allendalepharm Chapter 348 Arrangement
Chapter 348 Arrangement
Tan Yu's proposal was scheduled for Sunday. After Lu Ran's leg was removed from the cast, she could barely walk a few steps, but she still had to use crutches.
On Saturday night, Tan Yu called again, sounding even more nervous than before.
"Brother Lu, I can't sleep."
"You didn't sleep last night, and you're still not sleeping tonight? If you go to propose tomorrow with dark circles under your eyes, Xu Manxue will think you're at a funeral."
Tan Yu was speechless on the other end of the phone, and after several seconds he managed to stammer, "Brother Lu, can't you wish me well for once?"
"I'm doing this for Xu Manxue's sake. She only gets proposed to once in her life, and it turns out to be a giant panda standing opposite her. Do you think she should say yes or no?"
"Then what should I do? Take sleeping pills?"
"You can just take sleeping pills and lie flat tomorrow, it'll save you a lot of trouble. You can beg while lying down, you won't even have to kneel."
Tan Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Brother Lu, does that method of yelling a couple of times that you taught me work?"
"It works. Go to the balcony now and yell out twice. You'll be able to sleep after that."
"Now? 11 p.m.? I should call the police after I yell at my neighbor."
"Then tomorrow morning. Now close your eyes and count sheep. When you reach a thousand, you can fall asleep."
"I've counted over a thousand sheep, and the more I counted, the more energetic I became. Eventually, I even figured out what each sheep looked like—some wore glasses, and some didn't."
Lu Ran leaned back on the sofa, amused by Tan Yu's words: "Then stop counting sheep, count Zhou Mingzhe. With that face of his, you'll fall asleep after counting two."
Tan Yu laughed out loud on the other end of the phone, and after a few laughs, he suddenly said, "Brother Lu, thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for agreeing to be my witness at the wedding. Thank you for always helping me. Without you, I might still be staying at home and sponging off my parents."
Lu Ran paused for a moment, then said, "You should thank yourself, not me. No matter how much I help you, it won't make a difference if you don't work hard."
He paused, then said, "Alright, stop getting sentimental. Go to sleep early, I'll go support you tomorrow."
Okay. Goodnight, Brother Lu.
"Good night."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Ran tossed it aside, leaned back on the sofa, and stared blankly at the ceiling for a while.
Shen Yuege came over from the kitchen with a cup of hot milk and handed it to him: "Tan Yu can't sleep again?"
"Yeah. I was as nervous as if I were going to the execution ground."
"It's not like someone's proposing marriage, they're going to their death."
"For him, being rejected was worse than death."
Shen Yuege sat down next to him, watching him drink his milk: "Lu Ran."
"Um?"
"You owe me a wedding, when are you going to pay it back?"
Lu Ran paused in his milk-drinking sip, put down the cup, and turned to look at her: "You've decided what to do?"
"Tan Yu is getting married soon. I, as his boss, can't let him outdo me, right?" Shen Yuege said this with a calm expression, but her ears were slightly red.
Lu Ran looked at her and couldn't help but smile: "Okay, let's do it. Let me settle things with EA and Sakura Games first, then we'll have the wedding."
"When can you get it done?"
Lu Ran thought for a moment: "Soon. EA's game launches tomorrow, let's see how their products perform first. Sakura Games' 'Samurai Warriors' is already starting to lose momentum, once this wave from EA passes, the situation will become clear."
Shen Yuege looked at him: "You always say tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow. How many tomorrows are there?"
"This time it's for real. Look into my eyes, am I sincere?"
Shen Yuege glanced at him: "Your eyes are full of eye boogers, not sincerity."
Lu Ran choked for a moment, then rubbed his eyes: "I just looked at the layout plan Tan Yu sent, and my eyes are blurry from looking at it. It's not that I'm not sincere, my eyes are really blurry."
"Alright, alright." Shen Yuege stood up, took the empty cup from his hand, and said, "You should focus on healing your leg first, then settle things with EA and Sakura Games, and then we can talk about the wedding. I'm not in a rush."
"You're not in a hurry, but I am."
"What's your hurry?"
"I'm eager for you to become my wife legitimately."
Shen Yuege, holding her cup, walked to the kitchen doorway, turned back to look at him, and asked, "Am I not your wife now?"
"That's true now. But I want everyone to know."
Shen Yuege didn't reply and turned to go into the kitchen.
She understood what Lu Ran meant.
Like many celebrity couples, their public announcement was somewhat of a forced one.
Although the outside world already knows about their relationship, there are still many doubts.
Lu Ran wanted to prove it with his actions.
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The next day, Lu Ran got up very early.
He specially changed into a new outfit: a dark blue suit, a white shirt, and a tie tied neatly.
Although the cast on his right leg has been removed, he still has a slight limp and needs crutches to walk, but it's much better than before.
Shen Yuege came out of the bedroom and was taken aback when she saw his attire: "Are you going to a wedding or a funeral?"
"Attend the marriage proposal."
"You're dressed like this for a marriage proposal? You're more formal than Tan Yu."
"That won't do. Tan Yu is the main character; I can't steal his thunder." Lu Ran looked down at her clothes and felt they were indeed a bit inappropriate. "Should I change into something else?"
"Change into this." Shen Yuege handed over a new suit. "This one is a bit more understated, and it suits you perfectly. Besides, Tan Yu is the main character today, so everyone's attention will definitely be on him."
"And what about you? Whose eyes are you looking at?"
"On your cane. I'm afraid you'll fall."
Lu Ran was both amused and exasperated by her words. Leaning on his cane, he walked towards the door and said, "Let's go, don't be late."
When the two arrived at Xingyue Studio, several cars were already parked in front of the entrance.
Tan Yu arrived earlier than them, wearing a silver-gray suit and with his hair gelled, looking much more energetic than usual.
But the dark circles under his eyes betrayed him—he must have had a bad night's sleep again.
"Brother Lu!" Tan Yu ran up to greet Lu Ran as he entered. "You're here!"
"You won't beg if I don't come?"
"I would have begged even if you didn't come, but I feel at ease now that you've come."
Lu Ran glanced at him and asked in a low voice, "Where's Xu Manxue?"
"She's in the dressing room. I told her there was an event at the studio today and asked her to come. She didn't ask any questions and is still getting her makeup done."
"Is the venue ready?"
"Alright, alright, take a look." Tan Yu led Lu Ran inside.
The studio's lobby has been completely transformed. Pink and white balloons are arranged into an archway that extends from the entrance to the center of the lobby.
The ground was covered with flower petals, red and white, arranged neatly in a small heart shape.
In the center of the hall, there was a small table with a bouquet of red roses on it and a photo of the two of them next to it. In the photo, Tan Yu and Xu Manxue were leaning against each other and smiling happily.
Lu Ran looked around and nodded: "Not bad. It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"It didn't cost much. The wedding company gave us a discount, saying it was good publicity for 'The Starry Night'."
"They certainly know how to do business."
Shen Yuege glanced at the arrangement and frowned. "Tan Yu, the way the petals are arranged isn't quite right. Red and white is fine, but you've arranged them too neatly, like a chessboard. A marriage proposal is about romance, not neatness."
Tan Yu paused for a moment, then asked, "How should we arrange it?"
Shen Yuege walked to the heart shape, squatted down, adjusted the position of a few petals, stood up to look at it again, was not satisfied, and squatted down to adjust it again.
After fiddling around for several minutes, he finally stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "Okay. This looks much more natural."
Tan Yu leaned over for a look. The heart shape hadn't changed, but the petals had changed from being neatly arranged to being more staggered, which did look more pleasing to the eye.
"Mr. Shen, did you study flower arranging before?" Tan Yu asked.
"I haven't studied it. But when it comes to aesthetics, it's about feeling, not technique."
Lu Ran chimed in from the side, "She just can't stand how your flowers are arranged like a military training formation."
Tan Yu was a little embarrassed by what was said, and scratched his head: "I really don't have much of an aesthetic sense. This was all done by the wedding planning company; I thought they were professionals and would definitely know more than I do."
"Even professionals aren't always reliable," Shen Yuege said. "You have to oversee the details of your own proposal. If you don't even care how the flower petals are arranged, what will you say when Xu Manxue asks later? 'The wedding planning company arranged it'?"
Tan Yu nodded repeatedly, "Mr. Shen, you're right. I'll go check the rest of the things again."
He started wandering around the hall, checking how the balloons were tied, feeling the texture of the tablecloth, and adjusting the angle of the group photo.
He was even more focused than when he was filming.
Lu Ran, leaning on her cane, walked over and found a chair to sit down. Watching him busy himself, she couldn't help but say to Shen Yuege, "What you just said really scared him."
"I'm not trying to scare him, I'm serious." Shen Yuege sat down next to him. "A marriage proposal is something that might only happen once in a lifetime. If he doesn't do the details right and Xu Manxue is unhappy, he'll regret it for the rest of his life."
"So when we're planning the wedding, will you also check every single detail?"
"Of course." Shen Yuege glanced at him, "That's why I'm letting you know in advance. Don't find me annoying later."
"No problem. You check the details, and I'll take care of the payment. Clear division of labor."
Shen Yuege was amused by his words and gently patted his arm.
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