Zhan's pov

I stretched my limbs as I got up from my chair; my work was done, and I was ready to go home.

I already missed Yibo and couldn't wait to go back home and hug him tightly.

I said my goodbyes to Ziyi as I left the office and went to the parking lot. I sat in my car and drove straight to my apartment.

Once I reached home, I kept my bag on the sofa and called out for Yibo, I walked to my room and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Yibo.

He was sitting on the bed, but what made my eyes go wide was the white bandage around his head. Yibo just gave me a small smile and said, "I was just coming out." 

I rushed to him and sat in front of him. "What happened?" I gently touched his face and observed his wound, my heart was pounding as I saw the wound.

"I am fine."

"Well doesn't look like that." I said, "When did this happen? And why did you not tell me!" 

Yibo grabbed my hand and made me sit beside him. "I went out for a walk with Lucy in the morning, and we encountered Jessie over there. He tried to reach Lucy, but I prevented him from coming near her. After she escaped, he hit me with a rod."

I was fuming when I heard that. I clenched my fist, my blood boiled, "this happened in the morning ?"

Yibo nodded.

"And no one told me!?" I said in a loud voice.

"I told them not to. I have a lot of work, and I didn't want to disturb you, and besides, it's not that serious!"

"NOT THAT SERIOUS?!" I said as I got up and paced around the room, I took deep breathes, I wanted to murder that son of a bitch, I wanted to skin him alive, break his hands.

Yibo got up and held my hand. "Zhan, I am really okay. before Jessie could do any other damage, Cheng took care of him."

I took a deep breathe as I looked at Yibo, my heart ached when I looked at his wound, I hugged him tightly while trying to stop my overthinking, I couldn't help but think that something serious could have happened, Yibo could have been hurt worse, and all these thoughts made me anxious.

"Did you eat something?" Yibo asked.

"I am alright," I said as I gently pushed him on the bed and laid beside him, cuddling him. "Let's just stay like this for a while."

"Mmm, but you should eat something," he said.

"Later," I said as I gently caressed his back. After a few minutes, Yibo fell asleep. I kissed his forehead before I got out of the bed. Once I came out, I saw Cheng and Yanli sitting on the sofa; they were waiting for me.

I stood before them and said, "Why didn't you guys tell me about his injury?"

Cheng sighed. "he said not to."

I scoffed. "So what? I still had the right to know! You can't just listen to everything he says. You guys should have used your brains and done the right thing!"

Yanli spoke, "There was nothing we could do when he took our phones and begged us not to call you; he said he would call you himself. our priority was to get him treatment first."

I sighed. "What about Jessie?"

"That guy's done for,"  Cheng replied.

I spoke, "What he did today comes under attempt to murder, right?"

Cheng smirked and nodded, "Yup, that's exactly I am going with: stalking, attempt to murder, assault, domestic violence, harassment. He is done for. If his family dared to fight us, then..."

"I am going to crush them," I said, and I was dead serious. I would destroy his family and anyone who dared to plead for him. Jessie was done for, and I was going to make sure he stayed far away from my family and my family. And after what he did to Yibo, I am going to make sure that he has a horrible time in prison.

~~

After I was done talking to Cheng and Yanli, I sent them away. I also talked to Lucy and assured her that I was not mad at her and that it was not her fault. I was glad that she was right.

I got fresh and ate something before I went back to bed and hugged Yibo before I fell asleep.

~~

Yibo's Pov

The next morning when I woke up, I was alone on the bed, I yawned before I spread my limbs and got up from bed.

Once I walked into the kitchen, Zhan was already there making breakfast. he gave me a smile and served me breakfast before he sat beside me.

We ate in peace.

"I took a day off today." Zhan said, "I am going to spend the whole day with you." 

I smiled. "It's going to be a great day." 

After breakfast, we decided to do a movie marathon. While we were watching the movie, I felt Zhan's hand over my thigh and his mouth over my neck. "Let me watch," I said.

"You watch while I enjoy," Zhan said as he captured my lips with his, and soon we were engaged in a very hot and passionate make-out session. Soon, our clothes were off, and our hands were all over each other, feeling each other's hot skin, before we were connected. And just like that, we made love on the sofa in the living room.

After we were done, both of us were lying in each other's arms sweaty and tired, and that's when I noticed something, something that made me sit straight, "fuck." I said.

"What happened?" Zhan asked.

"My ring, I lost my ring, it's not on my finger," I said as I abruptly stood up and started to look for the ring. It was the ring that Zhan had given me, and now it was nowhere to be found.

"I am sure it's somewhere here; let me help you look," Zhan said, and we looked for the ring.

I was feeling anxious. I had never taken that ring off of my finger, and I was getting really anxious now. My heart was pounding in my chest, and I looked for the ring.

"Yibo, calm down. We can look for it later."

"No, I want it now!" I said as I looked for the ring.

It was evening and despite turning the house upside down I still hadn't found the ring.

In the end, I sighed and sat on the bed, feeling heartbroken and disappointed. Zhan sat beside me. "We'll find it, and I can always get you a new ring."

I glared at him feeling annoyed, how dare he put down the value of that ring, that ring was much more than a ring to me, since morning he is not taking this seriously and I was pissed now that he said to replace the ring..

"How dare you say that! That ring was more than a ring for me! Why are you not taking this seriously? Don't you realize how important that ring is for me!"

"Hey, hey don't be mad. I was just trying to cheer you up," he said, and suddenly his phone rang. He answered his phone, and that's when I noticed that his ring was missing as well.

Zhan got up and took out his keys before he said to me, "I have to go; it's something urgent. I'll be back soon, okay?"

He kissed me on the forehead, and before I could ask about his ring, he was gone. I sat on the bed feeling dejected.

After some time, I once again started to look for the ring.

~~

Zhan came back sometime later.

I was sitting on the sofa feeling extremely sad and anxious because I had not been able to find my ring. I felt like crying, so when he came back, I didn't say anything; I just sat on the sofa sulking.

He sighed as he sat beside me. "I am sorry," he said.

I looked at him, and he took out a box. "I should have told you. I wanted this to be a surprise, and I wanted to do this differently, but I can't see you like this."

He opened the box and that's when I saw the rings, his and mine too. Relief washed over me when I saw them, and I felt so happy that I felt like I would start jumping from joy.

I looked at him and asked, "You took it?"

"Yes, I took it for cleaning and some modification. I wanted to surprise you, but I had not expected that you would get so anxious."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Zhan sighed as he took my ring and then grabbed my hands, "I want to propose to you."

My world stopped, my breathing halted, and my heart skipped a beat when I heard that he wanted to propose to me.

I felt so overwhelmed with happiness, my eyes were filled with tears , and I smiled before he asked, "Yibo, will you marry me?"

I nodded as tears slipped from my eyes. "Yes. I will marry you." I said before he slipped the ring on my finger.

I looked at my ring, and then grabbed his ring and slid it on his finger, "I love you." I said.

"I love you too," he said before he grabbed my face and gently pulled me in for a kiss. However, I was not done with him, so I pulled his ear.

"Ow!" he said, breaking the kiss. "What was that for?" I grabbed the cushion and started to attack him with it, "that was for making me worry, you douchebag, do you have any idea how worried I was!"

"Ow, ow, ow, stop, hey, I am sorry, darlin,g" he said before he managed to grab a hold of my hand and push me on the sofa. he hovered over me before he said, "lets' use that energy elsewhere, love."

I smiled before I kissed him once again. "I love you," I mumbled.

"I love you too, always and forever."

The end~