Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Chapter 260 - 260 First Engagement, Then Marriage.

Both Sheng Haotin and Luo Qintian smiled eerily as they clearly understood what the other person was thinking at that time. 

When Sheng Ruming saw this, he decided to ignore them.

While Wei Airan was dragged to a side by him, Luo Lixi followed. When her head turned around, she saw the dangerous situation between the other two men. 

"Ah?" When she intended to say something, her and Sheng Ruming's eyes met. The man signaled her to remain silent. 

"Aunt, how have you been… "

Thus, to distract herself, Luo Lixi began to talk with Wei Airan. 

The restaurant staff saw a great deal of difference between the atmosphere among the men and the women.

Sheng Ruming stood beside the two women, shielding their innocent eyes from witnessing the twisted scene behind his.

After like several minutes, the two men stopped throwing daggers at each other. 

"Let's sit down and talk." Luo Qintian turned towards the other three people who were standing at a corner. 

Sheng Ruming was having a good time listening to the chatterings of the two ladies. Even they forgot the main purpose of coming here today.

When they heard Luo Qintian, all of them went to sit around the table. 

Most of the time, the two old men remained silent. When Sheng Ruming asked them to pick a date for the wedding, the other two men reacted at the same time.

"What's the rush? First get engaged. Don't be so worked up to get married." Luo Qintian frowned. His mood became worse when he thought that he would have to give away his granddaughter to this brat. On top of that, the man he hated the most, also a part of that family.

On top of that, he had seen the news about Sheng Ruming's name being associated with a female. Even though he was displeased, he remained silent.

So because of the two elders' rejection, Sheng Ruming could only reluctantly accept her as his fiancee temporarily.

"Are you happy with this?" The man whispered when his mother was busy giving gifts to Luo Qintian. 

Luo Lixi turned towards him, she smiled, "Yes. It will just take more time to marry you." Her soft hand moved and was placed on his hand by herself. "I have wanted to date you before I marry you. It was my small dream."

"Why didn't you tell me before? Also, is it your idea to get engaged first?" His hawk eyes stared at her face to catch any kind of guilty conscience.

Luo Lixi coughed and turned to look at Wei Airan before her. As the other woman caught her staring at her, Luo Lixi smiled while whispering, "You were jumping to get married right away. I was afraid that you would shut me up."

From the three elders' eye view, it seemed as if Luo Lixi was talking something random. 

But the man snorted when he realised it was indeed true. 'Even after she has signed those papers… I have always felt so impatient. Now she…. Really!'

Sheng Ruming dark eyes narrowed as she heard her clear whisper. The smiling face of the woman was urging him to take a bite of those pink lips. If only the others weren't beside him, he might have already pushed her down.

"... then let's date until you become bored or feel like you want to get the Mrs Sheng tag." His voice was so low that if she wasn't sitting close to him, she would have ignored it as a mosquito's song.

Luo Lixi had already seen through his reaction. Both of them tacitly avoid each other's eyes. When she wanted to retract her hand, Sheng Ruming didn't let her.

His warm hand and its teasing made her heart flutter a little. On the other, the elders had exchanged some gifts between themselves. 

"Let's choose an auspicious date and hold an engagement party for them." Wei Airan had come fully prepared, "I have asked the renowned priest of Ming city and he has told me about some auspicious dates for a good occasion."

The woman carefully put a paper on the table. The words in the paper were big enough for others to see.

Luo Qintian was pleased when he saw there was only one good date in the next month and the others, those would come after at least six to seven months. 

Looking at the old man's face, Sheng Ruming guessed his intention. He narrowed his eyes and told them right away.

"After two days, the next month will come. Also this date, I think it's the most appropriate." Sheng Ruming glanced at the 3rd date of the next month.

"I also think so. Elder Luo, shall we book a private villa and organise the party? After all, we only have five days at hand. Even though it's enough, I think it's good to prepare everything beforehand."

After all, a mother knows her son's heart too well. So for the sake of his happiness, a little lie wouldn't hurt much, right? She made up a casual story and put several dates in front of them. Just that all those were her choices.

Luo Qintian alternated his gaze between the mother-son duo. The corner of his lips twisted in a vague anger, 'You two people have already decided everything. Why are two asking for my opinion now?!'

He glanced at his granddaughter and the latter didn't say anything and stared at his face. It was clear that even she was waiting for him to just give a nod 

"Fine. It's settled then." 

Sheng Haotin's face changed as he saw the old man with his complicated gaze. Even though the other party was older than him by several years, he didn't like the way the other person used to glance at his family.

'It's as if he is hiding something.' Sheng Haotin's intuition was never wrong. Luo Qintian's eyes were different when he glanced at Wei Airan. 'It's like the doting gaze? Why would he use that eyes on my woman?!' Sheng Haotin was clearly puzzled.

Another time, Sheng Haotin wanted to be sure  but when he saw that Luo Qintian's smile disappeared as soon as his eyes fell on the two male members of the Sheng family, that feeling vanished instantly.