213: Chapter 213 Confession in Progress

For the next two days, Lu Li looked no different from usual on the surface.

He ate when it was time to eat, wrote songs when it was time to write songs, and occasionally looked at the initial editing draft sent by Jiang Cheng together with Shen Qingxue, offering a few notes and suggestions for revision.

But only he knew that the string in his mind had been taut all along, unable to relax.

Because the date he had set was tomorrow.

After dinner.

Shen Qingxue sat on the sofa scrolling through her phone, while Lu Li leaned against the other end, pretending to watch a variety show, but actually running through the procedure in his mind.

The flowers had been ordered, the venue was ready, and everything that needed to be prepared was prepared...

The only problem was how to bring himself to ask her out without letting her find out in advance.

"Lu Li."

Shen Qingxue suddenly spoke.

Lu Li's heart tightened, but he remained calm on the surface.

"Hmm?"

"Are you busy tomorrow?"

Lu Li was slightly stunned, and instinctively asked back.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Jiang Cheng said she can send over the first cut of the final film the day after tomorrow, and since tomorrow happens to be free, I was wondering if we should shoot the MV for blue and white porcelain along the way."

Shen Qingxue lowered her head to look at her phone, her tone very casual.

Lu Li almost couldn't keep it together.

Shoot an MV? Tomorrow?

Tomorrow he had a huge mission on his shoulders! How could he have time to shoot any MV!

Besides, leave alone an MV, even if the biggest heavenly king in the domestic entertainment industry came, he wouldn't have time.

But he couldn't panic; he had to stay steady.

"Uh... Tomorrow, I am afraid that won't work."

Shen Qingxue raised her head and glanced at him.

"Do you have something to do?"

"Yeah, I have some things to do."

Lu Li looked away, trying to keep his tone as natural as possible.

"Didn't I tell you before that I was going to take you somewhere tomorrow? Could it be that you forgot?"

Shen Qingxue didn't answer immediately.

Because she definitely hadn't forgotten.

On the contrary, she cared about it very much; otherwise, she wouldn't have used this excuse to probe Lu Li's stance.

"...Fine."

Shen Qingxue's tone was bland, and then she didn't forget to add another sentence.

"Then what time tomorrow? Where exactly are we going?"

"Nine o'clock in the morning. As for where exactly we are going, anyway, you can just follow me when the time comes; I've already rented a car."

After Lu Li finished speaking, he added another sentence.

"Um... You can just dress casually tomorrow, no need to dress up specially."

Shen Qingxue nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

That night.

Lu Li slept much later than usual.

He almost stayed up all night.

He didn't play on his phone or write songs; he just lay in bed tossing and turning, running through tomorrow's procedure over and over again.

Until he confirmed that every detail had no problem, did he finally close his eyes.

Sleeping for two hours, Lu Li woke up around six o'clock.

He got up lightly to wash up, changed his clothes, and sent a message to Shen Qingxue before going out.

"Are you awake yet? I am going out to run some errands, and I will be back to pick you up at nine sharp."

The message was sent, and Shen Qingxue replied almost instantly on her end.

"Yeah, I've been awake for a while."

After sending this message, Shen Qingxue placed her phone on the vanity table and resumed the makeup steps she was doing earlier.

Especially the faint dark circles under her eyes.

After seeing the message sent by Shen Qingxue, Lu Li took a deep breath, and then sent her another message.

"Then you can get ready first, have some breakfast or something, I'll head out for a bit first and will be right back."

After saying that, he went downstairs to buy some breakfast, placed it on the table, and went out again.

After driving for a while, Lu Li arrived at the venue he had rented in advance.

This was in a cultural and creative park in the suburbs, a medium-sized room. Because its interior decoration was very exquisite, it had been used as a filming location by quite a few film and television dramas.

All four sides of the room were floor-to-ceiling windows with excellent lighting, and there was a small lawn outside.

When Lu Li arrived, the people from the flower shop were already there.

They moved the booked flowers bundle by bundle into the glass house and began arranging them according to the diagram given by Lu Li.

White roses, lisianthus, and a few bundles of baby's breath.

The owner of the flower shop was an aunt in her fifties who couldn't help glancing at him several times while arranging flowers.

"Young man, is this for a proposal?"

Lu Li was stunned by the question and hurriedly waved his hands.

"No, no, I just want to... confess."

The flower shop owner smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but her movements were obviously a bit nimbler than before.

Lu Li didn't stay idle; after the flower shop people finished arranging, he spent nearly another hour adjusting the details.

The position of the bouquet, the angle of the guitar, and that bundle of white roses placed right in the middle, which was twice as big as the other flowers.

That was one he had specially chosen, kept exclusively for her.

When everything was neatly arranged, Lu Li retreated to the door and looked around.

The glass house was filled with flowers, and the warm yellow light spilled in through the glass, falling on the petals.

At this moment, even the air seemed to have grown a bit softer.

He looked for a moment, then took out his phone and instinctively took a picture.

"All set."

Nine o'clock sharp.

Lu Li arrived back at the residential area entrance on time.

Shen Qingxue was already waiting by the roadside.

She was wearing a white dress with her hair hanging down, and even her makeup was slightly heavier than usual.

If usually she went bare-faced, looking pure and beautiful, then today she looked very sophisticated and formal, yet without differing from daily formality.

Even Lu Li instinctively paused for a second upon seeing her.

"What are you looking at?"

Shen Qingxue walked over, noticed his gaze, and asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"Nothing."

Lu Li withdrew his gaze and pretended to naturally pull open the front passenger door.

"Get in the car first."

Shen Qingxue glanced at him, didn't ask much, and bent down to get in.

Soon, the car drove out of the residential area.

Shen Qingxue leaned against the seat, looking at the retreating street view outside the window, and spoke after a moment of silence.

"Where are you taking me?"

"You'll know when we get there."

Lu Li gripped the steering wheel, looking straight ahead, trying to keep his tone as relaxed as possible.

Shen Qingxue didn't press further, withdrew her gaze, and her anticipation grew quietly in her heart.

The car soon reached its destination.

Lu Li parked the car, turned off the engine, and then turned his head to glance at her.

"We are here."

Shen Qingxue pushed open the car door and got out, standing by the roadside and looking around her surroundings.

"Where is this?"

"Um... Just follow me and you'll know."

Lu Li locked the car and walked ahead nonchalantly.

Shen Qingxue followed behind him, and the two walked along a pebble path across the lawn, rounded a building, and the view suddenly opened up before them.

That glass house stood quietly in the sunlight, and through the glass, one could see a house full of flowers inside.

Shen Qingxue's footsteps stopped.

She stood at the entrance of the glass house, looking at the scene inside, stayed quiet for probably a few seconds, and then spoke.

"When did you prepare this?"

"As for this... Want to guess?"

Lu Li stood beside her, his tone sounding calm, but his palms were already sweating slightly.

"Let's not talk about all that for now. Want to go inside and take a look?"

Shen Qingxue felt that her mind had slowed down, and her body subconsciously took a step inside.