When He Chuyan uttered these words, everyone's gazes landed on Xiao Yu. Ye Yanxi also involuntarily looked in Xiao Yu's direction.
This was the first birthday she had celebrated since getting together with Xiao Yu.
Naturally, she had a little bit of expectation. She wondered what gift Xiao Yu would give her. At this moment, the expectation in Ye Yanxi's eyes was clearly undisguised. No matter what gift Xiao Yu finally gave her, she would be happy.
Under the scrutiny of so many pairs of eyes, Xiao Yu's expression remained unchanged. Soon, he smiled and took out a document from under the cart. It was... a property certificate. Xiao Yu calmly handed the property certificate to Ye Yanxi.
This was...
Ye Yanxi took it with some doubt. As soon as she opened it, she saw that the house on the property certificate was the very villa they were in, and her name was clearly written on it in black and white.
"This..." Ye Yanxi was shocked. She looked up at Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu curved his lips, his eyes gentle. "I've bought this villa. From now on, it's yours."
"Is this for me? But, don't we live in the house in Qingyuwan?"
"The house there is too small. After our child is born, we'll still need a nanny. " Xiao Yu stared at her, the tenderness in his deep eyes drowning her.
Du Guo and He Chuyan exchanged a look and immediately sighed that Ye Yanxi was simply too happy. However, they were really happy for their friend that Ye Yanxi had found her own happiness.
After a while, He Chuyan glanced at Xiao Yu. "President Xiao, you have a big family business and more money than you can spend. Today is Xixi's birthday. Didn't you prepare something special? Giving a villa is so tacky!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu looked mysterious, and his emotions in his eyes were hard to guess. "Special gift? What kind of gift?"
"Shouldn't there be an engagement ring? Now that Xixi is pregnant with your child, according to the rules, you should start preparing for marriage next, right?" He Chuyan immediately exclaimed excitedly.
Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly shrank. His lips moved, but in the end, he said nothing.
Ye Yanxi also thought He Chuyan was too straightforward. She quickly pulled He Chuyan and kept winking at her.
"Shouldn't we cut the cake next? Where's the knife? I can't see it." Ye Yanxi changed the subject. "Yanyan, help me find the knife. I'll cut the cake."
So the topic was diverted. He Chuyan glared at Ye Yanxi and then gave up.
After the group ate the cake noisily and had dinner, it was already very late. So Xiao Yu called Xu Bei and had him take He Chuyan and Du Guo back.
Perhaps because she was pregnant, Ye Yanxi felt more and more sleepy. Every time she finished a meal, she would be extremely sleepy, and her eyelids would hardly stay open.
Just as her head was nodding with drowsiness, suddenly she felt her body floating in the air. She woke up suddenly and found that she was in Xiao Yu's arms. So she felt relieved and let Xiao Yu carry her to the bedroom upstairs.
However, after lying in bed, Ye Yanxi wasn't that sleepy anymore. She couldn't help but think of what He Chuyan had asked Xiao Yu before, why he hadn't prepared an engagement ring as a gift.
Although Ye Yanxi always let things take their natural course and didn't really care about this matter.
Anyway, she thought it was best for everything to happen when the time was right. If one side always forced things, it wouldn't be very meaningful. What was yours would eventually be yours.
Take marriage for example. Xiao Yu had stated many times that he would be with her in the future. So it was only natural that they would get married in the future.
As for other forms, she really didn't care that much. Now that she was pregnant and Xiao Yu had always been by her side, she was already very content.
Although she comforted herself like this, after He Chuyan brought up that matter, she still minded a little. It was like a fishbone stuck in her throat.
Maybe it was because she was pregnant now, so her emotions were more sensitive, hard to control, and she was more likely to overthink. She would also wonder from time to time why until now, Xiao Yu still didn't plan to give her an engagement ring or propose.
The more she thought about it, the more out of control her emotions became, and her brows couldn't help but frown deeply.
As soon as she showed a bit of unhappiness, Xiao Yu immediately noticed. He asked with concern, "What's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
Only then did Ye Yanxi realize that she had been thinking too intently. So she immediately pulled at the corner of her mouth and said with a smile, "It's okay. I don't feel uncomfortable."
"Then why do you look so worried?"
Ye Yanxi didn't want to talk about this topic. She asked, "Aren't we going back tonight?"
"Why, don't you want to stay here?"
Actually, she really wasn't used to it. After all, this environment was so strange, and she was completely unfamiliar with the furnishings in the house.
"I'm used to living in the apartment in Qingyuwan. And my books and stuff are all there. Besides, I just got pregnant. It's still early, isn't it? There's no need to move here so soon."
"It's quieter here. It's suitable for you to nurture the fetus. The apartment there is too noisy, which will affect your rest." Xiao Yu tried to persuade her.
For some reason, hearing Xiao Yu say this, Ye Yanxi just felt even more unhappy. She inexplicably wanted to get angry.
"But I don't want to stay here tonight. I just want to go back to Qingyuwan."
Her tone was naturally very aggressive. Xiao Yu just lowered his head and stared at her face. "It's too late now. Just stay here for one night."
After saying that, Xiao Yu pulled up the quilt that she had kicked off without any explanation. "You just got out of the hospital. You must have a good rest these few days. Don't keep tossing around. It's settled. You'll stay here tonight. I've had someone prepare all the toiletries here. There's nothing lacking."
Ye Yanxi deliberately nitpicked. "What do you mean nothing is lacking? This place is just a bit bigger."
In fact, it couldn't really be described as "a bit bigger". Just this bedroom was almost the total area of the apartment in Qingyuwan. It could be said to be very big.
"Then what else do you lack?" Xiao Yu sat down on the edge of the bed with good temper. He stared at her angry face, as if trying to figure out what was really on her mind. "If you want anything, I'll have someone bring it here!"
Originally, it was just a deliberate provocation. When Xiao Yu mentioned this, she didn't know what to say.
Her thoughts were flying in her mind. When she was thinking of an excuse to continue, suddenly her eyes lit up and she said, "My review materials. I need them for my exam. And the listening book I read every night is also needed."
"It's very late now. You must have a good rest. No reading." Xiao Yu firmly refused her.
"See, there are still things I lack here. We'd better go back and live there tonight." Ye Yanxi immediately said indignantly. "It's not too late now. We can still make it back."
Saying that, she was about to get up and put on her shoes. But Xiao Yu grabbed her arm and pressed her back down, covering her with the quilt again.
"No going back!"
After saying that, Xiao Yu got up and walked to a corner. He opened the cabinet. There was a full bookshelf of books there. There was everything one could want. Her books had naturally been moved here too. There were even some Italian original books that Ye Yanxi had really wanted to buy.
This left Ye Yanxi stunned. "When... did you move these here?"
"I had someone move them here at noon." Xiao Yu added. "If you go back now, there'll be nothing there. From now on, you'll live here."
"... " Bastard. He had arranged everything long ago.
Ye Yanxi scanned the surroundings with her eyes and found that there was a small cage on the balcony. Even Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui had been brought here. The two little guys were playing excitedly in the cage, seemingly very curious about the surrounding environment.
For some reason, Ye Yanxi's anger flared up.
"Don't you want to read a book? Which one do you want?" Xiao Yu asked her in front of the bookshelf.
"Why didn't you tell me anything and just moved the things here on your own initiative?" Ye Yanxi asked angrily.
Xiao Yu stood still on the spot and looked at her for a while. Then he strode over slowly. His deep eyes always stared at her face. His imposing manner made Ye Yanxi feel flustered.
Then the air around was filled with Xiao Yu's aura, enveloping her. For a moment, she felt a bit annoyed.
"What... are you looking at me like that for?" Feeling a bit guilty, Ye Yanxi subconsciously avoided Xiao Yu's gaze, but those captivating eyes seemed to be everywhere.
After a while, Xiao Yu suddenly reached out and placed his hand on her forehead. After a few seconds, his palm moved away. "You don't have a fever."
Ye Yanxi was speechless.
He thought she had a fever, which was why she was acting so strangely. This made Ye Yanxi very angry.
She reached out and slapped Xiao Yu's palm away, adding viciously, "You're the one with a fever."
"Then are you angry?" Xiao Yu's dark eyes stared at her.
That burning gaze made Ye Yanxi a bit unable to bear it. She turned her head away and replied sullenly, "I'm not angry."
However, Xiao Yu directly reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look up at him. At the moment their eyes met, Ye Yanxi saw her panicked face in Xiao Yu's dark pupils very embarrassedly.
"What... are you doing?" Ye Yanxi struggled to get out of Xiao Yu's control, but Xiao Yu exerted a little more force and firmly pinched her chin, not allowing her to avoid him.
"Tell me, why are you angry?" Frowning slightly, Xiao Yu repeated.
"It's nothing. I said I'm not angry. You're seeing things." Ye Yanxi pretended to be calm and raised her voice.
"Still dare to say you're not angry!" Suddenly, Xiao Yu leaned over close to her face. At this moment, their skins were almost touching, and their noses bumped into each other.
At such a close distance, her breathing was filled with Xiao Yu's aura, which made Ye Yanxi's heart beat involuntarily speed up a bit. Her breathing became more rapid, and she was almost out of breath.
It was simply too much. He was forcing her like this. But how could she tell him why she was angry? If she really said it, I'm afraid Xiao Yu would think she was a troublesome and unreasonable woman.
"Okay, I said I'm not angry!"
After saying that, she reached out to push Xiao Yu away. This close distance was really too oppressive.
But just as she reached out, she sharply saw something shiny on her left ring finger.
This... when did a ring appear on her finger?