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For once in her life, Hu Tao never thought of anything other than inheriting her grandfather’s business being the director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. Her parents died when she was young and her grandparents and Uncle’s have been the one who took care of her ever since she was young.“Miss Hu Tao, A young man is waiting at your living room asking for your presence” One of Hu Tao’s servants stated making Hu Tao smile wide.“Tell him, that I’ll be right there!” Hu Tao said with a huge smile on her face as the servant went to tell the young man exactly what Hu Tao said as the young woman once again looked at herself in the mirror feeling giddy.“Miss Hu Tao” The Servant called as Hu Tao looked away from the mirror.“I’m coming!” Hu Tao said before looking at the mirror one last time and heads towards the living room.Hu Tao never thought that she would put behind her the decision to be the director of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor for just a single man.“What took you so long?” A voice asked as soon as Hu Tao arrives at the living room.Hu Tao finds a young man 1 year older than her now standing wearing a very casual but dashing set of clothes that made Hu Tao blush.“How do I look?” She asked as she spins making the young man smile.“You look very beautiful, as always my little Hu” The young man said making Hu Tao smile wide but still feels embarrassed with the nickname he always used for her.“You look very dashing yourself, Jukey” Hu Tao retorted as the man snorts.“Not as dashing as you” The man Hu Tao calls Jukey retorted back as the two stares at each other for a short amount of them before they both laugh.“Come on, We don’t want to be late on our reservation” Juker, the young man said as he stretched a hand for Hu Tao to accept making her smile and take it.“Aww, Isn’t it okay to be a little late and lets go to the park and grab some Ice cream?” Hu Tao asked as Juker sighs.“Hu, there is already ice cream in the menu of the restaurant. You don’t need to buy ice cream at the park” Juker said as Hu Tao gave him a pout.“But I want Ice cream from the park” Hu Tao said as she gave the man puppy dog eyes making Juker blush at how adorable his girlfriend was.“Fine, but that means no Ice cream in the restaurant” Juker said as Hu Tao lights up.“YIPEE! I love you Jukey!” Hu Tao exclaimed as she gave him a peck on the cheek as she pulled Juker’s hand and started to head out of the house towards the park.As the couple head to the park they came across two familiar faces who they knew lived in Inazuma but seems to be here.“Look who is here when they were supposed to be having a night at a restaurant?” One of the familiar faces asked in a teasing tone as Juker rolled his eyes. “Come on, Hu just wants Ice cream from here. We are heading to the restaurant after” Juker exclaimed as a chuckle come from the other familiar face.“I apologize for Densel’s behavior, We actually came here because he wanted me to be here for th-“ Before the woman could finish her sentence Densel immediately covers her mouth.“Om…Juker, Hu Tao. Ei and I have to get going! See you two when we see you!” Densel exclaimed as he immediately runs off pulling his girlfriend gently away from the couple who looked at each other confused but Juker who knows why Densel did whatever he did sighs internally.‘That was too close…I knew that Ei was bad at hiding secrets but…that was just too close straight at home’ Juker thought as he looked at Hu Tao who was confused with the whole situation.“Well, how about we get your ice cream and head to the restaurant?” Juker suggested as Hu Tao looked at him and nodded.The two went to the Ice cream vendor and bought a chocolate flavored Ice cream before heading towards the direction of the restaurant.While Juker leads Hu Tao to the restaurant, A couple who were inside the exact restaurant were impatiently waiting for the eccentric couple to arrive to initiate the plan.“When do you think will they arrive?” A gruff voice asked his partner as the exact partner shrugged.“I don’t know, maybe Hu Tao asked him to buy her some Ice cream from that place” the partner replied as the owner of the gruff voice sighs.“If they don’t arrive within 10 minutes, I will have to take you with me to the nearest hotel and deal with a ‘problem’” the partner blushes red and looked at the man beside her with a glint in her eyes.“Oh~ Sounds very interesting…I wonder what caused this ‘problem’ to arise?” the woman asked in a teasing tone making the owner of the gruff voice let out a small quiet growl.“Oh, I would love to show you…what did…but not here” The man replied as the woman pouts.“Oh come Wrio, I was getting in the mood” the woman stated as the man scoff.“Then wish for the couple to not arrive here within 10 minutes” Wrio, the owner of the gruff voice said as the woman nodded.But to her dismay the couple arrived making her groan in dissatisfaction and gave her husband a look that tells him to their plan.“Wow! This is a very fancy restaurant!” Hu Tao exclaimed as soon as they entered the restaurant.“Yeah, I got free coupons to this place from someone we know. Speaking of the devils there he is” Juker said as he saw Wriothesley and Akari approach them.“What took the two of you so long? Akari and I have been waiting” Wrio asked gesturing to his wife who waved at Hu Tao.“Well, little Hu here wants me to buy her ice cream from the usual place and we coincidentally met Densel and Ei over there and we had a small talk” Juker replied as Wrio just hummed.“Well, now that we have seen our contenders. We could finally take our leave…” Wriothesley pulled Akari towards his chest making her chuckle.“See you two soon, when I can be able to stand up after this” Akari said as Wrio pushed her along the path towards the exit of the restaurant leaving the couple to look for their table.“I wonder what those two plan on doing?” Hu Tao asked Juker who knew what exactly the two were going to do sweat drops.“Don’t worry Hu, It’s something you don’t need to know” Juker replied as he just leads her to a table that says reserved with their names on it.“Well, our seats were easy to find…” Juker mumbled as he let Hu Tao sit first before he sat on the other side as the couple looked at the menu and searched for their food.Juker watched Hu Tao looked into the menu happily drilling in his mind what he planned on doing in the first place.That he was here to propose to the future director of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor who is also his very eccentric girlfriend.Juker called a waiter as soon as he saw that Hu Tao was ready to order, the waiter approached their table and asked for their order and Hu Tao begin mentioning the dish that caught her eyes and Juker prayed that what Hu Tao chose would be affordable with the money that the coupon that Wrio gave him.“Sir, What about your order?” The waiter asked making Juker pause before looking at the menu and immediately told the waiter his own order as the man who was tasked nodded as he wrote the orders on a small paper before reading it out loud to confirm the orders of the couple.After hearing what exactly he told the waiter, the man left their table and towards the counter to relay their order to the chefs.“So Jukey, what do we plan on doing after this fancy dinner?” Hu Tao asked as Juker just looked at his girlfriend and smiled.“You’ll see” He replied making Hu Tao pout now more curious about what’s going to happen and stands up making Juker look up and it was the wrong move since Hu Tao was wearing a pouty face which he was known to be so weak to.‘Oh no, I have a bad feeling about this’ Juker thought and as soon as Hu Tao got near him she started.“Tell me! Tell me!” in different tones as to make Juker weak but Juker fought his way through it and survived until the food comes in making Hu Tao stop and sit back into her seat with a more obvious pout making Juker laugh nervously.“Please ring the bell if you need something” The waiter said before leaving as Juker looked at Hu Tao who still had a pout on her face as he sighs.‘Why can she be so persistent sometimes?’ Juker thought before feeling the box hidden in his pocket making him remember his purpose of asking Wrio for the coupon and then looked at Hu Tao who starts to cut a slice of the food and takes a bite which ended up with the pout turn into a big smile.“Jukey!! This taste delicious!” Hu Tao exclaimed as Juker smile.“Of course it does, we should know how Akari’s recipe would always ended up delicious” Juker commented making Hu Tao pause.“Wait…Akari’s recipe?” Hu Tao blinks with the question as Juker laughs softly.“Yeah, Wriothesley is the owner of the restaurant and so is Akari but she is mostly the chef but as we saw just now I guess she is taking a break.” Hu Tao’s eyes sparkled in surprise.“Really?! Why didn’t you tell me that before?” Hu Tao asked pouting again as Juker nervously laughed.“I want it to be a surprise and I thought them being here to greet us is already a clue for u to find out.” Juker replied as Hu Tao just nodded and now happily eats the food.The whole dinner ended up being an exchange of opinion about the dish and that they would be happy to go here again but this time with them tasting Akari’s own cooking with her recipes.The couple stands up and left the coupon on the table with some tips and leave the restaurant and Juker who has a location in mind grabs Hu Tao’s hands.“Come on, before we are too late” Juker exclaimed making Hu Tao confused as they started running towards the location which was a small hill with a very nice view of the sun setting and of course Chenyu Vale.“So…what about this Juk-“Hu Tao cuts herself off as she gasp as soon as she turns to her left to see Juker kneeling on one knee with a small box in his hand.“Hu, I know I can be very stubborn, very degenerate and very disastrous, while you are very eccentric and always deals with every problem positively. I really like no love that about you.” Juker started making Hu Tao silent. “When I first saw you that day, It felt like I was struck by lightning due to your smile. At first you actually made me uncomfortable but still hanging out with you more, being your boyfriend and hopefully starting from now right at this moment…your future husband. I can continue to see your positivity rise up and be passed on to others.” Juker continued as he opened the box to reveal a very beautiful ring making Hu Tao gasp.“So…Hu, Will you marry me?” Juker finally asked as Hu Tao with tears running down her eyes immediately nodded.“Y-Yes! Yes I do!” Hu Tao exclaimed as Juker stands up and carried her and spins around.“I love you Hu” Juker said as Hu Tao smiled back.“I love you too, Jukey” Hu Tao responded back and they sealed it with a kiss.Few minutes later, the two leaned out and smiled as Juker puts on the ring into Hu Tao’s ring finger and grasped her hand as if she would let go when she wouldn’t.“Well, shall we go home?” Juker asked as Hu Tao smiles and nodded.As the two started walking back to the Hu Tao’s house and came across a very familiar duo.“Well, look who is out this late than we expected” Juker commented as the duo who was busy fixing some stuff look at them.“Juker?! Hu Tao?! What are you two doing here?!” The woman of the two asked as Juker chuckled.“I just took Hu Tao to dinner at Wrio’s restaurant and finally proposed” Juker stretched Hu Tao’s hand to present her the ring he gave her making the woman gasp.“Congrats, you two.” The man of the duo stated as Hu Tao smiled.“Thank you, Zhongli” Hu Tao said as she looked at the woman beside him who remains to be surprise.“I can’t believe it, you two are getting married before me even though I am older?!” Claire exclaimed and looked at Zhongli.“I wonder when you are going to propose?” Claire asked him as Zhongli blinked.“I don’t really know how proposal’s go but if you want me to do it. Then I’ll grab a ring now an-“ Zhongli was cut off with a Claire shriek.“NO! You don’t need to do it now! You can do it at your own pace my dear. But I’m just surprise by how these people younger than us is getting married so early.” Claire said as Hu Tao and Juker laughed nervously.“Well, Akari and Wrio started it first” Juker mumbled.“Well, it was nice to see the two of you here and Congrats on the engagement but me and Zhongli have to go!” Claire exclaimed as she leads the man back to her home leaving Hu Tao and Juker in the streets as they both sighed and heads to their homes with a huge smile on their face.
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Months had passed ever since Juker had proposed to Hu Tao, The couple and their friends have been helping each other plan the wedding and with their help the wedding is all set. The groom and bride will be separated for a whole which results to Hu Tao resisting on heading to Juker's home to cuddle.Akari, Raiden, Claire and her other friends accompany her through the wait as Akari gave her some tips on making the time pass by faster. Then without further notice the day of the wedding finally arrived with the setting of the wedding is set on the same place Akari and Wrio got married but with different decorations and a different theme.Akari helps Hu Tao into her wedding dress before she started to put on some makeup to make Hu Tao more pretty for her groom. "I promise that I would make sure that Juker's jaw will drop as soon as he lay his eyes on you" Akari promised Hu Tao who is now looking forward as to what her friend is planning.On the otherhand Wrio and the boys are helping Juker as to how he will style his hair and if he looked good or not, the other men just said yes to everything he wore except Wrio who told him to choose based on what he knows would make Hu Tao blush and based on that advice Juker found his style and looked in the mirror to make sure that it does look good on him."whistles you might caused the ladies to go wild in the reception" A voice called from the entrance o reveal Childe."I don't think I will be the one taking the ladies' attention because you, Wrio and Zhongli are going to be there." Juker commented "scoffs Not on Akari's watch cause all I know is that she will glare at the women who tries to flirt with me." Wrio stated as Childe laughs softly."Your girl is special, But when it comes to her being flirted at she also stays away unless she does it with some of us here as a way to tease you~" Childe nudges Wrio who scoffs again."Oh please she likes it when I- okay I'll stop there" Wrio said as Juker laughs nervously as suddenly the front door opened once again but this time to reveal Akari."Well, Well, Well, Look at you~ Hu Tao would go crazy" Akari said making Juker smile."Thank you" Juker just said as she approached Wrio and gave him a kiss on a cheek."Hu Tao is looking very beautiful at the moment, I made sure that you will go crazy over her" Akari said with a wink as Juker gulped."Now I am very nervous but excited at the same time" Juker stated as Akari chuckled as a person entered the house once more."Guys, It's time" Densel came in announcing that the wedding is going to start soon making Juker nod as everyone left the house and heads out towards their cars and drives to the chapel where the wedding will be held.The group arrived at the chapel and the wedding ceremony started as Juker walks up the isle as he now waits for the bride to enter. After a few minutes the wedding song started to play as the flower girls entered a little bit time has flies and Juker gulped as she sees the Bridemaids and after them came in the bride.Hu Tao in a very beautiful wedding dress and very light makeup making Juker blush as soon as through the veil covering her face they made eye contact. Being escorted by her uncle and her aunt she walks in the isle and towards Juker who happily takes Hu Tao's hand from her aunt and uncle as he helps her walk the short stairs towards the priest.The wedding went as it normally does with their vows exchanged putting on their rings and giving each other a kiss, after that it was time for the throwing of the bouquet. All the non-married women gather around as Hu Tao raised the bouquet and immediately throws it up in the air, the women followed every move of the bouquet and before they knew it the bouquet landed on someone's hands and that someone ended up being Claire making everyone squeal at the possibility that Claire can finally get married as everyone except the women who were gathered looked at Zhongli and gave him a look making the man feel a shiver on his spine.'I guess I have to go through with this soon' Zhongli thought as he looked at Claire who was already looking at him and gave him a sheepish smile as he smiled softly at her.The wedding reception after that went very well, everyone celebrated got drunk and so-on and so forth, nobody remembers what would happen after getting drunk and unknown to them a certain duo were blessed on having their very first child.
if you are curious as to find out on who the certain duo it be ready for a separate book called: The Blessed Beauty and the Beast
The book of the possible proposal of Zhongli to Claire will be on a separate book called: Ancient but willing to wait
THE END~