Chapter 6

EP 06

“How did we meet?” Zhou Bai asked.

Jian Ci replied, “It was a drizzling morning and I was at a stall buying pancakes. As I was about to pay the aunty, the umbrella I was holding got blown away by the wind. While I was chasing after it, the umbrella happened to hit your car, which blocked your windscreen. You stopped the car, and returned the umbrella to me. To show my gratitude, I offered to buy you a pancake. And that was how we knew each other.”

Zhou Bai was dissatisfied, “There isn’t an ounce of feeling in it. It’s too fake!”

“Oh,” Jian Ci adjusted his tone, and recited with passion, “It was a, DRIZZLING MORNING. I, was at a stall, buying, pan, cakes. AS, I was about to pay the aunty…1”

“Stop! Use the first one.”

“Okay.”

Zhou Bai rubbed the area between his brows and continued their rehearsal. “Next question, which stall?”

“At the road along Changle, where you have to pass by to get to work.”

“What did the aunty who sold pancakes looked like?”

“In her fifties, and she often wears a red checkered apron.”

“What’s my car plate number?”

“Kang A3NR92.”

“What’s my favourite food?”

“Steamed bass.”

“Who is my favourite actor2?”

“Erm…” Jian Ci was stuck.

Zhou Bai looked at him with a face full of dissatisfaction, “You can’t even remember this? Is the capacity of your brain only 1KB3?”

Jian Ci felt a little panicky. He really could not recall reading this question, hence he could only make a blind guess. “Was it the actress who rode the elevator which had fallen? She… what was her name?”

“How could it be!” Zhou Bai said with impatience, “It’s Leonardo DiCaprio!”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’ll remember it this time.” Jian Ci was well-versed with the logic of “whoever forks out money is the boss” and in order to gain Zhou Bai’s favour, Jian Ci continued, “I really like him too. He finally clinched an Oscar this year, with that film…”

“Next question, how long have we been living together?”

“Two months and seven days.”

Zhou Bai lifted his wrist to look at the time. “Alright, your knowledge is almost there. We’ll visit my father tomorrow.”

“Okay, I got it.”

Looking at how Jian Ci readily resigns himself to adversity, how he tried his best to accommodate all of Zhou Bai’s requests, Zhou Bai felt an indescribable ease in his heart. Even when he had a lot of work related stuff waiting to be done, he did not feel like completing them now.

Zhou Bai asked him, “Jian Ci, are you really prepared to marry me?”

Jian Ci looked at him, his eyes soft and gentle, “I’m ready.”

Zhou Bai relaxed his face that had tensed up.

“After all, you helped me to pay off all my debts,” Jian Ci said sincerely and continued, “Don’t worry. I have mentally prepared myself to face and accept death in any way.”

Zhou Bai’s expression became as black as the bottom of a pot again.

1Do read with the caps and commas in mind, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE hehe.

2Actor: 演员 (yǎn yuán) in mandarin is gender neutral, so Jian Ci thought it was a female.

3KB: Acronym for kilobyte.