Ch100 - [Bestowing a gift] Her smile slowly became benevolent.

The card with a printed double sword design reflected a golden light under the sun. As a sports car enthusiast, Nalun knew exactly what this was– The symbol of the Nishar family. The authentication card for the top sports cars. The ‘car key’ that couldn’t even be bought with a king’s ransom!

The Honored Prince’s eyes slowly turned green.

“Like it?” Madam Nishar blinked.

Like it!!!

Nalun forced himself to move his gaze away from the card and replied reluctantly: “No, this is too precious. I don’t dare to accept.”

With only a light swipe of the card against his personal comp, he could own a famous Nishar produced sports car…… Meanwhile, the card, which invalidates after use, would become a souvenir, to be stored inside his collection……

But…… he can’t.

Regardless of his identity as Sirius’s colleague or his friend, this gift far surpassed the normal acceptable limit.

Were all luxury car families so extravagant and generous?

Nalun secretly used an enormous willpower to restrain the inappropriate and extremely loud ‘I want it, I want it, I want it’ clamor within his heart.

Madam Nishar said, soft as a feather: “This is a special privilege card. If you get tired of driving your old car, you can go to our store and exchange for a new one.”

Nalun paused. Wasn’t that the same treatment as Sirius?

Sirius’s ‘extravagant’ lifestyle of frequently switching cars once dealt Nalun a huge blow. He’d never ever imagine that one day, this kind of lifestyle would also find him.

Should he refuse or……

Ai… that’s really too lacking in manners.

Nalun hastily threw the idea of ‘accepting’ out of his head. However, he still couldn’t help but feel anguished. Sure enough, material goods corroded the human heart. Just as he remained extremely conflicted, Sirius’s voice sounded coolly.

“That’s the gift I prepared for Nalun. Madam Nishar, as the service provider, you should have delivered the car to me first.”

The corner of Nishar’s mouth twitched: “Stinking brat, did you pay money for it?”

Sirius smiled very innocently: “You can send the bill to my mother.”

Nishar: “…….”

Nalun: “…….”

Watching the Admiral openly ‘chewing on his parents’, once again, Nalun refreshed his impression of Sirius.

Sirius grabbed Nalun’s hand and stopped the other’s gesture of refusal. He swept his mother a glance; the meaning was self-evident.

Madam Nishar raised an eyebrow and looked down at her son blatantly holding the Nalun’s hand in front of her; While speechless, she felt gratified– Her son, who’s never felt anything towards anyone for so many years, finally understood how to pursue someone.

While countless people viewed Sirius as the Empire’s paradigm, as his mother however, Madam Nishar had felt troubled countless times for his romantic life. With her son’s age and circumstances, logically speaking, his romantic experience shouldn’t be lacking. However, the truth was, he has never had any man or woman beside him, to such an extent that Madam Nishar suspected that her own irresponsible conduct of abandoning her family had created a psychological trauma for the child during his youth.

However right now……

She looked at the second son of the Charvey family, her smile slowly becoming benevolent.

Sirius: “……”

Noticing her son’s expression, she said very thoughtfully: “I still have an appointment in the morning. So I won’t be disturbing you guys from developing your friendship.”

This friendship joke was probably unavoidable in the future.

While Sirius was parking the car, he had already discovered an unfamiliar car inside his garage. The color, style, and model all matched the requirements he had made when he ‘placed the order’. Therefore, he faintly predicted that someone from his mother’s side had come by. However, he never imagined that she’d come personally herself, stay over in the guest bedroom, and even have a chance encounter with them.

Seeing the calm and composed Nalun beside him, he thought in amusement: this little liar was probably cursing at him in all sorts of manners internally.

As promised, Madam Nishar left very soon afterwards. Before she left, she gave her son a tacit look. Sirius faced it calmly, then immediately dragged Nalun off for car testing.

Watching the elder leave, only the two of them remained in the house. The Honored Prince immediately hardened again. However, this firmness completely vanished after arriving at the garage. Touching the car that matched his desires perfectly, the Honored Prince felt completely lightheaded.

“Are you guys all this generous with gift giving?”

Sirius shook his head: “Of course not. It depends on the person.”

Nalun let out a sigh of lament: “How come I didn’t become your friend sooner?”

Sirius: “…….”

Under the enchantment of his beloved car, for the first time, the proud and arrogant Honored Prince felt regretful and frustrated over his opposition against Sirius during their youthful years. When he looked towards Sirius once again, his eyes shone with a reserved light.

Sirius said deliberately: “Baobei, looking at me like that, I’d think you got together with me just for my car.”

Nalun narrowed his eyes, looking like he was about to flip out to this questioning. After maintaining the expression for a while, he couldn’t help but drop it. Patting Sirius on the shoulder, he said correspondingly: “That’s right. I’m in it just for your car!”

Sirius: “……”

Nalun turned around and climbed inside the car. Ignoring the concerned expression of the person next to him, he started to explore.

The space inside was very spacious. Nalun swept his eyes across the control panel. The function was comprehensive. Even the picky and fussy Nalun couldn’t find any areas of dissatisfaction. He took out the card and authenticated himself. Then, he started to study the voice activation system.

One hand placed on the car window, Sirius focused his gaze on a certain elated person. Right now, the sun has already risen high in the sky. The golden yellow sunlight filled the backyard. He leaned down, not saying anything. Just looking. The young man was currently examining all the buttons with a lowered head. A few curls on the tailend of his hair were currently sticking up, making Sirius want to squeeze them and twist them into loops.

After a long time, Nalun seemed to have sensed something and looked up to meet his eyes.

Sirius’s eyes were full of tenderness. There wasn’t the slightest hint of coldness and distance that were present in the past. Nalun relinquished his beloved and precious car. A hesitation flashed across his eyes as he quietly called out the other’s name.

Sirius said indolently: “En?”

Nalun reached out both hands and pulled down the head of the person outside of the window. Tilting his head up, he landed a kiss on Sirius’s cheek.

“……” The Admiral covered his face with a hand, looking somewhat stunned. After a very long time, he said: “Baobei, let’s get married.”

Facing this abrupt proposal, Nalun sank into a complete daze. After leaving Sirius’s house absentmindedly, he looked back and saw in the distance, Sirius’s figure watching as he departed. He took a deep breath. After turning the corner, he stopped the car and hugged the steering wheel, contemplating life.

Sirius’s words echoed repeatedly within his head.

“After getting married, when we introduce each other to our friends, we can use the title of spouse openly. Anytime we appear together, wherever it is, would be considered natural and expected. Henceforth, Sirius Monte and Nalun Charvey would become two inseparable names. I’m already prepared. How about you?”

With bright red ears, Nalun recalled his own answer and tugged on his hair briefly in frustration.

Excluding the interactions prior to the confession, he and Sirius had only been together officially for over a month. This period was extremely short, so much that the Honored Prince, who had zero experience in romance, referenced words from online.

“We’re going to have a flash wedding?”

After he said this, he immediately regretted it. The Honored Prince practically wanted to bite off his own tongue. This wasn’t even important, what’s the point of discussing it?

The Admiral-daren, who had zero experience in proposing, was also stunned. Thinking briefly, he said: “That’s right.”

Nalun said: “Alright.”

???

Who answered for him? Who said ‘Alright’? Nalun Charvey, at least hesitate for a few seconds!

Sirius stroked the head of the person inside the car and said soothingly: “Then it’s a promise. No backing out.”

After this, Nalun practically forced himself to maintain a natural and composed manner, just short of writing the words ‘Didn’t I just agree to a wedding, it’s not a big deal at all’ over his face. He politely refused Sirius’s other invitations, proposed a farewell– then left speeding away from the Linton district, fast as lightning.

Running away immediately after agreeing to a wedding. Life was like a roller coaster, filled with ups and downs. No one can predict what’s going to happen in the next second.

Nalun lowered the car window, allowing the fresh air to flow inside the car to disperse his chaotic emotions. From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glance of a certain silver haired old woman holding a food container in her hands, who seemed to be looking right at him.

He thought briefly, feeling a sense of oddness in his heart. However, he didn’t perceive anything wrong. After stopping like this for a little while longer, he raised the window again and drove home.

Madam Vinda took a deep breath, looking at the direction that the car drove off towards. Taking a few steps forwards, she then saw the neighbor mister, who hadn’t been home for a long time, and was currently still standing at the door, looking almost like he had just sent away someone.

“Madam.” Sirius greeted her with a smile, apparently in a very good mood: “Good morning.”

Madam Vinda: “……” She was about to shatter from the torment of curiosity.

The Charvey Estate was the same as when Nalun had left. After asking around, he found out that the Honored Prince Sr. had once again gone back to the rurals to enjoy the countryside life. Meanwhile, his elder brother had already informed Nalun a while ago through their messages that they were moving out into their own little nest. Bringing along the little monster Ilia, they resumed their happy family life of three.

Nalun: “……”

The anticipated family gathering after his return from the trip didn’t actually happen. In fact, everyone had all left.

The Honored Prince rested for a while, regathered, and cleaned himself up. After leaving his room, he grabbed a servant who was on duty and started to ask about the Imperial Capital’s recent developments.

“Nothing special.” The servant pondered for a moment and gave this kind of answer: “Your highness, if I have to say something, it’s probably that Admiral Monte might be getting married soon.”

Nalun, surprised: “How did you know?”

The servant, also surprised: “So it’s not a rumor?”

Nalun: “……”

As the Honored Prince’s expression slowly turned grave, the servant hastily reported everything he knew.

“Everyone’s spreading it, but there’s no concrete evidence to prove that this news is true.”

Nalun narrowed his eyes: “Everyone’s spreading it?”

The servant nodded their head honestly.

Nalun only thought it was groundless rumors stemming from the interweb. He then asked: “What is the gold invitation?”

The invitation to the reconciliation party of two large family clans, where only the slightest mentions could be found online… Nalun found it very hard to believe there wasn’t anything fishy going on here.

The servant’s expression turned bizarre. They stammered and looked away.

Nalun’s expression stiffened. His aura abruptly became assertive: “Talk.”

“Chief Monte had delivered that personally. It seems to be……” Voice lowering gradually, the servant looked quite terrified and apprehensive.