Beta Chapter 101: Proposal

Chapter 101: Proposal

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Luo Songran suddenly woke up from his nap. He jerked his head up and found that there was no one else in the meeting room. Inadvertently touching something, he looked down and saw Duan Yizhou’s suit jacket.

“Done memorizing Mr. Zhou’s work?”

Duan Yizhou’s voice came from behind. Luo Songran turned to see Duan Yizhou standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, drinking coffee. He awkwardly tugged at the corner of his mouth. “Have you finished the meeting?”

“Yeah.” Duan Yizhou walked over to Luo Songran with his cup, leaning casually against the table. He flicked the thermos cup with his free hand. “Little piglet, finish your goat milk.”

Luo Songran heard Duan Yizhou calling him a little piglet and gave him a glare. “Don’t call me that.”

Duan Yizhou put down his cup, unscrewed the thermos, and handed it to Luo Songran. “You’re so sleepy all day, what else can I do? You want me to let you sleep?”

Luo Songran took the thermos and drank a few sips of goat milk. “So what can I do if I’m sleepy? You won’t let me sleep.”

Duan Yizhou wiped away a bit of milk from his lips with his fingertip. “What do you expect me to do with you?”

“You can’t do anything to me.” Luo Songran raised his face proudly. Seeing Duan Yizhou wiping his mouth, he pouted quietly. “Normally, when someone sees something on their partner’s lips, they would just kiss it off, but you use your hand.”

Duan Yizhou withdrew his hand, his gaze falling on the thermos still half full of goat milk. He smirked. “You’ve finished your goat milk, done memorizing, right? Still dare to make demands to me? No more ice cream, no more night cruises.”

Luo Songran retracted his pouting lips, speechless. He lowered his head and touched the book next to him. He stared at the underlined part with a pained expression. This was all knowledge.

“After memorizing this page, you can have ice cream,” Duan Yizhou said. He knew that Luo Songran had been craving food since he got pregnant. He had criticized him before for sneaking out to eat ice cream. Later, he asked the doctor if he could eat it. The doctor said it was okay, just try to eat less, as ice cream was quite cold.

The doctor also told him not to be too nervous; pregnancy didn’t necessarily mean everything had to be forbidden. He knew he was too nervous about Luo Songran, fearing something might happen to the little rascal.

Now, occasionally, he rewards Luo Songran with his favorite sweets. Even with weight, as long as Luo Songran meets his requirements, he rewards him with treats. Two weeks ago, during the 20-week prenatal checkup, the doctor mentioned that the babies were a bit heavy, so they advised reducing sweet intake. Luo Songran indeed controlled his sweet intake for two weeks, but instead of the babies weight dropping, it was Luo Songran’s weight that decreased from 68 kilograms to 66 kilograms in just two weeks.

“If I finish memorizing, can I have two?” Luo Songran asked Duan Yizhou, making a victory sign and blinking, seeking approval.

“Sure,” Duan Yizhou said.

Luo Songran became eager and quickly buried his head, quietly reciting and immediately reciting to Duan Yizhou any sections he successfully memorized, fearing he might forget.

Duan Yizhou indulged him in this way of memorization. After all, memorization wasn’t the focus today; it was the surprise he had prepared for tonight’s night cruise, a surprise that took two whole weeks to prepare.

An hour later, Luo Songran finally finished memorizing the page. He quickly reached out to Duan Yizhou, eagerly asking, “Ice cream, ice cream!”

“Ice cream is on the cruise,” Duan Yizhou replied.

Luo Songran, confused, asked, “Ice cream on the cruise? Can’t you just buy one from the supermarket downstairs?”

Duan Yizhou thought it over. “That won’t do. The ice cream on the cruise is specially made. Are you sure you only want the supermarket one?”

“Specially made?” Luo Songran touched Duan Yizhou’s thigh, feigning shyness. “Oh, you’re suddenly so nice to me; I’m not used to it. Memorize a few lines, and you get specially made ice cream.”

“When have I ever been unkind to you?” Duan Yizhou laughed.

“Well, that’s true.” Luo Songran leaned back in his chair, holding Duan Yizhou’s hand. With his other hand, he touched his belly, and for some reason, he looked at Duan Yizhou, asking, “Do you know what I was thinking just now?”

“What were you thinking?”

“I want to hold a wedding with you. I want to hold it at the racetrack, so they can sit in the stands and watch us race. Whoever wins gets to put the ring on the other first, and then we can declare our marriage. What do you think? Isn’t it cool?”

Duan Yizhou was stunned for a moment. This guy really… Could he stop peeking into his thoughts? If this guy finds out he actually prepared the Moon Goddess—

“It’d be even better if you could buy Felix’s Moon Goddess,” Luo Songran said with a smile, his eyes curved.

Duan Yizhou couldn’t help but smile helplessly. “What would you do if I did?”

“I’d be so happy! Then, on our wedding day, we could race with one Luna and one Black Demon! How about that!”

Duan Yizhou heard Luo Songran’s intentions and smirked. “Sure?”

It seemed like winning or losing wasn’t that important to him.

“Of course!” Luo Songran thought Duan Yizhou, who hadn’t even played before, surely couldn’t beat him. Once he gave birth and practiced for a while, he would surely surpass him easily.

“When do you want to hold the wedding?”

“I want it on the day after your birthday.”

“Why?”

“Because I want to thank Papa and Mama for bringing you into this world. Otherwise, how could I have met such a good Duan Yizhou?”

Duan Yizhou laughed. Why did even this match his thoughts? He looked down at their intertwined hands; his hand was a whole size larger than Luo Songran’s, as if he could wrap it tightly around his. In fact, it was Luo Songran who had him firmly in his grasp. He gently smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

At night—

The huge cruise ship, White Moonlight, slowly sailed into the sea. The moonlight patterns on the ship’s body shone brightly in the night, a brilliance that couldn’t be concealed by all the ship’s lights, becoming the most dazzling presence on the cruise line.

Luo Songran, wrapped in a coat, stood on the deck eating ice cream. The weather at the end of November was already quite cold, not to mention being at sea, but he felt super cool.

“Mmm, I’m enjoying this so much,” he said, spooning his small cup of ice cream, then eagerly eyeing Duan Yizhou’s cup. “I kinda wanna try yours.”

Seeing him eagerly eyeing and craving for it, Duan Yizhou smiled and said, “Finish yours first.” Then, he used the back of his hand to touch Luo Songran’s neck, worried that the wind might give him a chill.

Luo Songran ate his ice cream while looking at the sea. “Did you borrow this White Moonlight from my grandfather?”

The cruise ship they were on, White Moonlight, was a gift from his grandfather to his great-grandfather.

“Yeah.”

“Why did you suddenly want to go on a cruise?”

“Because today’s a good day.”

Luo Songran finished his own cup of ice cream and looked at Duan Yizhou, mumbling, “What good day?”

Duan Yizhou took the empty cup from Luo Songran’s hand and placed it on the nearby table. Then, he handed his own cup of ice cream to Luo Songran. “Guess.”

Luo Songran saw the jasmine chocolate-flavored ice cream being handed to him, especially the scent of jasmine cream on top, which smelled delicious. He used his spoon to take a big scoop and put it in his mouth. As the fragrant jasmine cream melted in his mouth, he suddenly felt something hard. He paused, then used his tongue to push the object out and picked it up.

Under the bright lights of the cruise ship, the ring in his hand shimmered with the brilliance of metal and diamonds. Especially the design with diamonds encircling the top and bottom of the ring, it was dazzling and eye-catching.

“Baby, happy birthday.”

Luo Songran was stunned. He slowly raised his head, looking at Duan Yizhou, as if realizing something, his eyes instantly reddened. Oh, it was November 21st, his birthday. How could he forget?

But what about this ring?

Was he proposing to him?

“Baby, I’ve always owed you a proposal. I wanted to wait until everything was ready to give you a surprise. Although it’s a bit late, I still want to give you this sense of ceremony.”

The next moment, there was a long ‘whoosh,’ and the sky suddenly lit up with dazzling fireworks, illuminating the sea surface. In the moment the fireworks bloomed, they arranged into:

— Luo Songran, will you marry me?

Luo Songran gazed up at the brightest line of text in the night sky, his nose tingling. He realized he also liked fireworks, and he also liked this kind of proposal. This sense of ceremony could also make him shed tears.

“Baby, will you marry me?” Duan Yizhou said.

Just as Duan Yizhou was about to take the ring and kneel down to propose, he saw this little guy put the ring on by himself.

“Wuwuwuwu, of course, I will.” Luo Songran put on the ring without hesitation, then wanted to hug Duan Yizhou, but saw Duan Yizhou looking at him with a wry smile, stunned. “What’s wrong?”

“I’m proposing to you. Why did you put it on yourself?”

“Oh.” Luo Songran took off the ring again and handed it to Duan Yizhou. “I don’t have experience, come again, come again.”

Duan Yizhou laughed indulgently. He took the ring in his hand, knelt in front of Luo Songran, reached out to him, and gazed deeply into his eyes. He said again, “Baby, will you spend the rest of your life with me?”

“I will, I will.” Luo Songran hurriedly extended his ring finger, tucking away the other fingers.

Duan Yizhou was amused by this little guy’s eagerness. He smiled as he put the ring on the ring finger of Luo Songran’s left hand.

“Is this my birthday present? That won’t do.” Luo Songran lowered his head to look at the ring in his hand. “The engagement ring is not a gift.”

“Of course not.” Duan Yizhou embraced him, resting his head on his shoulder, and looked out at the sea. “Look up.”

Luo Songran looked up as instructed.

In the instant he looked up, a ship appeared in front of him, a large ship specially used for transporting cars, and the silver-white supercar in the center of the ship was his long-awaited Moon Goddess, shining with a faint starlight.

“I said, as long as you want it, I’ll give it to you.”

Tears welled up in Luo Songran’s eyes. He looked at Duan Yizhou excitedly and turned his head to look at him. “Did you buy it from Felix? Did he agree?”

“Whether he agrees or not, he has to.” Duan Yizhou smiled. “Do you like it?”

“I love it! I love it so much!” Luo Songran was almost jumping with excitement. He saw not only Luna but also many limited edition supercars, all of which he had seen at Felix’s place before. “What about those cars?”

“They’re all for you.”

Luo Songran cried. He hugged Duan Yizhou. “So many cars, they’re so expensive. Where did you get so much money?” There were at least a dozen supercars on this ship, if not twenty. It would take billions to afford them.

“It doesn’t matter. Husband has money.” Duan Yizhou kissed Luo Songran’s corner of his eye, his hands wrapped around his pregnant belly, and he chuckled softly. “As long as you’re happy.”

For him, Luo Songran’s happiness was priceless.

As long as Luo Songran was happy, it was his greatest motivation.

That’s why he chose to propose to Luo Songran on November 21st, because for him, Luo Songran was also a gift from heaven. He also wanted to thank Luo Songran’s fathers for bringing such a cute Luo Songran into the world, allowing them to meet each other.

“RanRan, I will love you forever and protect you, never leaving you.”

Luo Songran turned around, meeting Duan Yizhou’s affectionate and indulgent gaze. At this moment, he could feel Duan Yizhou’s seriousness towards him more than ever before.

How much this man loved him and tolerated him, only he knew.

His previous temper had hurt Duan Yizhou’s heart, but he couldn’t imagine how Duan Yizhou persuaded himself to continue loving him, waiting for him. This man’s tolerance for him was almost beyond that of family, even surpassing family.

Even now that they were together, his little temper would occasionally annoy Duan Yizhou, but Duan Yizhou never tired of it. Instead, he patiently explained to him time and time again why he shouldn’t do this or that, and what the consequences would be.

He was even more Papa than Papa.

From now on, this domineering and caring “Dad” belonged to him for real.

He was an A-class beta, but he was the luckiest beta in the world.

Because Duan Yizhou loved him, resisting the irresistible force of the abo gender group, he didn’t need marking to maintain it, nor did he need the assistance of pheromones. Duan Yizhou loved him deeply.

So he said very seriously to Duan Yizhou, “I will love you forever and ever, and I’ll be less temperamental, letting you live a long life.”

Duan Yizhou laughed and kissed his forehead. “I believe you today.”

Tomorrow’s matters could be left for tomorrow.

— The End —

Author’s note:

The super sweet extra chapters start tonight, and it’s also significant to end the main text here.

Next will be the wedding, as well as the happy life of RanRan and President Duan after unloading cargo (hehe), and the super cute daily life of raising cubs!!!

I don’t want them to end. qaq

 

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