"Hey, I heard from my sister that it's quite serious, are you really not going to reconsider?"

  In Li Qian's small living room, Wang Jinglu looked at Li Qian with confusion and said: "Isn't it just a trip to Shuntianfu? It's not too far away. If you take the express train, you can get there in 7 or 8 hours! Why don't you go? According to my sister's words, it's both famous and profitable, how good is that? Why must you not go?"

  Li Qian shrugged and scratched his head, saying: "But those fame and benefits aren't that important to me, I don't want them that much, why waste two days on the road back and forth?"

  This remark made Wang Jingluo a little tongue-tied for a moment.

  She paused for a moment, her eyes blinking rapidly, before suddenly blurting out, "Why isn't it important? My sister said that if you go, there's really a chance you'll win an award! And supposedly, if you win the award, you can become a professor without taking the university exam, and directly teach at a university. What a great thing! Maybe you can even teach me... Hehe!"

  Li Qian glanced at her, then looked back at the paused image on the 17-inch color TV, and quietly stuffed the remote control into his butt. Before Wang Jinglu could react, an arm had already slipped from behind her body and lightly rested on her slender waist.

  With a brush of her hand, Wang Jinglu was like a robot, instantly frozen in place.

  Then, as she came to her senses, her face suddenly turned red, but her body remained stiff, and her hands didn't dare move. Her eyes behind the glasses narrowed slightly, not even daring to glance at Li Qian, and even her breathing seemed to have stopped temporarily.

  Although it's freezing outside, the heating in this room is more than sufficient, at least twenty degrees, so as soon as she entered, her down jacket was definitely off, and all she had on underneath was a thin, tight-fitting sweater. The texture was also very soft. Li Qian's arm reached out and gently wrapped around her, and even with just a light touch, he could still feel the warm breath emanating from her body, as well as the slenderness and softness of her waist.

  Her snow-white and tender face seemed to have a faint layer of rouge, making her look as beautiful as possible.

  And her sudden frozen expression is really as cute as can be.

  It's just...

  "Hey, if you don't breathe a little easier, you'll suffocate!" Li Qian reminded her kindly.

  All of a sudden, Wang Jingluo suddenly took two big gasps, her face still red, her eyes still not daring to look over, but she clenched her small fist and gently punched Li Qian's shoulder.

  Li Qian hooked his arm and Wang Jinglu leaned over.

  However, she soon sat up straight again, continuing to stare stiffly at the TV screen a few meters in front of her, which had already been paused, and Li Qian's hand on her waist was invisible.

  This made Li Qian feel a little guilty instead.

  He coughed, "Uh... if your sister asks you again, just tell her: First, I don't want to be famous right now, I just want to help people with their songs and earn some small money without being recognized everywhere. Second, although I have two nominations for Best Lyricist and Best Composer, the chances of actually winning are not that high, and even if I do win, they won't make me a guest professor or anything. Because I need to take the university entrance exams with your sister, so... uh, teacher-student romance is out of the question for now! Hmm... why are you staring at me? Oh right, how did your sister suddenly ask about this stuff? Is there something going on at their company?"

  Wang Jinglu stared quietly at him like this.

  It's strange. With Li Qian's mental age and past experiences, he usually thought that he had seen it all, but at this moment, being stared at by such a young girl made him feel inexplicably guilty.

  Pull your hand back?

  No way!

  Taking one step at a time is still moving forward, but if you take one step forward and then one step back, when will you ever get to the point of getting married?

  So, he steeled himself and instead of pulling his arm back, he added some strength, gently tugging, if that didn't work, he would tighten his grip, carefully wrapping his arms around her, feeling the elasticity of her slender waist, while staring at Wang Jinglu with a naive and innocent expression.

  Wang Jinglu's face turned even redder.

  A moment later, she slightly pouted her mouth, lifted her foot and lightly kicked Li Qian's foot.

  Just for a moment, still gentle.

  Then, with a red face, she said: "My sister said that she originally didn't know you decided not to attend the awards ceremony. It was one of their producers, surnamed Li, named Li Jinlong, who somehow got this news and anxiously ran to tell my sister, urging her, and specifically reminding her to call me, so I could come and persuade you."

  Li Qian nodded, "So it was him! Not bad, quite clever, knows how to take the lady's route."

  Wang Jinglu glared at him again.

  Li Qian shrugged his shoulders, and as a result, only the remaining arm dared to move, while the other arm did not dare to move at all.

  "What's wrong? Was I wrong?"

  Wang Jinglu looked at him and suddenly said: "You're getting more and more perverted, did you know that?"

  Li Qian heard this and looked like he was about to crash into the sky, "Where did I make a move? We've both kissed before, can't I even put my arm around your waist?"

  Who knows when Wang Jinglu suddenly said: "But you haven't told me that you like me yet!"

  "Uh..."

  Li Qian suddenly choked up.

  That's true.

  The two have known each other for almost eighteen years. Li Qian has been in this world for more than half a year, from the first date to watch a movie until now, it's also been more than half a year, but between the two people, they have never said "I like you" to each other.

  It's not that Li Qian didn't want to say it, nor did he not know how to say it, but rather he didn't know whether he should say it or not.

  In Li Qian's heart, Wang Jinglu was too simple, as simple as a lotus flower that had just bloomed, and she could only hold dew.

  So Li Qian himself was once undecided about what to do in the future.

  But now he has made up his mind.

  Li Qian glanced at her and quickly showed a look of disdain, "Hmph... how tacky!"

  As they spoke, he domineeringly pulled Wang Jinglu into his arms, instantly turning the situation to his advantage. With a majestic tone, he said: "What's with this liking or not liking, loving or not loving? If we're going to do it, let's do it directly - get married, dare you?"

  This time Wang Jinglu was stunned for a moment.

  But Li Qian said, "Anyway, it's already February. My birthday is in April on the lunar calendar, but my household registration is registered according to the solar calendar. After April 18th, I'll be eighteen years old, and then we can go get our certificate directly. How about that?"

  Wang Jinglu surprisingly didn't struggle again.

  What's there to like or dislike, love or not?

  How common!

  Is there any more realistic and tangible promise of love in this world than "I want to get a marriage certificate with you"?

  And if it were in the time and space where Li Qian used to live, for a girl who is not yet eighteen years old to say that she wants to get married, regardless of whether it's legal or possible, even if the law allows it, the social context and environmental influences at that time would make most girls at the age of seventeen or eighteen not even consider getting married... it's still too far away for them. But in this time and space, this world, everyone knows that a girl can legally get married when she turns sixteen, although parental consent is still required. It has to be said that the overall social environment makes many girls start thinking about who they want to marry for life from the age of fifteen or sixteen.

  So Li Qian said he wanted to get a marriage certificate directly, which was absolutely not an empty and distant promise.

  And so, with these words, Wang Jingluo obediently leaned into Li Qian's arms like a cat.

  After a while, she sat up straight and looked at Li Qian very seriously. Behind the thin lenses of her glasses, her eyes were filled with an inexplicable sparkle.

  "But, I still want to continue studying, and I think that after graduating in the future, I'll try going out to work a bit. Although I'm not as capable as my sister... Lately, I've been learning things related to movies, and suddenly I'm really interested in filming. In the future, I also want to be an actor..."

  Li Qian looked at her in confusion, "Getting married won't affect your work, will it?"

  Wang Jinglu heard this, and with some embarrassment, lowered her head, "But after getting married, we have to have a baby! Although I also like kids very much and want to have my own little treasure, but...I still think of myself as a little kid!"

  Li Qian didn't expect that as soon as he mentioned marriage, she would immediately start thinking about having children - this speed seemed to be several times faster than his own!

  He rubbed his eyebrows and said, "You can get married without having kids first!"

  Wang Jinglu also looked worried and said, "But I always feel that not getting married is just not getting married. As long as you get married, the girl must have children for her husband and take care of the whole family."

  Li Qian stared at her blankly, and after a moment, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself on the forehead.

  How did this thing come up again?

  I just wanted to hold her and watch a movie, but somehow the topic turned to marriage, and then quickly turned to whether or not we should have kids after getting married... Isn't this just making trouble for myself?

  Then, two boys and girls who were not yet eighteen years old really started discussing these profound issues?

  It turns out that my last romance in the previous life had been going on for seven years, and both parties clearly loved each other. However, until I fell off from WeChat, neither of us had mentioned getting married. Moreover, both parties also felt that continuing to cohabitate like this was a pretty good choice.

  And now, indeed in this world where concubinage is allowed, girls take marriage very seriously?

  After thinking for half a day, Li Qian turned his head and looked at Wang Jinglu, while Wang Jinglu was also staring at him without blinking.

  "What do you think we should do?" Li Qian asked.

  Wang Jinglu thought for a moment, and said excitedly: "Then you see, we're all going to take the college entrance exam next, and after graduating from university, you'll give me two more years, just two years, okay? Two years later, no matter what, we'll get married. Okay?"

  Li Qian looked at her and blinked his eyes, asking: "What about before that?"

  Wang Jinglu was a bit puzzled and asked: "What's before that? Before that, of course we were just dating!"

  Li Qian continued looking at her and said: "Then can I kiss you?"

  Wang Jinglu was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned red again.

  However, this time she hesitated for a moment and nodded seriously - before nodding, there was only a little redness, but after nodding, her face became even redder.

  Li Qian's face was expressionless, seeing her nod, he didn't say a word, and went over to kiss her first.

  King Jinglu's face turned even redder.

  Then Li Qian continued looking at her and asked: "Can I hold you then?"

  Wang Jinglu looked at her, his lips slightly pursed, his face already red and hot.

  After a moment, she seemed a bit conscience-stricken, or perhaps felt too shy, and finally couldn't bear it, lowering her head.

  Then she nodded slightly.

  Li Qian stretched out his arm, directly picked up her legs and carried her to his own lap, just like carrying a doll, while saying "I meant including holding you like this!"

  Wang Jinglu did not resist.

  And then she nodded again after a moment.

  Li Qian's eyes suddenly changed, and he slightly lowered his head, leaning in close to her ear, whispering: "Then we can..."

  Bang!

  Wang Jinglu punched him in the chest.

  This time it's a real punch.

  And with that punch, she lightly turned around and moved away from Li Qian's leg, sitting back in her original position. She looked at Li Qian with a mixture of laughter and anger, her short hair still swaying, "I knew you'd say that!"

  Li Qian's "aiyo" had not finished, and he couldn't help but shout at Qu, "I said I want to get married, you have to say wait, that's a few years in between, can't you let me hold on?"

  "This is really unbearable... Wang Jinglu pursed her lips, her face as red as fire, but she couldn't help kicking him with her foot, 'A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, what are you suffocating for?'"

  She paused for a moment, looking at Li Qian, "You know, you're getting more and more charming every day?"

  Li Qian rubbed his chest and then his legs, before asking with a straight face: "So what should we do?"

  Wang Jinglu looked at him with a mixture of anger and amusement.

  A moment later, Li Qian moved, but Wang Jingruo was even faster and suddenly stood up, leaving him empty-handed.

  Seeing his flustered appearance, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, but quickly pretended to be serious and scowled at him, her eyes glaring at him, saying: "Then go tell my dad about it, say you want to marry me!"

  Li Qian heard this and couldn't help but mock him, "If you want to ask for your dad's permission to get married, don't you need to prepare a dowry of one million first?"

  Wang Jinglu burst out laughing again, she seemed to try her best to hold it in, but couldn't help it, the corners of her mouth curled up into a slight smile, and at the same time, her short hair that fell to the outside of her earlobes swayed back and forth.

  "Don't mess with my dad!" she said.

  Li Qian locked eyes with her for a moment, let out a deep sigh that was 30% genuine and 70% pretentious, and suddenly slumped down onto the sofa, looking utterly dejected.

  Wang Jinglu slightly pouted her mouth.

  But a moment later, she couldn't help but take another step forward, looking at Li Qian's deliberately lazy appearance, and she couldn't help but lift her leg and lightly kick him, "You know that you're not only getting more and more charming, but also more and more lazy?"

  After finishing speaking, she suddenly bent down and gently kissed Li Qian's face sideways.

  Then, before Li Qian could react, she lightly jumped away, mischievously smiled, walked to the door and took down her own down jacket from the clothes rack, turned back and stared at Li Qian with a glance, saying: "Leaving, saves you from thinking about being naughty!"

  After finishing speaking, she really put on her clothes and changed her shoes, and opened the door of the house.

  As soon as the door opened, she instantly turned back into that gentle and quiet girl.

  Beautiful, delicate and lovely, with rosy cheeks.

  "I'm really leaving!"

  She walked out the door and turned back to see Li Qian still leaning lazily on the sofa, looking reluctant to part with her, she couldn't help but smile, glared at him, and slammed the door shut.

  ***

  First update! There will be a second update today! (.)