Urban All-Round Master

Chapter 260: Chapter 263: Do You Know What the Ring Represents?

Chapter 263: Do You Know What the Ring Represents?

This guy was completely dizzy with excitement, thought he was smart, and bought a big bouquet of roses to surprise Li Lin, still single-mindedly thinking on the way: No wonder I failed to impress her before, she always ignored me, could it be just as my buddies said? Women need to be coaxed, money needs to be spent, fill a Bentley with roses, and she definitely won’t be able to hold back her tears.

But he was completely wrong, Li Lin was definitely not that kind of mercenary woman, nor would she sell her body for money.

Instead, she particularly despised those who reeked of money, those who acted lawlessly just because their fathers had some cash. Young people should indeed have the capital to be arrogant, but being too ostentatious was just showing off.

Seeing this guy holding a bunch of roses, still cluelessly fooling around, Lin Zifeng really felt embarrassed for him.

Luckily, Li Lin’s father wasn’t hurt too badly, nothing more than his buttocks making intimate contact with the ground. Poor guy really meant to surprise Li Lin and win her favor, but ended up bringing about this melodramatic scene.

Fortunately, his father was the head teacher of Li Lin’s school, and Li Lin’s parents were aware of this fact, so they didn’t really say much.

In the evening, five people gathered around and ate the delicious dishes Li Lin had prepared all afternoon.

Everyone was staring at each other, especially this Qian Nan—already harboring malicious intentions—he was visibly quivering as he watched Lin Zifeng sitting leisurely across from him.

When he glanced at Li Lin, he noticed that from time to time, she was putting food into his bowl, calling him ”Brother Lin” affectionately.

An inexplicable jealousy rose in his heart. After all, he was also a guest, why were they treated so differently? And considering his own father was the head teacher, surely he was someone with status as well.

Looking at the guy across from him, dressed in a dusty, wrinkled gray casual outfit that looked like it hadn’t been washed in days, wearing a black bracelet on his wrist on a hot day—not even sure if it was real or maybe just some trinket from a street stall for two bucks.

If Lin Zifeng knew what this guy was thinking at the moment, who knows what he would have thought.

Anyone slightly familiar with valuable items would know the origin of the casual outfit Lin Zifeng was wearing, as well as the value of the black bracelet on his wrist. Unfortunately, short-sighted people find it hard to recognize such worthy items.

The dinner was unbearably uncomfortable for the five people at the table.

Everyone had their own schemes, and of course, Li Lin’s parents knew Qian Nan’s purpose for being there.

They could even guess what he was thinking now and, not wanting to offend him, the couple buried their heads in their meals, occasionally asking Li Lin to take care of them. After all, they had to fulfill the formalities since her boss was his father.

”Uncle Li, I came in a rush today and didn’t bring any gifts,”

At this point, the usually silent Qian Nan couldn’t withstand the atmosphere any longer, quickly pulling out a red box from his suit pocket and handing it to Li Lin’s father.

With a face filled with ingratiating smiles, he then turned to Li Lin’s mother and said, ”Auntie Li, I also have a small gift for you, brought along as well. It’s a small gift, but please don’t despise it.”

Speaking so, Qian Nan pulled out another small box from his pocket and, in full view of everyone, delivered it to Li Lin’s mother, casting a meaningful glance at Lin Zifeng, his eyes full of disdain.

Lin Zifeng quietly shook his head and said nothing.

”Wow, how can I accept such a precious gift?” Li Lin’s father opened the box and instantly showed a very surprised expression. It was hard to tell if he was just pretending to amuse Qian Nan, after all, his expression represented an approval of Qian Nan.

If he had kept a tight face without any reaction, wouldn’t that have been deliberately offending someone?

”Uncle Li, this is some good stuff my dad usually collects, we still have plenty at home, so I casually brought some for you, Uncle Li. Although the gift is light, it represents my sincerity. I’m really sorry about what happened just now, please consider this as my apology.”

This kid’s verbal skills were also pretty good, leaving Li Tian with his mouth open, quite pleased.

Li Lin’s mother, on the other hand, was much more reserved. After several refusals and seeing that she could not overcome Qian Nan’s enthusiasm, she also accepted it. She knew that Qian Nan bringing gifts out of the blue definitely meant something, but considering that Li Lin’s workplace was their school, it wasn’t a good idea to refuse and offend him, so she accepted the gift silently.

”Linlin, I came in a hurry today and didn’t prepare a thoughtful gift for you, but on my way here, I passed by a Treasure Store and saw this ring, which looked nice, so I bought it.”

As he spoke, he took out a delicate small box from another pocket and slowly walked over to Li Lin, smiling, ”I missed your birthday party a few days ago, so please take this as my apology.”

He had thought that all his actions would definitely move Li Lin to tears, completely overwhelmed.

But reality twisted the truth.

Li Lin turned her head slightly and glanced indifferently at the ring in his hand, then her gaze shifted to Lin Zifeng, who was busy eating his meal at the moment.

She spoke to Qian Nan in a very polite tone, ”I’m sorry, I can’t accept this gift.”

”Why?”

Qian Nan was incredibly shocked, staring at her beautiful face in astonishment.

”Do you know what a ring represents?”

Always dreaming of that kind of beautiful love, Li Lin said to Qian Nan with eyes brimming with idealism.

With that question, Qian Nan was immediately dumbfounded.

Yes, what does a ring represent? He still didn’t understand it.

All he knew was that girls liked rings, but he didn’t understand why they liked them. If he had to say that a ring represented marriage, then he’d rather not pursue Li Lin. What concept is marriage?

Marriage is the shackles of freedom. I am still so young, and they want me to get married? Isn’t that an international joke? I’m not lacking women, and as they say, to waste one’s youth would be a sin. With such a good family background, getting married so early would simply be seeking death.

Qian Nan held the ring in his hand, his facial muscles visibly trembling under the room’s lighting because he simply could not answer. Even if he could come up with an answer, he was not willing to give one. Once the word ”marriage” slipped out, who knows what would happen to him then?

Especially in front of so many people, the ring inherently represented a proposal. What if Li Lin really accepted it? What then?

Thus, the meal was eaten with a sense of fear and trepidation. Moreover, it was more of a psychological battle.