Before today, Luo Qi couldn’t imagine how a man with his status could express his love so easily. Yet at this moment, these three words appeared in her email.

She stared at this email for a full minute.

Luo Qi changed her email password to her commonly used one.

[Brother Jiang, don’t tell him that the mailbox is back in my hands.]

She will find a suitable time and tell him herself.

Jiang Sixun joked: [Are there any secrets in there?]

Luo Qi: [Yes.]

A secret Jiang Shenghe thought would be buried by time.

While she was chatting with Jiang Sixun, the boss texted her and said, [“Come to my office.”]

Luo Qi took out a few tissues, took out the makeup mirror, and looked at herself. She had no choice but to reply: [Chief Jiang, is this urgent? I can’t go right now. Can I go to you in a few minutes?]

She did not want to come across as being arrogant because of his favor and hastily explained: [“I have an emergency here, it will be handled in a few minutes at most.”]

Jiang Shenghe: [No hurry. Come over in ten minutes.]

… …

Not ten minutes later, there was the sound of high heels at his office door. He was used to not closing the door, but she was not used to not knocking, so she still rapped her knuckles lightly on the open door and said, “Chief Jiang.”

“Come in.” Jiang Shenghe looked up, and what he wanted to say was completely forgotten the moment he looked into her eyes.

He suddenly realized she’d been crying.

If she was crying like this right after receiving the marriage certificate, she was probably thinking things through and was regretting getting married to him.

Luo Qi had already touched up her makeup before coming here, but her tear-swollen eyes were too obvious to hide.

Not wanting him to misunderstand, before he even asked, she already found a reasonable reason to explain why she had been crying. “I just felt a little ache in my heart thinking about what you said when you proposed last night.”

Jiang Shenghe asked, “Are you really not unhappy?”

Luo Qi shook her head and was eager to prove it to him. She pointed to the white blouse she was wearing, “I went shopping over the weekend and bought this.”

She explained, “I bought it especially to wear for when we get the certificate.”

Jiang Shenghe looked at the new blouse she was wearing and felt relief flood through him. He had been sorely worried that she would regret it, that she only forced herself to get the marriage certificate with him.

“Chief Jiang, what do you want from me?”

Jiang Shenghe handed her a project plan of Yuanwei Group. “I have circled the areas that need to be changed; ask them to adjust it before getting off work.”

“Okay.”

Luo Qi took the project plan but did not leave immediately, waiting for other instructions from the boss.

Jiang Shenghe said, “Have lunch with me at noon.”

“…”

Nowadays, the boundary between private and company interests was no longer as clear-cut as before.

Luo Qi nodded, acceding to his request.

This was how the first morning after receiving the marriage certificate was spent in confusion.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

For lunch, she ate with the boss in the usual executive dining room. The two of them walked in tandem, keeping a moderate distance between them.

The dishes at noon today were richer than usual and almost all of them were her favorites. Only two of the dishes were his preference.

Her dishes were on the sweet side, his on the spicy side.

Luo Qi picked up his favorite fish fillet and tried it to taste.

Jiang Shenghe reminded her, “It’s a bit spicy.” Even he found it spicy, so she might not be able to tolerate it.

Luo Qi took a taste, and it really was spicy in her mouth.

There was still half a piece left on her chopsticks that had not been eaten. Jiang Shenghe stretched out his chopsticks and said, “Give me the rest, and you can just eat the other dishes.”

“No, this is something I’ve already bitten from.” Luo Qi said this but she didn’t move her hand away or take any precautions, not realizing what he would do. Before she could finish her words, he had already taken away the leftover fish fillet from her chopsticks.

Jiang Shenghe put the fish fillet in his mouth and said, “I don’t care about this. I have used your chopsticks before.”

“?!”

So, back in the tavern, he discovered that the pair of chopsticks hee used belonged to her?

“When did you find out?”

“I only found out after using it.” He said, “Jiang Sixun told me.”

“…”

Fortunately, he pretended not to know anything at the time.

Luo Qi looked at her chopsticks. The collision with his chopsticks was more ambiguous than kissing. She stared at the chopsticks for a few seconds before picking up some food. When she put it into her mouth, her heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.

The silence was a bit long, and Jiang Shenghe found something to say, “Before you learned of my feelings for you, what did you think of me?”

Luo Qi told the truth, “I greatly admired and feared you at the same time.”

Jiang Shenghe was flattered, “Admired?”

“Yes, of course.” Who didn’t like a boss with outstanding abilities, strong psychology, and magnetic personality?

All his joys and sorrows were kept in his heart.

He always smiles when discussing with his business partners, so no one could truly figure out what his next decision will be.

When Luo Qi raised her head, Jiang Shenghe was looking at her. She realized that he was now looking at her openly and no longer needed to avoid her knowing. It made her feel flustered.

She lowered her eyes and pretended to pick up some food, “Chief Jiang.”

“What’s the matter? Tell me.”

“I won’t eat with you at noon from now on.” It would definitely affect her work in the afternoon.

Jiang Shenghe smiled. “Okay. Then, whenever you want to eat with me, come to me anytime.”

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

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Chapter 37.2 — The Boss Is Her Husband (1/27)
Chapter 37.3 — The Boss Her Is Her Husband (1/28)
Chapter 37.4 — The Boss 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)