"Can't we just pretend it's that time?" Ye Zhou said, raising an eyebrow.

An Youhe looked at the exquisite diamond ring in her hand.

"Ye Zhouzhou, what's going on?"

After receiving the diamond ring, Ye Zhou knelt down on one knee and looked at the girl reverently, "Youhe, will you be my fiancée?"

An Youhe covered her mouth to prevent herself from making a sound of surprise.

"Fiancée, fiancée."

The girl could hardly believe her ears.

"Will you be my fiancée, Ye Zhou?" Ye Zhou patiently repeated.

A trembling, pale hand reached out: "I do."

Ye Zhou smiled and put the ring on the girl's left ring finger, connecting it to her heart.

Then, the two hugged each other tightly.

An Youhe looked at the ring on her hand as if she were dreaming.

She had never dared to rely too much on Ye Zhou, but at some point, she had come to regard Ye Zhou as someone more important than her own life.

The girl was embraced in a warm hug, and her heart softened completely.

"Ye Zhouzhou, isn't this a bit too early for us?"

"It's too late. Seeing you makes me feel like it's too late to do anything else."

The girl smiled and hugged Ye Zhou tightly.

The two were embracing when suddenly several employees came over with exploding fireworks.

With two loud thuds, colorful ribbons floated down.

"Wishing the bride and groom eternal happiness and many children."

An Youhe blushed, wishing she could become one with Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou carried An Youhe and quickly fled the scene.

"Did you arrange this?"

Ye Zhou chuckled. He had long known that An Youhe was easily embarrassed, so why would he have brought so many people to make her socially awkward?

"Of course not. If I bring them over, would you still agree to my request?"

An Youhe pouted, which was indeed very embarrassing.

Two people walked on the deck, and beautiful fireworks bloomed in the dark sky.

The brilliant sparks fell into the sea.

The girl watched the fireworks fill the sky with excitement.

Ye Zhou smiled slightly, his eyes filled with the girl's beautiful appearance. "These were arranged by me."

...

"Youhe, what's that sparkling in your hand? Let me see!" Xiao Wei pulled An Youhe's hand and examined it closely.

"Is it really a ring? It's such a beautiful ring!"

"Did Ye Zhou give it to you?"

An Youhe smiled and nodded in response to the questions.

Xiao Wei was really dissatisfied with An Youhe's reaction, "You're acting like Ye Zhou's little wife right now."

No, no.

"So, are you two engaged?"

"Yes, they're engaged."

Xiao Wei hugged An Youhe tightly, "Poor child, from now on you belong to Ye Zhou."

Although she said that, Xiao Wei was actually very happy inside.

After all, the rumors and gossip on the forums have disappeared, but there are more gossipy people in real life.

Within a single day, another major news broke on the forum: Ye Zhou and An Youhe had gotten married!

Although it was a rumor, it effectively debunked previous negative statements.

There were many rumors about an improper relationship between Ye Zhou and An Youhe, and those who made those rumors have been thoroughly proven wrong.

"I never expected that the campus heartthrob would be such a devoted man."

"Yeah, I think I heard that the school beauty and the male god were each other's first love and they were together since high school."

"Oh, is that so? That's so enviable!"

Chen Yang couldn't hold back any longer.

"Brother Zhou, did you really marry An Youhe?"

Ye Zhou corrected him, saying, "It's an engagement."

"Isn't this engagement too early? You two are still young. You need to be responsible for yourselves. People who get married too early usually regret it."

"Have you forgotten how old I am? I was 28 and still an unmarried man back then. Can't I get married sooner if I want to now?"

"That's right, Brother Zhou. You're an adult now, of course you can make the right decision. I'm just a little kid, I'll get lost first."

"Don't leave yet, do you like Lin Mengting?"

Chen Yang was dumbfounded. "What did you say? How could I possibly like that woman? She's so assertive, so tall, and all she does is look pretty and have long legs. That's not a reason for me to like her."

Ye Zhou looked at Chen Yang with an all-knowing gaze, "Yang, hurry up and win her over. Your eyes betray you."

Chen Yang sighed helplessly, "Brother Zhou, aren't you just worried that she'll harass your fiancée? Fine, fine, I'll reluctantly help you out."

After class, An Youhe got on Ye Zhou's pink electric scooter, and the two of them planned to go to a restaurant outside the school to eat.

Ye Zhou said with a smile, "Hold on tight to my waist, young lady, or you'll fall."

"Okay." An Youhe smiled sweetly and wrapped her arms around the boy's waist.

A pair of white sneakers appeared not far behind the electric scooter.

The girl wore a white dress, her long, shiny black hair cascading over her shoulders, and she gripped the chain of her shoulder bag tightly with both hands.

The boy stood next to her, and the two looked very well-matched.

Huai'an also looked in the direction Ye Zhou left, "So you like him? How come I didn't realize it sooner?"

Jiang Jiayan looked somewhat disappointed and muttered to herself, "That back seat should have belonged to me."

"It's a pity they're already engaged. Don't you think I'm pretty good too? Jiayan, you should look forward. No one lives in the past forever. Look at Ye Zhou, he's already out of sight. You should go too."

Jiang Jiayan stood there, lowering her proud head. The crown fell to the ground and shattered into powder.

Huai'an glanced at the girl's reaction, which seemed to be expected.

"Be my girlfriend, Jiayan. I will treat you even better than he did."

After a while, Jiang Jiayan shook her head and continued walking forward.

"Huai'an, you don't need to keep following me. We're not going the same way."

Huai'an was deeply moved. He had never seen such a devoted girl, and such a beautiful one at that.

A well-educated and reasonable girl like Jiang Jiayan was admired by countless people at school, but she rejected them all.

"Jiang Jiayan, is your heart made of stone?"

Jiang Jiayan never looked back.

Huai'an clenched his fists and quickly chased after her. He wasn't short of girlfriends; he'd had all sorts of girlfriends. He wasn't fixated on Jiang Jiayan, a beautiful woman. But now, he realized that this girl did have a unique quality—or more accurately, a sense of brokenness.

But Huai'an really wanted to pick up the shards of her broken mirror and piece it back together.

Huai'an caught up with Jiang Jiayan and said, "Don't you want Ye Zhou? I'll go and win that girl over, so you can be with Ye Zhou. It's just an engagement ring, isn't it?"