"Cough, cough!"
Li Yuheng immediately withdrew his hand from playing with the pebbles, clenched his fist and put it to his lips, coughed twice in a fake manner, and began to look around uncontrollably to make sure that the attention of the people around him had been drawn.
Taking photos, making videos.
No one paid any special attention to their corner.
very good.
Li Yuheng then turned his gaze back to the small box, and the corners of his mouth began to turn up uncontrollably, which he couldn't suppress.
He reached out and took the box, his voice tinged with exaggerated confusion: "Huh? What's this? For me?"
"...A ring box. Don't you recognize it?"
Holding the small velvet box, Li Yuheng exclaimed in realization, drawing out her words, "Oh—it's a ring box!"
He held the box, pretending to examine it carefully from all angles, his fingertips tracing the smooth velvet surface, but he wouldn't open it.
Suddenly, he looked up, staring intently at Shu Bai, a smug, irritating smile playing on his lips, his tone brimming with an air of self-righteous roguishness:
"Wait a minute, for something this big, at least... there should be a bouquet of flowers, right?"
He even exaggeratedly looked around, as if genuinely searching for a bouquet of flowers that didn't exist: "Where are the flowers? Where's the ceremony? You just give them to me like this? I might only receive this once in my life!"
Shu Bai looked at him expressionlessly.
Li Yuheng waited for a long time without receiving a response, then moved the box closer to Shu Bai's eyes, pointing at the lid with his fingertip as he added:
"Look, this desolate wilderness, sunrise and sea of clouds, what a perfect backdrop! How can we not have a kneeling ceremony? How can we not have a heartfelt confession? I'm a person of principle, I don't just accept any ring."
He got more and more excited as he spoke, raising his chin slightly and striking a pose: "You might not know me well, but I'm not someone who gets proposed to easily."
Shu Bai listened quietly to what he had said, nodded in apparent agreement, then reached out and pulled Li Yuheng's hand, pressing a small clasp on the side of the box.
A soft "click" sounded.
Li Yuheng felt a tremor in his fingertips, and the small box bounced off his hand, as if it were a second layer of a box.
Inside wasn't a ring, but a small, folded piece of paper.
Li Yuheng: "...?"
Shu Bai picked up the slip of paper with two fingers, waved it in front of Li Yuheng, and then closed the box: "Oh, I made a mistake. This is for you."
Li Yuheng stared at the strip of paper that was clearly torn from a notebook, with rough edges. His smug and smug expression froze instantly, slowly transforming into an incredulous bewilderment.
"No...where's my ring?" He pointed to the box, then to the note. "What's this?"
"A love letter." Shu Bai said succinctly, stuffing the note into his hand. "Just read it as it is."
oi!!
Li Yuheng lowered his head and unfolded the note. It contained only Shu Bai's familiar yet sharp handwriting, with a single line written on it:
"The wind is strong on the mountaintop. If you don't agree to the marriage, I'll push you off. Let's see if I can push you faster or if you can howl the loudest."
Li Yuheng: "..."
Is this the real reason why we absolutely have to reach the summit?
but……
Li Yuheng held the note tightly, his fingertips trembling, but the corners of his mouth were forced upwards as if they were being hooked by a fishhook.
He took a deep breath.
"I understand."
Li Yuheng closed his eyes in sorrow. When he opened them again, his eyes held three parts shock, four parts pride, and three parts forced helplessness.
"Shu Bai, I truly understand now. I never imagined you'd be so obsessed with me! If you can't have me, you'll destroy me? Hmm? So afraid of my rejection? You'd even threaten to kill yourself? Am I that important to you?"
Shu Bai opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.
Li Yuheng didn't give Shu Bai a chance. He suddenly raised his hand to interrupt, with a serious expression. He even sighed solemnly, but couldn't help but smile.
He waved his hand, his tone exaggerated yet helpless, as if he had made a great sacrifice, "Alright, alright, considering how... you've gone to such lengths, even threatening my life, I'll... reluctantly agree."
Shu Bai: "..."
Li Yuheng carefully put the note away before he had the leisure to examine the double-layered box.
He pried open the first layer, only to find it empty; there was no ring at all.
He looked at it incredulously, turning it over and over, and then went to dig out the second layer.
Shu Bai: "Stop looking. The ring... we haven't taken it yet."
Li Yuheng froze instantly, staring intently at Shu Bai.
"Didn't...take it?"
"Why are you looking at me like that? I did say it was a ring box from the beginning... and the reason there's no ring is your fault."
"…mine?"
"Otherwise? The ring was only made the night before the hike. I originally planned to pick it up that night, but you kept going until the early hours of the morning, and I was so tired that I completely forgot about it."
"...So after all this time, my title is settled, but I haven't even seen a glimpse of the actual item? And it has to be sent later? Damn, you've got a free lunch! Little Shubai?!"
"Pfft..."
Looking at Li Yuheng's accusing expression, Shu Bai's last bit of feigned seriousness finally crumbled completely.
His shoulders trembled slightly, and he finally couldn't hold back any longer, letting out a soft laugh that mingled with the mountain breeze.
While Li Yuheng stared blankly, Shu Bai slowly pulled out a small velvet box from the inside pocket of his windbreaker.
This box is clearly more exquisite than the previous one.
"Give."
Li Yuheng stared at the new box, his eyes narrowed, filled with extreme vigilance: "This... is it real? It's not just another note, is it?"
Shu Bai didn't say anything, but simply handed the box to him, and with a flick of her finger, the lid opened.
A pair of rings lay quietly on a black velvet cushion.
The design is minimalist, yet exudes a cool and aloof quality. The metallic luster flows with a blend of warm gold and cool silver under the rising sun, and there seems to be fine engravings on the inner circle.
He carefully picked up a ring, the cool touch against his fingertip, the weight just right. He saw the initials of his name engraved on the inner ring, and his smile widened.
"cough,"
Li Yuheng suppressed his overflowing smugness and tried to regain some ground.
He handed the ring back to Shu Bai, then very affectedly extended his left hand, spread his fingers, and waved it in the air, full of implications.
"Um... shouldn't we go through some procedures?"
Put it on him right now! Immediately! Right now!
Shu Bai looked at his hand, which seemed to want to wave it right in front of her, and raised an eyebrow slightly.
He took the ring, but didn't act immediately.
Li Yuheng's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and she looked at him expectantly.
Shu Bai held the ring, examined it thoughtfully for a moment, and then slowly slipped it onto his index finger.
Li Yuheng: "???"
He lunged forward, grabbed Shu Bai's wrist, and shouted, "Hey! Shu Bai! This is mine! Mine! Look closely! The sizes are different!"
"What, can't I try on the style?"
"No way! This is mine! Not only will you not let me wear it, but you're trying to keep it all for yourself?!"
"...Hey? Not a bad idea."
"..."
Family members, can you tell the difference between the real and fake magic pills?
…
The way down the mountain was much easier than the way up, and the scree slope made a rustling sound as we walked on it.
"Hey, are you serious? Can't it be considered a tie?"
"As for it. An agreement is an agreement. I admit defeat, so I'll carry you on my back." Li Yuheng lifted him up a little, hugged him tighter, and took a step to steady himself before continuing, "Besides, you just put on the ring, what if you fall or get hurt? I'll have to hold you tight."
Shu Bai chuckled but didn't refute him further.
Just then, a cheerful voice came from the side: "You two have such a good relationship, it's so enviable."
Wu Yue caught up with them in a few steps and walked alongside them.
These words hit Li Yuheng squarely where it hurt, and he couldn't hold back his smile any longer: "Sigh, only the best in the universe, okay! Envious? It's an exclusive secret recipe, never to be shared!"
"Um...actually, I have a question, and I'm wondering if I could ask you about it?"
Li Yuheng, who was immersed in self-admiration as the best in the universe, was very generous when he heard this: "Go ahead! Ask away! Relationship experts are online to answer your questions!"
"Well... I have someone I've liked for a long time, we've known each other since childhood, but he's also an omega. I don't know how to best test the waters. You're both Alphas, so your situations might be a little different, but... I still want to ask, how did you... find out each other's feelings back then? Or, is there any way to... avoid being too abrupt?"
Li Yuheng's eyebrows danced with excitement: "It's very simple. Just ask her directly, 'What do you think—'"
"AA relationship or OO relationship?" Shu Bai replied.
“Yes!” Li Yuheng nodded firmly.
Wu Yue was stunned, seemingly not expecting such a simple and blunt answer.
"Should we just ask directly? Wouldn't that be too blunt? What if...they say they want to watch it lying down?"
Shu Bai: "..."
Li Yuheng: "Pfft—Hahahahahahahahahahahaha..."
Shu Bai's fingers pinched the back of Li Yuheng's neck, and she whispered in his ear, "Crispy A, when did you regain your memories? Why didn't you say so?"
Li Yuheng's laughter was cut off as if by a knife, stuck in his throat.
He was carrying Shu Bai on his back, and his hands unconsciously tightened around him, as if afraid that he would jump off at any moment.
His neck was being choked, preventing him from turning his head. He could only stiffen his neck, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.
In the distance, Wu Yue seemed bewildered by the sudden turn of events and Li Yuheng's abruptly stopped maniacal laughter, and hesitantly stopped to look at them.
Li Yuheng cleared his throat, trying to find a voice, but it was accompanied by a barely perceptible tremor.
He didn't answer Shu Bai's question, but instead forcibly steered the conversation back to Wu Yue, trying to regain his composure, but his tone betrayed a hurried attempt to cover up his true feelings:
"Huh...?"
What was it called again? Black-boned chicken? I'm kind of craving black-boned chicken soup…
"Wu, don't listen to Shu Bai, he's just teasing you. These things take time, it depends on the atmosphere, yes, once the atmosphere is right..."
He bounced the white shirt on his back, "...Like right now, I think the atmosphere is pretty good."
Shu Bai sneered and loosened his grip on Li Yuheng's nape slightly.
A mountain breeze swept by, scattering unfinished words and stirring up fine dust on the road ahead.
(World IV - The End)
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