Once the car was on the road, Wen Ran received a call from Bai Xiaoxiao.
The two chatted endlessly, completely unaware of the car's direction. By the time Wen Ran ended the call and put away her phone, the Aston Martin had just come to a stop.
She glanced out the window, puzzled. "Where is this?"
"Get out."
Mo Xiuchen didn't answer her question. As soon as he spoke, the car door was opened from the outside. A uniformed man stood respectfully by the door and said, "Young Master Mo, please step out."
Seeing Mo Xiuchen bend down and exit the car, Wen Ran had no choice but to open her door and get out as well.
As they walked into a jewelry store, a middle-aged man immediately approached them with a bright smile. "Young Master Mo, the ring you requested will be here shortly."
Just as he finished speaking, the glass door behind them was pushed open, and a young man rushed over with a bag in hand, slightly out of breath. "President Wang, the ring has arrived!"
"Please, this way, Young Master Mo, Madam Mo."
The man, addressed as President Wang, took the bag from the young employee and led Mo Xiuchen and Wen Ran into a VIP room, calling over a female sales associate to assist them.
The moment the box was opened, the diamond ring inside sparkled brilliantly. Mo Xiuchen glanced at it briefly before turning to Wen Ran. "There wasn't enough time to custom-make one. This design is relatively simple. If you don't like it, we can have a pair custom-made. This one is just for now."
Wen Ran smiled and shook her head. "No need to custom-make another. This one is beautiful—simple and elegant. I like it."
Seeing that she wasn't lying, a faint smile appeared at the corners of Mo Xiuchen's lips. He reached into the ring box the sales associate was holding and gently said, "Give me your hand."
Wen Ran's eyes flickered. With President Wang and the sales associate watching, she extended her hand.
The moment Mo Xiuchen's palm wrapped around her delicate fingers, an involuntary shiver ran through her. She watched as he carefully slid the ring onto her finger, the cool touch of the metal sending a strange sensation through her heart—a feeling as complex as when she had first held their marriage certificate.
Something indescribable.
"It's beautiful."
After placing the ring on her finger, Mo Xiuchen gazed at it for a few seconds longer, his smile deepening. Under the bright crystal lights, his handsome features became even more mesmerizing.
"Madam Mo has such beautiful hands. The ring looks absolutely stunning on her," the sales associate remarked with admiration. Wen Ran's fingers were fair and slender, like those of a professional hand model, making the ring look even more exquisite.
Suppressing the complicated emotions in her heart, Wen Ran flashed a radiant smile. "It's the ring that's beautiful."
"Oh? Then why don't you put one on me too and see if it looks good?"
Seeing her bright smile, Mo Xiuchen's mood lifted, and he joked playfully. The sales associate and President Wang immediately chimed in, agreeing that he would surely look good wearing it too.
Wen Ran chuckled and nodded. "No problem."
She had once imagined that the day she wore a wedding ring, she would be dressed in a white gown, surrounded by the blessings of her loved ones…
But now, she had married someone she barely knew.
The ring was merely a symbol of her marital status—nothing more.
She looked at the large hand stretched out in front of her—long, clean fingers with well-defined knuckles. Even though this man didn't love her, and she didn't love him, at this moment, aside from her brother, he was the closest person to her.
Pressing her lips together, she carefully slid the ring onto his slender finger, just as he had done for her—slowly and gently.