The Mafia King's First Love

Xinyue did a lot of thinking and couldn't figure it out by himself. He had no clue why Ruiling was so furious at his confession.

Mrs. Zhang and Cheng Mei saw him in deep thought with his eyes closed. His brows were moving up and down.

Mrs. Zhang asked, "What are you thinking, Xinyue? Is it about your mission?"

Xinyue had received a new mission to dig information about a most influential but corrupt politician who was somehow getting more bank balance than his job entailed.

"I prefer thinking about the mission which is way simpler than figuring out a woman," he sneered.

"You mean to say women are more difficult to decipher?" She glared at him. "Preposterous!"

"Yes, yes!" Lihua also came in who was way too curious to know what went between Ruiling and him. She did ask Ruiling, but she was so angry that she had shut herself in the room.

They beamed. "Lihua, dear."

She hugged her Aunt and mother. Cheng Mei lovingly patted her head.

"So, tell me what happened, Bro? Ruiling seemed really annoyed after returning home," Lihua suspiciously looked at him.

Mrs. Zhang also looked at him accusingly. "What did you do? She won't be angry for no reason."

Xinyue stared at the three women closely leaning towards him to hear him out. "Well, I think only female species can help me out here."

He gave a brief version of what happened during their small shopping trip.

"And then she angrily said to figure it out by myself."

The trio - "...."

Lihua's lips parted in disbelief. "Y-You…confessed to her?"

"Yes."

"You already confessed to her?" She sounded even more shocked now.

"How is it different from your first question, little sister?" He dryly asked. "Yes."

"You confessed to her just like that?"

His mouth twitched in annoyance. "Yes. I swear if you ask a fourth version of this question, I will kick you out of here."

"Idiot brother!"

"Idiot Xinyue!"

Lihua and Mrs. Zhang exclaimed at once. Cheng Mei, too, shared a cold and displeased look towards him.

Xinyue widened his eyes. "Hey. You three look the same like her right now. Is it magic?"

Lihua gritted her teeth. "No wonder she is so flared up. Bro, you are the dumbest person in this family!"

Xinyue's expression darkened and turned ugly. "Say that again, little sister." 𝘧𝘳𝐞𝚎𝑤ℯ𝘣𝗻𝘰ѵℯl.c𝐨𝚖

"You are the dumbest man on this whole planet!"

"..."

It became a planet from a family.

Lihua helplessly exhaled a long breath. "Bro, you are CONFESSING to the woman you love. It's a big deal. Well, since you kissed her…" she coughed, "it was inevitable that you tell her you love her. But how could you ask her to be your girlfriend so…so plainly? Like in a cafe and as a matter of fact? Aren't confessions supposed to be beautiful and make your heart beat faster?"

"Since when?"

"Since the beginning, stupid bro! You never watched romantic movies?"

"I have only watched spy movies."

"..."

No wonder you are so hopeless!

Mrs. Zhang sighed. "Lihua is right. I mean, asking her to be your girlfriend while you are casually eating your food-"

"Hey, I asked her after I ate my sandwich," he corrected her.

"Shut up! Who cares if it was while eating your damn sandwich or after eating your damn sandwich!? The point is that you must have looked so cold and unfeeling while popping that question. You did nothing to make her heart flutter," she harrumphed.

Xinyue frowned.

Mrs. Zhang shyly said, "You know, my husband had confessed to me in a beautiful garden of roses. It was so pretty. I saw how he poured his heart into it. It made my heart ache so much…Aish."

Lihua sheepishly grinned. "Hehe, Wei also did something similar. Instead of a garden, he prepared a whole mansion for me! It was all decorated in violet because I like violet so much. He even cooked a feast for me," she sobbed. "That was such a wonderful confession whenever I think about it."

Cheng Mei's gaze softened. "Ling had taken me to a fireworks festival, and he had confessed to me on a bridge atop a beautiful lake while the fireworks lit up the sky and reflected beautifully on the water."

The trio then stared at Xinyue. Lihua remarked. "So you get the point? You should give a confession that she should remember for life."

"Hold on," Xinyue was dumbfounded. "Are you talking about confession or marriage proposal? Don't men usually plan big like this for a proposal?"

Mrs. Zhang glared at him. "Well yes…mostly. But what is wrong in giving an unforgettable confession too!?"

Lihua and Cheng Mei bobbed their heads in agreement.

Xinyue was speechless.

So, I wasn't really wrong in asking her. It's just that you women are spoiled! Those freaking doting husbands!

Uncle Weiyan and Li must have done something glamorous too to propo- to confess to their wives. That's why she got mad at me.

Lihua puffed up her cheeks. "Why are you being so stingy in giving a grand confession? Don't you care about Ruiling?"

Xinyue glowered at her. "I am not stingy. I was saving my brain cells for a grand proposal in the future. I thought the confession was supposed to be simple and straightforward but clearly, it's not like that."

He scratched his head and then nodded. "I got it."

The trio beamed in happiness.

"I will bring a red rose for her and ask her to be my girlfriend."

"..."

"You didn't get a single thing!" Mrs. Zhang lashed out. "Xinyue, you have been working for far too long now that you don't understand how to woo a woman, hmph!"

His mouth twitched.

"Fine then. How about a bouquet with a secret message for her to decode?" He gave it a serious thought. "That secret code will be my question."

"Bro, you have watched far too many spy movies I think," she was speechless.

"Secret codes are exciting and heart fluttering, excuse me."

"Not for Ruiling! She is not a spy like you! Do something normal."

His face twisted. "You shouldn't talk about normal when your stupid husbands went way over the normal with their confessions!"

"..."

"Forget it. I will come up with something by myself."