Jiang Shenghe tried to divert her attention by asking her if she wanted to go for a walk by the river. It was still early and there was time to watch a movie.

“Let’s just watch a movie at home.”

There were no snacks at home, so Jiang Shenghe asked her, “Do you want to eat something?”

“I want to eat mandarin oranges.”

“I’ll buy it for you now.”

Luo Qi teased him and said unreasonably, “Then you can’t put me down.”

Jiang Shenghe laughed, “If I don’t put you down, should I yell downstairs and ask the fruit store to send up the mandarins?”

After putting her on the sofa, he took out his phone and planned to place an order online, but suddenly changed his mind. He took her down jacket and gave it to her. “Let’s go downstairs to the fruit store and buy some. I’ll pick out the mandarins for you.”

Luo Qi fixed her clothes, put on her down jacket and hat, and wrapped a scarf around her neck.

Fully armed, no one except Jiang Sheng could recognize her.

Jiang Shenghe held her hand all the way from the moment they left the apartment.

As the Spring Festival was approaching, Luo Qi asked him what his plans were for New Year’s Eve.

Jiang Shenghe said, “On the 29th, I’ll go to my house, and on the 10th, I’ll go to Suzhou with you and spend the New Year with your family.”

He said, “You come home with me, too.”

His father was busy on the 30th and could not go home, so their family will have a reunion dinner on the 29th this year.

After entering the fruit store, Jiang Shenghe bought her a box of cherries and strawberries and also carefully selected a few mandarins.

He used his mobile phone to pay the bill, and Luo Qi held his other arm with both hands. It was not very crowded in the row of stores by the waterfront at night, so she dared to hold his arm so blatantly.

After coming out of the store, they walked home slowly.

Jiang Shenghe took a mandarin and peeled it as he walked.

Luo Qi held out her hand, waiting to take it. He teased her and didn’t give it to her directly after peeling it. He wrapped the mandarin in its peel and raised his hand, “If you can get it, this mandarin is yours, and I will also give you another gift as reward.”

He was more than a head taller than her, and his arms were long. She wore low-soled shoes when they she came out, and she couldn’t reach his outstretched hand even if she stood on tiptoe. Luo Qi asked him not to move and jumped up and down on the spot, trying to grab the mandarin in his hand, but she still couldn’t touch it.

Jiang Shenghe added a condition, “You cannot rely on external forces.”

Luo Qi blatantly cheated, “You are my husband, you can’t be considered an external force.”

Jiang Shenghe had no bottom line, “Okay, I don’t count.” He smiled and said, “But I won’t help you.”

Luo Qi felt that this was the perfect time to use his competitive spirit and directly provoked him, “You know, I heard from Jian Hang that Qin Moling could pick her up with one hand.”

She asked him, “Can you?”

Jiang Shenghe: “…”

Looking at her smug look, he smiled.

Jiang Shenghe handed her the bag of fruit in his hand, bent down, and held her by her thighs with one hand, “Hold on to me tight.” He exerted force using his arm and back and picked her up with one hand.

Luo Qi plucked the mandarin easily. The mandarin was not big, and she bit off half of it in one bite.

Jiang Shenghe put her down and said, “I don’t believe Qin Moling can pick someone up with one hand.”

Luo Qi smiled and stuffed the other half into his mouth.

The two of them laughed and joked all the way home.

… …

When Jiang Shenghe went to wash the fruits, Luo Qi asked her younger cousin when her holiday would start. “Your brother-in-law and I are taking the morning train on the 30th. What about you? Which day did you buy your ticket?”

Luo Yu was currently in the hospital. She glanced at the man in a hospital gown leaning against the bedside, browsing his phone, and sighed, [“I may not be able to come home this year.”]

Luo Qi: [He Xu didn’t even give you a holiday during the Chinese New Year?]

Luo Yu: [He is in the hospital.]

[What’s wrong? Where is he hurt?]

His little finger.

She really didn’t kick him on purpose. They were just playing around on the bed. She was naturally ticklish. He held her wrists and tickled her on purpose—so she kicked him off the bed.

He somehow fell in the wrong posture and landed on his little finger when trying to support himself on the floor. They went to the hospital for an X-ray, and it was confirmed that he had a fracture.

He now has to rely on her.

How long did it take for a broken finger to heal anyway?

She didn’t know. He was still in the hospital, working in the ward during the day, and she has to stay by his side every day.

Luo Qi: [Does he want to delay your vacation until the end of the year so he can spend the New Year with you?]

Luo Yu: “…”

Luo Qi: [Is it serious? We’ll go to the hospital to see him later.]

[No, no. This is matter is embarrassing.]

Luo Qi told Jiang Shenghe about He Xu’s broken little finger. Jiang Shenghe said, “Then I won’t ask him to clean your rental house for the next few weeks.”

… …

Luo Qi had originally planned to go to the hospital to visit, saying it would take a hundred days for a broken bone to heal—even though it was just a little finger. But when they got back to Beijing, Luo Yu told her that He Xu has already been discharged and she was taking care of him at home.

As the year drew to a close, Yuanwei Group took a holiday early.

In accordance with Yuanwei’s habit, Luo Qi also announced a holiday for Ruipu on the 27th—everyone couldn’t wait to rush up and thank her.

Xiao Chi gave Luo Qi a small bouquet of roses, “Ms. Luo, these are roses I raised myself. There have been many blooms so I cut a bunch of them for you. Happy new year. I hope everything goes well.”

“Thank you,” Luo Qi accepted it happily.

She placed the roses in a vase for the meantime and brought them with her to the villa after work.

… …

She and Jiang Shenghe were both on vacation and had a rare moment of free time without any work pressure. They played with the two little puppies for the entire evening and took a lot of photos.

She also took a few photos of Jiang Shenghe.

She was going to Jiang Shenghe’s house for dinner the day after tomorrow. She was inexplicably nervous and didn’t know how to get along with Jiang Shenghe’s father.

Jiang Shenghe said, “Let’s take Doudou and Mimi with us tomorrow.”

“Okay, Mom and Dad haven’t seen them yet. Are the gifts ready?”

“Yes. I’ve prepared it according to your request.” Jiang Shenghe said, “I’m going to order another cake for my dad.”

“The day after tomorrow is Dad’s birthday?”

“No. He complained to my mom that I was stingy and wouldn’t even let him have a piece of chocolate. I plan to make a giant chocolate umbrella, the same size as real one, so he can have as much as he wants.”

“…”

Luo Qi began laughing, pushing him, “You are not allowed to order a cake! It seems that you are just doing this to irritate Dad.”

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

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T/N: I think Jiang Shenghe’s father doesn’t work inside China. He is always away and isn’t even available on new year’s eve—a time when the whole country basically shuts down and everyone goes to their hometown. They are counting days according to the lunar calendar so this is not December 31 where the rest of the world is also mostly on holiday. 

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