Chapter 68

Rong Yi curled up in his arms and asked in a low voice, “What kind of status?”

Xiao Yin didn’t answer directly. He whispered, “Do you want to see it?”

Rong Yi went silent.

Could Xiao Yin be…

Wanting to marry him?

That’s too fast.

Rong Yi’s first reaction was to back down. He said, “No need, no need.”

He whispered, “Let’s sleep.”

Xiao Yin paused for a moment and didn’t say anything further. He just pulled him closer into his arms, his warm hand moving up Rong Yi’s spine to rest on his waist.

“Alright, let’s sleep.”

Rong Yi’s heart raced uncontrollably, and he couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.

He sneaked a glance at Xiao Yin, who had already fallen asleep. His eyes were closed, and his long eyelashes made his serene face look even more handsome in the darkness.

Rong Yi was conflicted all night, his dreams a chaotic mess. When he woke up, he couldn’t remember what he had dreamt about.

But when he opened his eyes, Xiao Yin was already up, and he was alone in bed.

Rong Yi first reached for his phone to check it.

At 6 AM, there was a message from Xiao Yin: “Some urgent matters came up. I might not be able to take you at noon. I’ll have Little Tang pick you up on time.”

Xiao Yin often had sudden urgent matters, so Rong Yi didn’t mind. He replied, “Okay. Is there anything I can do to help?”

Seeing that Xiao Yin didn’t reply immediately, Rong Yi put down his phone and started getting dressed.

After dressing and finishing his morning routine, Rong Yi received a message from Xiao Yin.

“Come back early.”

Rong Yi put away his phone, feeling a bit helpless again.

If it weren’t for his sense of reason, he would’ve wanted to spend the entire holiday clinging to Xiao Yin.

Imagining a wonderful holiday, Rong Yi snapped back to reality, opened the door, and went to the next room to pack his luggage.

He grabbed a few clothes and his personal toiletries, heading to his suitcase. As soon as he got there, he was stunned.

Rong Yi’s suitcase had always been placed beside the bedroom bed. It hadn’t been touched for months, and now, next to the suitcase, there was a silver gift box with a note attached. The note bore Xiao Yin’s scrawled handwriting.

“Customs in A City: 3, 5, 10.”

Xiao Yin had circled the number “10,” making it look like some mysterious code.

Rong Yi opened the box and quickly understood what Xiao Yin had meant.

The silver box revealed a dazzling array of gold, almost blinding him.

There were ten gold items inside, all pure gold, exquisitely crafted with intricate designs. Earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, a pair of zodiac figurines, a safety lock, small gold bars, gold beads, and a safety buckle.

Exactly ten items, and they came in pairs.

Rong Yi knew what this was.

It was a custom from his hometown where, after a man gets engaged, he is expected to buy gold items. These weren’t for the bride price but were instead symbolic items meant to be shown to the elders for good luck.

Rong Yi had seen others get married and had only ever seen people buy three items. After all, people nowadays didn’t like wearing gold. He hadn’t expected Xiao Yin to buy all ten, and each piece, judging by its appearance, was clearly valuable. They didn’t look like they were bought casually but seemed to be custom-made at great expense.

Rong Yi was so shocked that he closed the box after a quick glance.

After closing it, he reopened it and carefully picked up one of the gold rings to examine it.

The filigree gold ring, embedded with tiny diamonds, was extremely luxurious and grand. At its center was a hollowed-out rose, beautiful and dazzling.

No one could dislike such a ring.

Inside was the highest and best standard given by a lover. It seemed to boldly declare that he wanted to give him the best and let everyone see it.

Rong Yi looked at the entire box of gold items, touched the sparkling ring.

Then, he put the ring back, carefully closed the box, and placed it in the wardrobe before picking up his suitcase.

Little Tang was already waiting in the living room.

People around Xiao Yin were always like this, never letting the boss wait. As soon as Rong Yi came downstairs with his suitcase, Little Tang stood up.

“The Boss had some family matters and had to fly back early. Captain, I’ll take you to the airport at noon.”

“Alright, thank you,” Rong Yi nodded.

Little Tang took the initiative to grab Rong Yi’s suitcase. Outside, the driver had already brought the car around, ready to depart at any moment.

The driver, apparently unaware that Xiao Yin wasn’t coming, asked, “Isn’t the Boss coming out?”

“The Boss had a car pick him up this morning. He left directly,” Little Tang said in a low voice, not avoiding Rong Yi, as if it was natural for Rong Yi to know. “It seems to be his family.”

“Oh, got it,” the driver said, not asking further.

Rong Yi got in the car.

After a while, he couldn’t help but ask, “Who came to pick him up? Aren’t his family all overseas?”

Little Tang, sitting in the front passenger seat, turned back to look at him in surprise, then realized, “Oh, you were still asleep this morning, so you probably don’t know. It was the Boss’s younger sister. You two haven’t had the chance to meet yet, right? Miss Xiao works domestically, and they went home together for Mid Autumn.”

“Oh…” Rong Yi didn’t know what to say, so he just nodded.

He was quite curious about Xiao Yin’s family, but since Xiao Yin didn’t bring it up, he didn’t want to overstep by asking.

The driver, who seemed to have seen someone earlier that morning, said, “Oh, so the person outside the yard this morning was the Boss’s younger sister? My goodness, that’s…”

Little Tang quickly added, “This isn’t something commonly known to the public, so please don’t spread it around.”

Rong Yi became even more curious, but he restrained himself from asking further.

He lowered his head to scroll through his phone.

The previous incident where he was being chased by paparazzi had already been resolved. VIT Club had issued an announcement and statement this morning, summarizing it as a malicious media stalking incident without going into detailed content. They only mentioned the outcome: the reporter had been suspended, and they thanked everyone involved for their cooperation, preventing the situation from escalating further.

It was a calm handling of the situation. A few days had passed, and VIT didn’t buy data or hype it up; they even intentionally suppressed the trending topic, letting the audience and fans understand the context and outcome of that day.

At this moment, the previously silent audience started to post updates. However, they were very uniform—no pictures, and the posts didn’t gain much traction.

There was something unusual, though.

Because of one reporter, the entire media magazine was investigated and had to cease all business interactions.

This media magazine was quite famous; at least anyone who surfed the internet had heard of it. For such a large entity to be quietly investigated and shut down so quickly was very strange.

Lin Yi also sent him a message.

[Shutdown and Rectification! Related Situation of XX Media Magazine]

“Your husband is really impressive.”

“This is XX Magazine we’re talking about. His family runs the media department of XX Entertainment. Such a massive entity, and they shut it down just like that, investigated it, and it didn’t even make the trending topics. Truly low-key and decisive.”

Rong Yi felt a bit incredulous. “Could it be a coincidence?”

He knew that XX Entertainment was a giant in the entertainment industry, practically holding half of the market. The circles and companies it was involved with were extensive and deeply intertwined.

Lin Yi replied, “Are you heading to the airport now? I found some gossip articles; you should download them and read them on the plane.”

“Your husband isn’t just in the esports news. He’s in the financial news today.”

“Hmm?”

Rong Yi hadn’t heard about this. He clicked the link.

It was a foreign website, and the headline was a gossip piece about the entrance of the VIT Club.

Being a poor student with languages, Rong Yi naturally clicked on the full translation.

[Leiya and a Mysterious Man Seen Boarding a Plane, Expected to Return to the U.S. for the Mid Autumn Festival]

The photos weren’t very clear, showing a beautiful woman and a man whose face was barely visible.

Leiya.

The name sounded familiar, like something he’d heard on TV.

The man, though his face wasn’t clear, was unmistakably Xiao Yin.

Rong Yi hadn’t boarded the plane yet, so he replied to Lin Yi.

“Isn’t this reporter a bit clueless? Didn’t recognize Yin-Ge?”

He examined the photo again. The woman did have a striking resemblance to Xiao Yin sharp features, stunning and imposing.

“She’s quite recognizable, but everyone’s pretending not to know. No one dares to report her identity; that’s the interesting part.”

Lin Yi was practically dying of excitement. “Don’t you know Leiya? She’s the head director of XX Channel! Think about what kind of family your husband comes from!!”

“They look so alike but have different surnames, probably taking after their parents. The circles are so distant, and no one dares to expose them. Online, some people have noted their resemblance, but no one thought they were family. They just said beautiful people tend to look similar.”

“Honestly, your husband’s family might be even more powerful than you thought… I was shocked when I gossiped about this.”

Finally, Lin Yi made a core summary and sent a shoulder-patting emoji.

“Easy Baby, I think you might be marrying into a prestigious family.”

“A prestigious family among prestigious families.”

After reading the message, Rong Yi scrolled through it for a while, pondering. He didn’t smile or get as excited as Lin Yi; he just showed a thoughtful expression.