Chapter 1516 - 1520: Put It On, and You’re Mine

"What do you think this is?" He didn’t say it directly and instead asked her. Seeing her slow-witted expression, he chuckled softly, "Can I get up now?"

Xia Qingqian snapped back to her senses and quickly pulled him up. But at the moment she helped him up, she regretted it, only to hear his rich, magnetic voice in her ear: "Since you let me get up, it means you’ve already agreed."

"Huh?" Xia Qingqian quickly turned her head to look at him, and as she did, she accidentally bumped into his soft lips. Before she could move away, her lips were tightly bitten by him, and he strongly absorbed her soft lips, as if trying to extract the fragrance within her lips.

Beitang Yao felt a trace of green tea’s fresh aroma entering his mouth. He knew it was her taste; she had just finished washing up, and the faint fragrance of green tea lingered within her lips and teeth.

At this moment, Xia Qingqian completely conceded. She knew meeting him was a lifelong disaster for her. No matter how excessively he acted towards her, she could not bring herself to hate him because she had already fallen into his tenderness.

This man had always been assertive, and when he became gentle, it was truly overwhelming.

This was where she had lost; she thought she might never escape his grasp in this lifetime and could never walk out of his world again.

"Qian Qian, by wearing this, you become mine." He held her soft hand, gently placing the diamond ring on her finger, "This was left to me by my mother. I’m entrusting it to you for safekeeping now. What do you say?"

She couldn’t say no, because the ring was already on her ring finger.

"Later, I’ll have the lawyer add your name to the household registration. After the child is born, once you finish your postpartum confinement, I’ll arrange a wedding for you." He raised her hand to his lips, kissing it lightly, as if kissing a treasure.

Xia Qingqian was still in a daze, unable to snap out of it, staring blankly at the man before her, tremblingly asking, "Is everything you said true? Are you really going to give me a title?"

Something she never dared to imagine was really happening to her. Could all of this not be a dream?

He pursed his lips and offered no words, choosing instead to pinch her pink cheek, making her gasp. He then asked, "Does it hurt?"

She nodded slightly, "It hurts..."

"If it hurts, would you say it’s fake or real?" He laughed aloud as he spoke.

She looked at him, asking, "Young Master Yao, are you sure this is what you want? If one day, I’m a source of your discontent again, will you threaten me with divorce, forcing me into it?

Beitang Yao’s body stiffened, and he frowned, saying, "You don’t believe I’ll give you a complete home? Isn’t my love what you’ve always wanted? Now that I’m being straightforward with you, are you not happy?"

Xia Qingqian laughed out loud, but Beitang Yao’s words had a hint of sarcasm to her ears, as if she were begging for his love.

If he was so unwilling, why was he saying such things to her?

"Young Master Yao, I didn’t need you to make these promises to me. I’m undeserving; your marriage proposal truly caught me off guard." Her laughter felt slightly uncomfortable, and seeing the chilliness on his face made her heart tighten as well.

Beitang Yao said nothing, simply looked at her lightly, then pulled her into his arms, speaking deeply, "Regardless of whether you believe what I said today, I will show you with my actions how determined I am to marry you."