Husband. I love you. These two things constantly intertwined in her head.

She didn’t know how Jiang Shenghe slept, but on the night they received the marriage certificate, she lost sleep once again.

At 5:10 in the morning, she woke up in a daze, still half in her dream. She had been thinking so much about getting the certificate that even in her dream she was talking to the boss about getting the certificate.

She also dreamed of being discovered by Xiao Jiang, and she had been formulating a plan on how to bribe him.

On the first morning after the wedding, Luo Qi woke up early and couldn’t sleep anymore, so she simply got up to start the day.

It was not yet six o’clock when she finished getting dressed. She had not prepared anything to eat last night, so she went downstairs to buy breakfast.

Just after leaving the building, Luo Qi’s footsteps stopped: Jiang Shenghe’s car was parked on the roadside. It was still very early in the morning; there was still a bit of morning fog. Before six am, he actually appeared downstairs in front of her house.

“Chief Jiang?”

She quickened her pace.

… …

Jiang Shenghe reclined his seat and had closed his eyes to rest, but he was not at all sleepy.

He seemed to have heard Luo Qi calling him. He opened his eyes quickly and looked around with some confusion. It’s only 5:50am, she shouldn’t have gotten up yet.

Yet in the rearview mirror, a familiar figure was approaching.

Jiang Shenghe got out of the car, “Why did you get up so early?”

What could Luo Qi say to this?

He himself did not wake up any later than her.

“… Chief Jiang, when did you arrive?”

She couldn’t think of anything else to say.

“I just arrived.”

Jiang Shenghe said, “On the first day after marriage, I came to see you.”

The word ‘thank you’ almost left her lips but somehow it felt too harsh, so Luo Qi said, “I’ll treat you to breakfast.”

Jiang Shenghe asked her, “Do you want any other sense of ceremony?”

Speaking of the sense of ‘ceremony’, Luo Qi thought of him carrying her down the steps when they received the marriage certificate yesterday.

The married ritual he wanted today—it was probably a hug.

But Jiang Shenghe didn’t hug her. Instead took her hand. He held it tightly in his, and they headed to the breakfast shop together.

He had long wanted to hold her hand like this.

With his strong hand wrapped around hers, they walked some two hundred meters to the breakfast shop. This made her even more overwhelmed than the hug. Luo Qi didn’t know what to talk about.

“Chief Jiang, what time will you arrive at the financial summit tomorrow?”

“…Eight o’clock.”

Jiang Shenghe looked at her sideways. He discussed work with her gently and accommodated her flustered nerves. 

“You can call me whatever you want at other times. But when I hold your hand, don’t call me ‘Chief Jiang’ anymore, okay?”

Luo Qi: “…”

It was only that this was her own way of coping with what was happening. But still, she nodded her head and agreed to his request.

When he looked at her, she couldn’t see anything else in his eyes, only her reflection.

Luo Qi couldn’t resist and pointed ahead, “We’ll be there soon, it’s just there.”

When they arrived at the door of the breakfast shop, Jiang Shenghe let her hand go, and Luo Qi secretly sighed. He walked in front and took a plate to serve her breakfast.

Luo Qi followed him. It was very foggy in the morning, and dew from the leaves of trees planted by the roadside had dropped on the back of his suit. Luo Qi gently wiped them away with her fingers.

Jiang Shenghe was about to turn around and ask her what she wanted to eat. From the reflection on the window glass, he saw what she was doing. Without turning around, he gently captured her fingertips behind him.

Caught off guard, Luo Qi’s heart pounded.

Jiang Shenghe said nothing. He quickly let her fingertips go, asked her what she wanted to eat, and got her breakfast.

Luo Qi’s heartbeat stayed chaotic for a long time, refusing to calm down.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Once at the company, Luo Qi forced herself to enter a working state.

She was appointed to take over Ruipu Medical at least two weeks earlier than she had expected. It was probably because of Jiang Shenghe’s urging that the appointment was done in one day.

After November, she would leave the President’s office.

Secretary Ju also heard about this around this time and asked her to have lunch with her.

The two chose a table by the corner where no one passed by.

Secretary Ju couldn’t figure it out. “Why did you decide to go to Ruipu? Chief Jiang probably didn’t ask you to go, right?”

Naturally, she couldn’t mention the assistance they’ve been giving him. She said tactfully, “Actually, I can see that Chief Jiang treats you differently. Did you reject Chief Jiang, and this is why you have to leave the President’s Office?”

Luo Qi was vague, “It’s my own decision and has nothing to do with Chief Jiang.”

Secretary Ju understood Jiang Shenghe’s personality. Even if he was rejected, since he once liked her so much then he would not deliberately make things difficult for Luo Qi.

“There is no future in Ruipu.” She sighed, “At that time, you clearly had the opportunity to go to Yuanwei Medical. Director Jiang fought for you to get the position but you gave it up. Do you realize that even if you work hard at Ruipu for ten years, it will not be equivalent to working at Yuanwei Medical for three years?”

It was no use dwelling on matters that have already passed so Secretary Ju just told her about Shu Rui. “You have to take him by surprise. I’ll send his detailed resume to your email later.

“And what about you, you’ve been single for so long, do you plan to stay single forever?”

Secretary Ju jumped around topics too quickly!

Luo Qi said: “…It’s important to have a career.”

She continued to chat with Secretary Ju, and the meal ended up taking a bit longer than usual.

… …

At the reception area on the 42nd floor, the young man doing the delivery had already waited for more than ten minutes, but Luo Qi still hadn’t arrived.

Xiao Jiang didn’t expect that there would be flowers delivered again today. He didn’t try to persuade the young man to leave anymore. He poured him a glass of water and asked him to wait.

Jiang Shenghe came back from the dining area and saw the person waiting by the door, “Is this for Assistant Luo again?”

Xiao Jiang couldn’t help but inhale. “Yes.”

“Where is she?”

“Still eating.”

Jiang Shenghe looked at the flowers and stretched out his hand, “I’ll sign for it.”

Xiao Jiang: “…” These are flowers sent by your love rival.

The young man refused. “I’m really sorry, the customer has special requirements and I have to have a specific person sign for it.”

“It doesn’t matter if she signs for it or I do.” Jiang Shenghe took out his mobile phone and made a voice call to Luo Qi. He turned on the speaker. “Someone has sent you flowers. It’s been here for a long time, shall I sign it for you?”

Luo Qi: “… Then I will trouble Chief Jiang.”

She said a few more words to confirm with the courier.

The courier recognized Luo Qi’s voice and agreed to let Jiang Shenghe sign on her behalf.

Jiang Shenghe signed, but he hadn’t hung up the voice call yet. “Still in the cafeteria?”

Luo Qi was hurrying out, “Waiting for the elevator, I will be there soon.”

“Okay.”

Jiang Sheng stopped talking. He was holding flowers in one hand and typing with the other.

Seeing the boss’s attitude, Xiao Jiang could see that he had no intention of leaving. He thought the boss would leave the flowers at the front desk after signing for them and just let Sister Luo pick them up when she arrived.

Xiao Jiang touched his forehead. Did the boss plan to give the flowers to Sister Luo himself?

This was a Shura field!

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

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T/N: GONG XI FA CAI, EVERYONE! It’s the year of the Wood Dragon 🐉 Everyone gets a virtual red envelope!! 🧧 May your year be as sweet as Jiang Shenge and Luo Qi’s marriage.

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A list of all advance chapters is HERE.

Chapter 39.2 — Capture Her Fingertips (2/11)
Chapter 39.3 — Capture Her Fingertips (2/16)

Chapter 40.1 — Hugged Her For A Long Time (2/17)
Chapter 40.2 — Hugged Her For A Long Time (2/18)
Chapter 40.3 — Hugged Her For A Long Time (2/23)