eyes were distant and indifferent.

Representatives of several partners stepped forward to shake hands with him, and had a brief conversation. He nodded from time to time, but he always strode high, surrounded by a few people behind him, and stopped beside her.

"To deal with some things temporarily, I was late."

He is explaining to her the reason for being late.

Ruan Zhiyin shook her head calmly in the eyes of the people around her, "It's okay. t's just about to start."

No wonder Linlang thinks that his current appearance is completely different from before. On this kind of occasion, Cheng Yuelin was indeed a little more distant and indifferent.

Perhaps it was the hardships and sarcasm he endured in those years that made him remove the arrogance of his youth and become more introverted in front of outsiders.

Hearing her words, Cheng Yuelin didn't say much, nodded slightly, and then took a seat beside her.

The ceremony began, and the host on the stage began the process. The people in the audience still had different thoughts, and their eyes always lingered on the two people in the front row.

Cheng Yuelin sat there leisurely and stretched, with a peaceful face, not looking sideways, but his tall body inadvertently leaned slightly in her direction.

Vaguely showing a bit of closeness.

The representatives of Ruan family and Lin Heng came to the stage to give speeches were Xiang Bin and Director Zhong respectively. As for the government, it was Section Chief Feng of the Planning Bureau who came to attend the ceremony.

The two sat quietly, and at the end, someone invited Ruan Zhiyin and Cheng Yuelin to symbolically cut the ribbon on stage.

Xiang Bin handed the prepared scissors to Ruan Zhiyin.

The man beside her remained calm, and his warm palms emptily wrapped her hands. Then, in the moderator's gesture, she cut the bright silk.

The cameras of the media below the stage were fixed on this scene. From some angles, this pose was like Cheng Yuelin holding her half in his arms.

Ruan Zhiyin caught a glimpse of Cheng Yuelin's dark blue tie, which he put on when he went out in the morning.

Looking at it now, it complements the drapey blue shirt on her body.

At the end of the ribbon-cutting, Xiang Bin arranged for someone to take the partners to visit and explain the planning of the park on the design drawings.

Afraid that Cheng Yuelin had other arrangements, Ruan Zhiyin was about to send him away first, but Xiang Bin, who had just left with the partner, came back soon after.

"Vice President Ruan, the location of the hotel in the park mentioned last time, Nansheng wants to change it to the east side of the Huanjiang River. What do you think?"

Nansheng Group owns several well-known hotel brands, and the location of the hotel has been determined before, and nothing went wrong.

What's more, the partners who settled in are all lease terms. They do not participate in investment, and have no right to decide on the specific planning of the park.

But Xiang Bin just took people around, but the people from Nansheng suddenly proposed to change the location of the hotel in the park, and their attitude was quite persistent, which was really unexpected.

After Ruan Zhiyin heard this, her brows were slightly wrinkled， "Where are those people from Nansheng now?"

"They’re just at east of the park."

"I'll go take a look with you."

After speaking, Ruan Zhiyin lowered her eyebrows and glanced at the man beside her, "Then you..."

Cheng Yuelin looked down at her and said in a light voice, "Together."

Nansheng sent to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony was Director Xu of the business department, accompanied by two assistants.

When Ruan Zhiyin and others walked to the east of the park, Director Xu was still talking to the people in Xiang Bin's group about his idea of changing the location of the hotel.

Ruan Zhiyin thought for a moment, then stepped forward, "Director Xu, I heard Xiang Bin say that Nansheng wants to change the location of the hotel from the west to the east?"

After Xu Li finished talking to his assistant, he saw a few people suddenly appeared in front of him, and his face was slightly stunned.

He thought that Ruan Zhiyin and Xiang Bin would take the initiative to negotiate with him, but he did not expect that Cheng Yuelin, who was supposed to leave, would also follow.

Cheng Yuelin had a good relationship with Nansheng's boss, and he was also the largest investor in the Beicheng project. Xu Li couldn't help but be a little more polite.

After saying hello to Cheng Yuelin, Xu Li looked at Ruan Zhiyin and discussed in his words, "Vice President Ruan, I'm not asking for trouble. However, I have seen the design drawings. The terrain in the east is dominant, but there are only a few tourist service centers along the way. Isn't it a pity?"

Ruan Zhiyin understood what he meant. From Nansheng's point of view, if the location of the hotel was changed to the east side of the Huanjiang River, there would be 20% more hotel viewing rooms with a better view.

She narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "Director Xu, do you have time to go to the mountain in the east to see it?"

Instead of directly giving reasons to reject the other party's proposal, she threw out other invitations.

Although Xu Li did not know what to do, he did not refuse.

After a while, the group followed Ruan Zhiyin's suggestion and climbed up the hill that was not very high on the back of the park.

This is the easternmost side of the entire park. The trees are lush and the scenery is acceptable, but it has not been developed yet, and the mountain road is not smooth.

Although the hillside was not steep, Ruan Zhiyin's shoes had low heels, and it was still a little difficult to climb up, but Cheng Yuelin kept pulling her silently.

Before climbing a few steps, Xu Li's assistant who was walking in the front suddenly slipped, stepping on a piece of soil, and even rolled down with the stone next to him.

Ruan Zhiyin, who was following behind, didn't have time to avoid it. In an instant, a hard stone hit her ankle.

A burst of pain came. She was unstable, and the man who was pulling her quickly stretched out another hand to support her.

The next second, Cheng Yuelin hugged her waist and leaned over. His straight eyebrows furrowed deeply, and his dark eyes fell on the bleeding wound on her ankle.

Although this wound was not particularly serious, it was particularly dazzling when it landed on Ruan Zhiyin's jade-white ankle.

But she just frowned lightly, and then looked at Xu Li calmly, "Director Xu, you also saw that although this mountain is not high, the soil quality is not good. On rainy days, guests may not be able to avoid the muddy road when entering or leaving the hotel.."

"I think Nan Sheng should be more reluctant to affect the mood of the guests. What do you think?"

Xu Li had already noticed Cheng Yuelin's deepening expression, and when he thought that it was his assistant who had hurt Ruan Zhiyin, he felt a little more ashamed and uneasy.

After hearing Ruan Zhiyin's words, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Indeed, I will trouble Vice President Ruan. I'm really sorry that Xiao Zhang didn't pay attention to hurting you. Do you want to..."

He wanted to ask if he should arrange for someone to come up to help Ruan Zhiyin treat the wound first, and then pick her up.

But before he could finish speaking, he saw Cheng Yuelin turned his back with his brows fixed. His knees bent slightly, and then he said, "Ruan Yingying, come up."

Ruan Zhiyin was dumbfounded for a few seconds, and then realized that Cheng Yuelin was going to carry her down the mountain.

Although she was in front of outsiders, she was a little embarrassed. She paused and said euphemistically, "Actually, I can bear with it. You don't have to..."

Cheng Yuelin chuckled lightly and looked over with a quiet gaze, as if saying, If you don't want to, I can hug you too.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ruan Zhiyin sighed in her heart, and helplessly stretched out her hand and wrapped her arms around the man's neck.

Fortunately, she was wearing straight trousers.

Carrying her on her back, Cheng Yuelin glanced at Bai Bo who was approaching, and said in a clear voice, "I'll take her home. You stay here and cooperate with Xiang Bin to deal with the rest of the matter."

After speaking, the overlapping figures of the two walked towards the foot of the mountain. As for the others, they wisely did not follow.

Xu Li stood on the spot and glanced at Bai Bo, knowing that the other party was Cheng Yuelin's special assistant and a confidant, so he joked, "Mr. Cheng and Vice-president Ruan have a really good relationship. But it's troublesome for Bai's special assistant."

Bai Bo nodded expressionlessly, and said lightly, "Mr. Cheng and his wife certainly have a good relationship."

The person who can make the boss marry first regardless of shareholders' emotions must be at the top of his heart.

After Bai Bo finished speaking, Xu Li had an epiphany.

On the other side, Ruan Zhiyin took a deep breath and asked the man in a low voice, "Am I heavy? Or just put me down."

She didn't really think the injury was that serious.

Although she even twisted her foot just now, it wasn't that she couldn't walk at all.

Cheng Yuelin chuckled casually, and replied indifferently, "You still want me to feel heavy with your weight?"

He carried her firmly on his back. His arms seemed to be very strong, and his steps were very steady.

Ruan Zhiyin put her hands on his broad shoulders, stared at the back of the man's head, paused, and stopped talking.

/ / /

The driver was waiting at the entrance of the park and learned that Ruan Zhiyin had injured her foot, so he drove faster on the way back.

After more than half an hour, the two returned to the villa.

The medicine box was placed on the coffee table in the living room. Ruan Zhiyin sat on the sofa in the living room and rolled up her trousers.

And Cheng Yuelin, who just insisted on giving her medicine, was obviously clumsy. Seeing that she had been pursing her lips tightly, he frowned and said solemnly, "Does it hurt?"

Ruan Zhiyin was slightly startled and shook her head.

Cheng Yuelin looked at her a few times, frowned for some reason, suddenly put down the cotton swab in his hand, raised his eyes again, and looked at her with a serious and deep gaze.

"Ruan Yingying."

"Um?"

"Let's talk."

Ruan Zhiyin couldn't figure out why he suddenly became serious, and her expression became a little more surprised, "What are you talking about?"

"In the eyes of others, I am your husband and the man in the family.” Cheng Yuelin looked at her with a chuckle, and then said, "Ruan Yingying, you must know that men are naturally physically superior, so society always requires men to take responsibility for protecting women and children in the family."

"I won't stop you from showing your excellence, but you don't need to be so strong all the time, always tense and don't want to depend on anyone. Aren't you tired?"

When the words fell, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and he suddenly remembered what the old man said with deep regret and warning when he went back to the old house last time——

"Yinyin has been back to Ruan's house for so long, but she has never acted coquettishly with me."

Cheng Yuelin didn't like her appearance that she was always patient and strong, but she didn't realize it herself, and was always stubborn and refused to show weakness to others.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yuelin would suddenly say such a thing. Ruan Zhiyin's expression was slightly stunned, she pursed her lower lip, and murmured, "So what?"

Cheng Yuelin sighed helplessly, "So from today, you should learn to ask me for help."

He stopped, picked up the cotton swab beside him again, and added in a low voice, "At least, in front of outsiders."

"Don't worry. I'm very satisfied with the cohabitation life during this period. As long as your demands are not excessive, I will meet your demand and won't be annoyed."

He explained to her gradually and tried to dispel her worries, "In a sense, our relationship is closer than others. But you always look like this, which makes me uncomfortable."

Ruan Zhiyin met his gaze, and felt that his deep eyes were brewing emotions that she couldn't understand, and her fingertips subconsciously curled up.

Closer than the others...?

It seems that in addition to the initial level of cooperation, there are more inexplicable connections between her and Cheng Yuelin because of this nominal marriage.

Perhaps, for the current Cheng Yuelin, the continuation of this marriage is no longer just because of the exchange of interests of the Beicheng project. They need to show more.

For her, Cheng Yuelin's help to her during this period is not just the groom who was a guest at the wedding.

This was the first time someone seriously told her that don't worry too much and learn to ask him for help.

Ruan Zhiyin was always used to escaping the feeling of cowardice caused by dependence, and never realized that this would also make the people around her feel pressure, but now——

Inexplicably, it seemed like a string that was pulled tightly by a root suddenly burst open after hearing his words.

"Actually...it seems to be a little painful."

Her eyes were stunned, and before she could sort out the chaotic thoughts, the sentence had already blurted out.

After reacting, Ruan Zhiyin sighed, frowned and was silent for a while, and finally chuckled in a complicated mood, her voice very low, "Cheng Yuelin, thank you."

It's just showing weakness. It doesn't seem to be that difficult.

Even after letting himself relax the tight corners of his heart, she felt a sense of relief.

"Um." The man hummed lightly. His expression was unchanged, but he couldn't help but lighten the movements of his hands.

In the living room, the atmosphere became silent.

Ruan Zhiyin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "One more thing... I'm sorry."

"Um?"Cheng Yuelin raised his eyebrows and looked back.

She paused, lowered her eyes and said, "I shouldn't have mistakenly identified you as eavesdropping on me and Linlang because of my momentary emotions that day."

As he said, the sound insulation of the second bedroom is not good, and he can't be blamed.

"Well." The man's eyes drifted to the medicine box for some reason, and he replied lightly, "It's okay."

After a while, he said casually again "Then will you add the sound insulation layer?"

Ruan Zhiyin pondered for a few seconds after hearing the words, then shook her head with a chuckle, "For now... let's not add it."