It was almost dawn when they arrived at the entrance of the alley where Luo Qi’s house was. Jiang Shenghe wouldn’t be staying at her home. He booked a room instead at the hotel where he usually stayed.

Luo Qi’s parents carried her suitcases into the house; she and Jiang Shenghe were the only two people in the quiet alley.

Jiang Shenghe took her into his arms and hugged her, “Go to bed early.”

Luo Qi hugged him back and refused to let go.

Jiang Shenghe lowered his head and kissed her lips, coaxing her, “Go on in. I’ll video chat with you.”

“Hug me more.”

Luo Qi’s chin rubbed his heart, “Our house is too small, and it’s not convenient to take a bath, otherwise I would have let you stay with us.”

“It’s okay, I understand it’s not convenient to live at home.”

Jiang Shenghe bent down, picked her up and carried her to the door of her house.

Luo Qi asked him to let her down, “What if my mother opens the door?”

Before letting her down, Jiang Shenghe kissed her.

Through the door, she could hear her parents’ voices talking. As he kissed her, Luo Qi’s heart almost beat out of her throat.

“Go in.”

Jiang Shenghe let her down from his arms.

Luo Qi waited until he left before closing the door.

When he reached the stone bridge, Jiang Shenghe turned around to look back at Luo Qi’s house. The lights in her room were on. She had opened the window and was waving to him.

He sent her a message. [Close the window. Good night.]

… …

In the hotel lobby, he met He Xu who had just returned from outside. He was wearing sportswear. It seemed he was also staying in this hotel.

“Older brother Jiang, what a coincidence.”

He didn’t call him ‘Chief Jiang’ anymore.

Jiang Shenghe looked him up and down, “What are you up to?”

“Fishing. Isn’t it my hobby?”

He Xu didn’t have time to eat dinner because he went off fishing, so he just ordered a late-night snack to be delivered to his room. He invited Jiang Shenghe, “Older brother Jiang, want to come to my place for a drink?”

“It’s really late, so I won’t bother you.”

“See you tomorrow then.”

Jiang Shenghe thought to himself, who has time to see you every day?

… …

The next morning, Jiang Shenghe took the time to visit He Wancheng.

The battle for equity in Pei Shixiao’s company had finally come to an end, and control of the group finally fell into the hands of Pei Shixiao’s mother—Li Jin.

Father Pei suffered from chest pains and struggled to hold on until evening. In the end, he couldn’t hold on anymore. He was too embarrassed to let others know and called an ambulance himself.

Li Jin still found out what happened and messaged him that she would pay for the ambulance.

After thirty years of marriage, he never expected that Li Jin would do things in this manner, without caring about the relationship between husband and wife.

He had been recuperating in the hospital for a few days. He was originally going to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday, but his lawyer called him and told him that Li Jin had filed for divorce, saying that if he begged her on his knees, she might change her mind.

For a few seconds, his vision went black.

The man’s remaining bit of dignity was trampled under Li Jin’s feet. He was filled with regrets and couldn’t get up.

His discharge from the hospital was, thus, delayed for a few days, and he was still hospitalized even now.

… …

Jiang Shenghe’s off-road vehicle drove into the villa area. He Wancheng did not go to the company today and entertained him at home.

He made tea and poured a cup for Jiang Shenghe.

“The acquisition of Dongbo Medical has been put on the agenda.”

Jiang Shenghe said, “Thank you.”

He Wancheng poured himself a glass, “Now there are three medical-related companies under Yuanwei. Do you plan to merge or compete separately?”

“I will leave it to Luo Qi to decide.”

Yuanwei Medical was positioned towards the high-end consumer market. Ruipu could focus on the mid-range market, and the market below the mid-range could be left to Dongbo.

The two chatted about Dongbo for nearly an hour.

Jiang Shenghe finished his second cup of tea, put down the cup and said goodbye.

He Wancheng urged him to have lunch at home, “You should try our Suzhou specialties.”

Jiang Shenghe replied, “Next time. Luo Qi’s uncle is hosting a birthday celebration at noon.”

“That’s reason enough.”

It seemed that Jiang Shenghe has already met her parents.

He Wancheng congratulated him again, “I’m waiting for your wedding invitation.”

Jiang Shenghe smiled, “I will deliver it to you personally when the time comes.”

After coming out of He Wancheng’s house, the driver went straight to the hotel where the birthday party was being held.

It hadn’t been raining earlier, but now it was raining heavily. A sheet of rain fell on the windshield, and the driver turned on the wiper.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In the hotel, Luo Yu and her parents came over early.

Luo Xin came even earlier than them. He arranged the food and drinks by himself so his parents didn’t have to worry about them.

Originally, they had booked four tables and only invited relatives on both sides. If they squeezed in, four tables should be enough. The day before yesterday, Third Uncle Luo suddenly added another table. It seemed that a few friends that he got along well with wanted to come and join the fun. Some new friends he met through fishing wanted to come too, just in time to make up an additional table.

Their relatives arrived one after another, and Luo Yu helped arrange the cake.

“Uncle Luo, happy birthday and good health.”

“Thank you, thank you. Just come. Why are you spending so much money?”

Luo Yu suddenly raised her head, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

Why was this villain here??

He Xu glanced at her with half-narrowed eyes, then withdrew his gaze. With a calm expression, he went to look for his other fishing friends.

Luo Yu didn’t want people to know that she knew him, so she took out her phone and typed quickly: [Why are you here?!]

[To make my future father-in-law happy.]　　

Luo Yu’s heart beat fiercely, [He Xu, we don’t belong to the same family!]

[It doesn’t matter.]

He Xu had many ways to deal with her: [I plan to buy the house across your home, wont the relationship be close then? Just door to door.]

Since she didn’t recognize him once she got out of bed, then let her see if he didn’t dare make such a move.

He asked: [When will you go back?]

Luo Yu said angrily: [Tomorrow!]

He Xu: [Come to my place tomorrow night. You can live with me from now on.]

Luo Yu glared at him.

She planned to kick him out of bed in the middle of the night to see if he still wanted her to stay with him.

“Older sister!” She saw Luo Qi and her second aunt come in and quickly put her cell phone in her bag.

Her shout made many people in the banquet hall look over subconsciously.

They were not looking at Luo Qi—rather they were curious as to what Luo Qi’s boyfriend looked like. Third Uncle Luo received a fishing rod from Luo Qi’s boyfriend, and he thanked Jiang Yifang and Luo Zhiqiu in the family group chat.

As it turned out, Luo Qi came in with Jiang Yifang, but there was no one behind them.

The Second Aunt¹ couldn’t keep still the most, “Xiaoqi, why didn’t your boyfriend come?”

Luo Yu spoke out quickly and said with a smile, “Second Aunt, are you in a hurry to give out red envelopes? Where’s mine?”

Second Aunt: “…”

She was so angry that she wanted to pull Luo Yu over and give her a kick.

“What red envelope? When you bring your boyfriend to come see us, I will give you a big one.”

When Luo Yu called out, He Xu also looked over. He now greeted Luo Qi, “Come and sit here.”

Luo Qi frowned, Why was He Xu here on Third Uncle’s birthday?

Luo Yu explained, “He’s a fishing friend of my dad.”

Oh? What a coincidence.

Luo Qi thought of He Xu asking her if she knew Luo Yu. She stared at Luo Yu and said, “Yubao, tell me the truth.”

Luo Yu sighed, she couldn’t hide it from her older sister anymore.

Luo Yu rubbed her head and said, “Well, you see, as it turns out, that painting….” she stopped talking.

Luo Qi coincidentally didn’t want to sit at the family table too, seeing as her Eldest Aunt was seated there, so she simply sat next to He Xu, leaving a seat beside her open for Jiang Shenghe.

She smiled and said in a low voice. “You can really keep matters close to your chest very calmly.”

He Xu said, “Not as calmly as your sister.”

After sleeping with him, she acted like nothing happened.

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

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T/N: Double post today to make up for missing one yesterday—don’t miss it!

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A list of all advance chapters is HERE.
Chapter 53.3 — Wedding Photos on a Rainy Night
Chapter 54.1 — Don’t Just Keep Hugging Me
Chapter 54.2 — Don’t Just Keep Hugging Me
Chapter 54.3 — Don’t Just Keep Hugging Me

1. This ‘Second Aunt’ is the sister of Lou Qi’s dad. Luo Qi’s mom is also translated as ‘Second Aunt’ but it’s technically ‘wife of Second Uncle’ and the Chinese terms are very different. ↩︎