At — o’clock, Jiang Shenghe left the company.

Unconsciously, he turned the car towards the road where Luo Qi’s rental house was.

He didn’t contact her all day long.

When he got downstairs, the lights were not on at her house.

Maybe she was watching a movie. Jiang Shenghe went upstairs and knocked on the door. No one answered, so he went back to the car to wait for her.

At 8:10, Luo Qi’s car drove in sight.

Jiang Shenghe pushed the car door open and took a few steps forward.

Luo Qi got out of the car without carrying anything.

Jiang Shenghe said, “I thought you had gone shopping.”

She did just go shopping. She bought a white blouse to wear on the day they will receive the marriage certificate. In fact, most of the blouses in her wardrobe were either black, white, or gray and she could have used one of them—but she still bought one.

Luo Qi didn’t understand anymore what she was thinking, so she didn’t bring down the shopping bag when she got out of the car.

She said, “I took a walk outside.”

Jiang Shenghe said, “I came here twice today. I don’t know if it will annoy you.”

“…”

Instead of answering the question, Luo Qi asked, “Chief Jiang, would you like to go upstairs and have a glass of water?”

“No, you go to bed early.”

She was right in front of him, wearing a dress he had never seen before. Jiang Shenghe couldn’t help but want to reach out to hug her.

He took her hand, separated her fingers, and laced his fingers with hers for a few seconds.

Luo Qi’s breathing stopped for a moment.

Jiang Shenghe let go of her hand and said, “Go on up.”

After she entered the building, he got in the car and left.

… …

They survived Sunday, survived Monday, and finally looked forward to Tuesday.

At dawn that morning, Jiang Shenghe appeared downstairs at Luo Qi’s house.

She had gone on business trips with the boss, negotiated, and gone to work, but she never expected that one day she would accompany the boss to the Marriage Registration Office.

At 9:10, Xiao Jiang sent her a private message: [Sister Luo, why are you late today?]

Luo Qi: “…”

She was getting a marriage certificate with the boss.

They were the first couple in line and it would all be done soon.

She replied: [I’m accompanying Chief Jiang to meet clients. We’ll be back soon.]

Xiao Jiang: [I see. No wonder Chief Jiang also isn’t here.]

Luo Qi: “…”

When signing, she glanced at Jiang Shenghe’s application form. He usually signed documents quickly but today he wrote his name one stroke at a time.

Three days after her birthday, she had a flash marriage with her boss.

Coming out of the marriage registration office, they reached the steps going down, and Jiang Shenghe suddenly stopped.

He had ordered wedding rings for them but he wouldn’t be able to get it until after this month. The most important day in their life could not be without any sense of ceremony.

He held Luo Qi and said, “Stand still.” He went down another step and turned to face her. He stretched out his arms to carry her.

Luo Qi’s entire body was pressed against his, and he held her firmly in his arms.

Behind them, a couple who had also received their certificate walked past. Jiang Shenghe carried Luo Qi all the way down the steps before he let her go.

It was only when Luo Qi got to the car that her heartbeat returned to normal.

Jiang Shenghe drove, and neither of them spoke on the way back.

They each kept a marriage certificate.

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Back at the company, Luo Qi brought her laptop and some documents. She got out of the elevator and kept an appropriate distance from Jiang Shenghe. No one suspected that they had done anything out of the ordinary that morning.

When she reached her office, Luo Qi locked the door.

Jiang Shenghe was sure that her attention would be distracted all morning so did not arrange any work for her.

Luo Qi really didn’t know how to get along with Jiang Shenghe after this.

From time to time, she would glance at the marriage certificate in her bag. Luo Qi tried to find something to distract her attention and opened the 3D printing data in her laptop.

She suddenly thought of the project plan she submitted seven years ago. Jiang Shenghe had told her that he remembered that she was interested in 3D printing. At that time, she was not sure whether he really remembered or was just being agreeable, but now she was sure that he meant what he said.

He has liked her for seven years and seven months. When she gave him the plan, he was already treating her differently and he would no doubt have replied to her email.

Luo Qi looked at the time. It was ten o’clock in the evening where Jiang Sixun was, which was not too late. She sent him a message with a faint hope, [Brother Jiang, the email I used when I was an intern at Yuanwei Capital, after the company took it back, was it deleted?]

Jiang Sixun: [You just couldn’t log in anymore after you left, but the company maintained it.]

Luo Qi asked urgently: [What is the password? Do you know it?]

Jiang Sixun forgot. [Let me ask the IT desk for you.]

At the time, he had asked Jiang Shenghe if he wanted to keep the mailbox, he was told to leave it alone.

He randomly changed the password, thinking that Jiang Shenghe would be able to catch Luo Qi soon, and then he would give Luo Qi access to her old email address. Who would have known it would take this long for Luo Qi to ask for it, and he didn’t remember the password anymore.

He could only ask the IT desk to reset the password.

Ten minutes later, Luo Qi received a string of numbers. She entered the password and logged in to her email.

It’s been seven years, and she couldn’t help but hold her breath when she clicked to log in.

There were seven unread emails in the inbox, and the senders were all Jiang Shenghe’s English name.

The most recent one was from September 22nd last year, her birthday.

Luo Qi clicked on the earliest email. Jiang Shenghe replied to her project plan. The attachment was large, so she didn’t read it first and clicked on the other emails in order according to the date of receipt.

They were all sent to her at midnight on September 22nd every year, with only two simple words in each one: [Happy Birthday].

Finally only the last email was left unopened.

Two days before her birthday last year, Jiang Sixun invited her to dinner to celebrate her birthday. During the meal, Jiang Shenghe happened to drop by and toasted her with a glass of wine.

At that time, she was engaged to marry Pei Shixiao.

Luo Qi clicked on the email. It was still sent it at midnight but this one contained more words than all previous ones:

[This should be the last time I send you birthday wishes. Tomorrow, I will also have my own life to live. Happy birthday. I love you. May you get everything you wish for from now on.]

Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 37.1 — The Boss In Front Of Her Is Her Husband (1/26)
Chapter 37.2 — The Boss In Front Of Her Is Her Husband (1/27)
Chapter 37.3 — The Boss In Front Of Her Is Her Husband (1/28)
Chapter 37.4 — The Boss In Front Of Her Is Her Husband 2/2)

Chapter 38.1 — The Gift He Wants (2/3)
Chapter 38.2 — The Gift He Wants (2/4)
Chapter 38.3 — The Gift He Wants (2/9)