After Letting My Guard Down, I Got Trapped by a Yandere CEO - Chapter 28:

Chapter 28: A Dance That Seals a Lifetime

After the outdoor barbecue, as evening fell, many employees returned to their tents to rest.

Jiang Zhao gently pulled Qin Lingxue toward a small forest nearby, a faint excitement brewing in his heart.

This was the real highlight—whether he succeeded or failed depended on tonight!

At that moment, Qin Lingxue’s eyes were covered with a black cloth. She asked curiously, “It’s already getting dark. Where are you taking me?”

“You’ll know when we get there,” Jiang Zhao replied with a grin, his face full of bright anticipation.

After walking a while longer, he finally found a small panda-marked sign on a patch of flat ground and stopped. “We’re here. You can take the cloth off now.”

Qin Lingxue removed the cloth with some expectation, but all she saw was darkness—not the surprise she had imagined. Disappointment flashed across her face.

But before she could say anything, Jiang Zhao suddenly knelt on one knee, pulled out a small red box, and opened it to reveal a delicate ring that shimmered with a gentle glow.

Its design was simple yet elegant, lacking any excessive embellishment, but it still took one’s breath away.

With unprecedented seriousness in his eyes, Jiang Zhao looked at her and said sincerely, “Xue’er, I like you. I really want to be with you—to have a serious relationship. Ever since I met you, I’ve known what it feels like to be cared for. Since falling in love with you, I’ve understood what it means to miss someone. I really, truly like you. Will you accept me?”

“I’m confessing, not to pressure you, but just to let you know my heart. Even if you reject me, I’ll still quietly love you.”

As he finished, Jiang Zhao lowered his head nervously, his heart pounding wildly.

For a long time, there was no response from her side.

He awkwardly looked up, only to meet Qin Lingxue’s calm gaze. She didn’t say anything, just reached out her hand and said softly, “Didn’t you already know my answer?”

“Why are you still frozen, dummy? Put it on.”

Long ago, Qin Lingxue had already handed over the answer sheet—no matter how Jiang Zhao filled it in, it would always be full marks. He had just never realized it.

Jiang Zhao froze for a second, then broke into a joyful smile. He took the delicate ring from the box, gently lifted her left hand, and slid it onto her ring finger.

The moment the ring was on, fireflies began rising from the surrounding bushes, dancing under the night sky. More and more of them lit up, eventually surrounding the two of them in a circle.

“Are these… fireflies?” Qin Lingxue looked at the glowing lights in the air, a mix of surprise and delight on her face.

She had been wondering why, despite it being summer, she hadn’t seen a single firefly at night—she hadn’t expected there to be so many hidden here!

Then she heard Jiang Zhao whisper, “I asked people to gather all the fireflies from the entire mountain. Tonight, their light is just for you. They belong only to you.”

This was Jiang Zhao’s confession ceremony. There were no dazzling fireworks, no extravagant gifts. It was simple, but to Qin Lingxue, it was the grandest expression of love in the world.

“Let me dance for you.”

She said suddenly, stepping forward and beginning to dance amid the fireflies…

Her elegant movements, paired with the glowing swarm around her, looked like a flowing painting—utterly enchanting.

Each step bloomed like petals unfolding—light, radiant, breathtaking. Jiang Zhao was completely mesmerized, unable to look away.

As the dance ended, the fireflies began to fly away one by one, and the area returned to stillness.

The two of them looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and embraced tightly.

By the time they returned to the campsite, most people were already asleep. Only a few tents were still lit.

Without saying much, Qin Lingxue pulled Jiang Zhao straight toward her tent and whispered, “Don’t think just because you’ve been promoted that you’re free to slack off. If you ever disappoint me again, you know what’ll happen.”

Jiang Zhao, following behind her, said helplessly, “So I guess I was born to live a hard-working life.”

After entering the tent, aside from their backpacks, there was just enough space for two people to lie down.

They didn’t rush to sleep. Instead, the two lay in each other’s arms, gazing at the starry sky through the open tent flap.

“Wife, your dance was beautiful.”

“…Hmm? You bad man, who allowed you to call me that? You just got promoted. Don’t push your luck.”

“Hehe, wife, wife~ I’ll call you that all I want. What can you do about it?”

Smack!

“…I was wrong.”

What Jiang Zhao didn’t know was that the dance Qin Lingxue had performed wasn’t ordinary. It was a dance meant to be shown only once in a lifetime, and she had prepared it for today for over ten years…

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Early the next morning, Jiang Zhao woke from a nightmare, gasping for air.

Looking down, he found his wife clinging to him like a sloth. He shook his head helplessly.

She’d clearly mistaken him for a human pillow.

Hmm… not bad, actually. She smelled amazing.

Although it was summer, the mornings in the mountains were still chilly.

After carefully tucking the blanket around Qin Lingxue, Jiang Zhao stepped out of the tent. Gazing at the endless mountains in the distance, he stretched lazily and began preparing breakfast.

Soon after, Qin Lingxue also woke up, rubbing her eyes as she stepped out of the tent and asked Jiang Zhao to help comb her hair.

What could he do? Just spoil her.

After everyone had eaten, they cleaned up the area and prepared to head down the mountain. After such a relaxing trip, everyone was in high spirits.

For Jiang Zhao, this camping trip would surely be unforgettable.

Thousands of fireflies carried his feelings, and one dance sealed a lifetime.

The return trip was much faster than the journey there. Along the way, everyone chatted about the camp, full of smiles and laughter.

Qin Lingxue, however, curled up in Jiang Zhao’s arms as soon as she got on the bus, her eyes closed to rest.

She wasn’t sleepy—she just got motion sickness.

Staring at her stunningly beautiful sleeping face, Jiang Zhao couldn’t help but reach out and poke her cheek, having the time of his life.

Just then, his phone vibrated with a message from Ye Qianyun.

Ye Qianyun: “Cousin! Emergency! Return ASAP!!!”