The news of their engagement naturally became the talk of the family the next day. Seeing the mesmerizing ring glow on Ai's finger made the women squeal to their hearts' content.
"This is so pretty!" Nuo couldn't take her gaze off it. "Bro Jun certainly has chosen the perfect ring for you, sister-in-law. And the book. Gosh! I didn't know that he could be so romantic." She teasingly nudged Jun's elbow with a sheepish grin.
Liu Chunhua excitedly clapped her hands. "Does that mean we get to plan the wedding now? Oh my God, I am so excited!"
"Not so fast!" The twins protested. "We are the elder brothers here. What about us?" They whined.
Nana rolled her eyes. "There is no question of the elder siblings getting married first necessarily. Besides, have you even proposed to your partners?"
Jian raised his hand like a child in the classroom. "I have already made plans! Leina and I have been dating for a while now so…" he blushed like a teenager, "I have been thinking that I should take our relationship to the next step~"
The women squealed once more, this time including Ai too. "Jian you sneaky brat!" Liu Chunhua smacked his head.
Nian raised both his hands as if trying to become the center of attention. "Me too! Me too! It won't be so far when Xing Bi and I will get engaged too!" He cried. "You cannot leave me aloneeeee!!"
Jun dryly said, "This is not a competition, Bro. Besides, you and Xing Bi have just gotten into a relationship. Isn't a little more time needed?"
He glared at him. "I know my heart and my heart only wants Xing Bi!" He flared his nostrils in confidence.
"Yeah I am talking about her heart, not yours."
"If it's you, her heart can change any time."
Nuo burst into laughter.
Nian grabbed his head and squeezed it in animosity. "Don't you get it, little brother? If my dearest and cutest sister-in-law said yes, that means Xing Bi would say yes too," his black eyes sparkled with hope, "They are like sisters so I am sure their sisterhood will definitely reflect in their decision-making too!" Follow current novels on NoveIꜰire.net
Ai's mouth twitched with the bizarre logic.
He grimaced. "Yeah we are brothers too, but I don't think our brotherhood reflects any of our common decisions or traits."
"Shut up! Sisters are different from brothers!"
Nana shook her head. "You three are arguing over the silliest of things."
The twins jumped to hug their mother with genuine grievances in their hearts. "Mom! As the responsible and respectable elder brothers of the Liu family, shouldn't we get married first?"
Jin, who was lazing around on the couch with the cats, sneakily laughed to himself.
Responsible and respectable…
As if their imaginary antenna caught his reaction, the twins dangerously narrowed their eyes at him. "Jini-boy, are we sensing some sarcasm there?"
"I didn't even say a word. And don't call me Jini-boy!" He threw a pillow at them.
"Hmph, we will see you later!" They turned their attention towards Nana again and cried. "Mom, as responsible and respectable elder brothers, it's also our responsibility to guide our cute little siblings the way to lead a happy marriage~"
Jun snorted. "Seriously? We need you two as the guidance for understanding a happy marriage?"
They nodded their heads.
"You do understand that you are not going to 'lead' any marriage but only follow your girlfriends then wives orders, right?"
"We will show you the correct way to do it! It's a long and treacherous path…" they dramatically emphasized their point.
"I don't need to learn that from you!"
"When someone is in a relationship for a second time, yes they do!" They argued.
Nuo, Jin and Ai coughed hard and tried very hard to hold their laughter.
Liu Chunhua smacked their heads hard. "I cannot believe that we are arguing over the order of getting married here."
Jian sheepishly grinned. "It makes sense. First we, the super adorable twins, then Jun, Nuo and finally Jin!"
"You two like to be the eldest in everything, even if it's marriage," Nuo shook her head, not understanding for the hundredth time as to who is really the eldest here.
Jun waved his hand, apparently too tired to carry on this little spat with him. "You two can do whatever you want. Anyway, Ai and I are engaged but it's not like we are going to marry tomorrow."
Ai chuckled. "Yes. We mutually decided that we will think of a wedding after I publish my book I have been working on since I joined Sky. Until then…" she showed the ring, "we will be lovey-dovey fiances~"
The twins brightened like the morning sun. "We love you, sister-in-law!"
"Show some of that love to me too," Jun sneered.
Ai laughed thinking about last night when they were having this conversation. Jun had told her he was pretty sure that the twins would cause a fuss over them marrying first. It was childish but that's how the twins always were. It was then that he suggested they wait until Ai's book was out.
"I want you to be the best writer out there in the world before you become my wife. Also, I am selfish. I want people to say that Liu Jun is marrying the best writer of China. How could he possibly marry a dreamy woman like that?"
Her heart melted with his words. "And the women are going to be the same. How dare Zhou Ai snatch the most handsome and eligible bachelor from us?"
In the present, she shook her head, thinking about their last night's banter. But eventually they decided that it was indeed for the best if she completed her book. Jun wanted the world to recognize Ai as a writer first before it recognized her as Liu Jun's wife.
Nana beamed. "I think that's a great decision!"
Jin gave the twins a thumbs up. "Good. You two have more time to reflect on yourself and become good boyfriends."
The twins' faces blackened. "We are very good boyfriends!"
He sneered. "I think Leina and Xing Bi will have something different to say~"
Liu Chunhua twisted Jin's ear and scolded him. "Talk about them later when you get yourself a girlfriend first, Jin. What about you? Do you have anybody you like?"