Why? [YiZhan FanFiction]✔️

-35- -What if...

-35- -What if...

After a month of waiting, Yibo finally got his work permit and now works in the same company as me. And from day one, everyone knew right away that Yibo and I are a couple.

How did that happen? Well, you take a car, drive to work together, park just when all the other employees arrive as well. And then there's the very clingy boyfriend who just can't leave.

Hand in hand in the first day at work. We got out of the car and as soon as we were one meter away from the car, Yibo grabbed my hand and left the parking garage with me. He also held my hand in the elevator.

And since we work on the same floor, we also had to get out of the elevator together. And right in front of the large open office, Yibo decided he had to give me a kiss before he joined his new workplace.

So I stood there, just wanting to say goodbye, when Yibo puts his hands to my cheeks, looks me deep in the eyes and says he loves me. Then came his final blow, a long kiss.

It spread like wildfire. It was not quite breakfast time when the news that the assistant to the board, Xiao Zhan, has a relationship with the new marketing consultant, Wang Yibo.

Yibo spent the breakfast break at my office and for lunch we went to the canteen. Where everyone was staring at us, of course. I heard some of the women behind me talking at the table. "I'm so jealous of the new one." - "Wang Yibo is really hot, Xiao Zhan is so lucky." - "I wish I was at Wang Yibo's place."

I asked Yibo if he was proud of himself now that everyone knows about it on the very first day. And he replied: "That was the plan. I wanted everyone to know right away that we belonged together."

My boss, a board member, came to our table and had lunch with us. He and Yibo were talking about work, and from one moment to the next, my boss asks, "So, will you two get married?"

Yibo he looked at me, then at my boss and said, "I hope so."

Then my boss looked at me and asked me: "Why is he still hoping? Haven't you said yes yet?"

I choked and stared at Yibo sinisterly. Then I looked at my boss and said, "Well, he hasn't even asked me yet."

"What if he did?" My boss asks me. Yibo also looks at me questioningly and smiles cheekily.

"I don't know." I say and swallow the pointed remark that lies on the tip of my tongue. As if it was my boss' business.

Suddenly Yibo gets up and stands beside me, takes my hand and pulls me up. Then he puts his arms around me and asks me, "My ZhanZhan, will you marry me?"

Luckily he held me tight, otherwise I would have gone down and sunk into the ground for sure. The staff around us screeches, cheers and clapping and I am in shock and can't get a sound out of my mouth.

When an employee arrives with a bouquet of red roses and Yibo takes a small box out of his suit jacket, I realized he had planned it all and even told my boss.

And before I could say anything, Yibo got down on his knees before me and held the box out to me.

"My ZhanZhan, you are the only person I have ever loved and will always love. You have been in my heart since we were children. You were my best friend and we didn't just grow up together and support each other in growing up. We also fell in love with each other. My heart started beating faster for you when I was fourteen years old. And nothing's changed in how I feel about you since then. Even though there was a long time of over seven years where we had no contact, I have always loved and wanted only you. And now that we're finally a couple, I don't want to wait around to take the next step. With Xinxin, we are already a family, but I would be happy if we make it official. I want everyone to know that we belong to each other, that we love each other and that's why I'm asking you here in front of all these people if you want to marry me. Because you're the man I love more than anything and want to grow old with. Please marry me, ZhanZhan."

I cannot describe how I felt at that moment. Overwhelmed seems more like it. Because I never expected that Yibo would want to marry me and also has the courage to ask me this before everyone else. Saying all these things and not even bothering himself that he has tears in his eyes, just like I do.

Yibo opened the ring box and inside were two silver rings with engravings and several small diamonds. My heart was racing like crazy, my whole body was shaking.

I took a deep breath and smiled. "Yes, Yibo, I will marry you." And it was getting loud all around us. Cheers and applause broke out.

Yibo got up and put a ring on my finger, then I put his ring on his finger. At that very moment, I remembered how Emma and I did this and I saw her face in my inner eye and she smiled. I think if she can watch us from somewhere, she will be happy.

To seal the whole thing, Yibo kissed me and took me in his arms. "I love you my ZhanZhan. I love you so much." He whispered in my ear.

After all the years I've loved him, I can't say it's too soon. Even though Yibo and I have been together for barely three months. Our love has lasted for many years.

At the end of the work day, as we sat in the car, I said to Yibo, "We have to tell Xinxin." And Yibo smiles at me. He stroked my cheek with his thumb and gave me a kiss.

"I have already asked her if I can marry you. And she even helped me pick out the rings." He explains it to me.

Now I finally know what secret they've been hiding for the past few days.

In the last four weeks they have become inseparable. Yibo has quickly gotten used to the role of a dad and is really good at being a father for Xinxin.

But he is also a good boyfriend, or rather, now fiancé. Every morning he gets up half an hour earlier, takes a shower, prepares breakfast, wakes me up, and while I'm taking a shower and getting dressed in peace, he wakes Xinxin, helps her wash and brush her teeth, and helps her get dressed after he has done her hair.

And then we sit quietly together at breakfast, discussing the day or just telling each other what we dreamed.

That's exactly what Emma and I dreamed of back then. To be together as a family and spend time together. I never thought I would have all this with Yibo after Emma took her own life.

With Yibo, my dream has come true. I still can't believe that after all these years where he and I had no contact and after all I experienced, I still love him as much as I did then. Maybe even a little more than back then.

It's incredible, but I'm really going to marry Yibo. The man I always wanted to be with. Who I could have imagined myself spending the rest of my life with him. What's even more incredible is that Yibo loves me as much as I love him.