Atlas Studios

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  “Mom, I’m back.”


  She shouted to her mother after fishing out the keys and opening the door.

  Zhang Manhua, who was watching TV in the living room, turned her head over.

  “Oh! Xiao Ji, you’re here, too.”


  She smiled at Ji Ziming upon seeing him enter and got up off the sofa.

  “Auntie will go cut some fruit for you.”


  She quickly made her way to the kitchen.

  Pei Ge pouted when her mother ignored her and only bothered about him. She then entered the kitchen, too.

  “Mom, you’re too biased! You didn’t even ask me what fruit I want when I returned!”


  She grumbled at her mother, who was standing before the sink, washing fruit, the moment she entered the kitchen.

  Her mother looked back upon hearing her complain and shook her head in amusement.

  “You’re even getting jealous of your boyfriend.”


  She subconsciously responded upon hearing that.

  “What boyfriend? He’s gonna be my fiancé next week……”

  “Mhm? Ge Ge, what did you just say?”


  Her mother did not hear her clearly due to the running water from the faucet.

  “Ah, nothing.” She smiled and did not repeat her words.

  “Go out first and accompany Xiao Ji. Don’t let him stay alone there.”


  She was chased out by her mother shortly after she entered.

  “Oh.”


  She nudged her lips and left the kitchen for the living room.

  When she got back to the living room, she spotted the man seated on the sofa, flipping through the photo album her mother had been looking at a few days ago.

  She smiled upon seeing his serious look and tiptoed toward him.

  “What are you looking at?!”


  She crept up to him and deliberately loudened her voice to scare him.

  Alas, this trick did not work on him at all.

  “Looking at the younger you.”


  He reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling her down to sit beside him.

  “He he! Isn’t the younger me adorable?”


  She poked her head forward and grinned when she saw him looking at the photo of a very young her with a round face and short limbs.

  “Mhm. Very adorable.”


  He nodded and smiled at the small girl in the photo. She looked so adorable it could make one’s heart melt.

  “Of course! My parents said that I was the prettiest and cutest child back then in our neighborhood! Many people liked carrying me, and I even almost became a child star!”


  A reminiscing look appeared on her face as she gazed at the round-faced little girl in the photo.

  “Child star?”


  His interest was piqued at this as he turned to look at her with a smile.

  “Yup! My parents brought me to the amusement park to play at that time, and there was a shooting for a commercial there. Coincidentally, I caught the director’s eye, and he insisted that I appear on the commercial!”


  She revealed upon seeing his interest.

  “My parents refused at first, but that director persuaded them in the end! It’s a pity that the wedding planner company that had filmed this commercial went bankrupt, so this commercial didn’t get aired in the end,” she softly said, revealing a slightly regretful look.

  After all, those were precious memories!

  “Wedding planner company’s commercial?” He raised an eyebrow in confusion.

  “Ha ha! I know what you’re thinking.” She immediately guessed what he had in mind upon seeing his expression.

  “Of course, I wasn’t the one wearing the wedding gown; I was the flower girl!”


  Suddenly, he wanted to see this commercial she filmed.

  “What are you two talking about that you’re so happy?”


  Zhang Manhua saw the two flipping through the photo album and chatting happily when she came out kitchen with a plate of fruit.

  “About the younger me!”


  Her daughter grinned at her.

  “Ha ha. You were so adorable in the past. Now…… Look at the amount of flesh on you.”


  Although she sounded as if she were reviling her daughter, the expression on her told otherwise.

  “Weren’t you always telling me to gain more flesh?”


  Her daughter countered with a grin, though she appeared to be acting cutesy.

  “Xiao Ji, what do you want to eat tonight? Auntie will cook for you!”


  She turned to ask the man after bantering with her daughter.

  “Auntie, let me cook it.”


  His offer made her very happy.

  “It’s fine. You are a guest, so how can I make you cook?”


  She smiled at him.

  His next words made her gobsmacked, however.

  “Auntie, I can no longer be deemed as a guest. I’ll be getting engaged with your daughter next week and then get married soon after.”


  He looked at her calmly and tightly grasped his girlfriend’s hand. He was so calm that it felt as if his words were unimportant.

  She was the total opposite of that, alas.

  “What?! You two are getting engaged next week?!”


  She looked at him in shock and disbelief.

  This man’s parents and she were in discussion over this engagement, and although they had not finalized the date yet, she could say confidently that it was not next week.

  “Yes, next week. I’ll ask my mom to prepare when I get home. Auntie, rest assured; although this engagement party has been moved forward by a bit, I will never shortchange your daughter.”


  His lips formed into a slight smile as he resolutely declared, “I will give her the best engagement party and the best wedding ceremony.”