Chapter 196 Proposal
Zhao Chen stretched out his hand and gently brushed the corners of Yu Ling's slightly red eyes with his fingertips.
"You taught me that when I come home, someone is waiting for me, the lights are on, and the food is hot... Even if it's just a bowl of porridge with pickles, it's ten thousand times more precious than a Michelin star."
"You let me know how wonderful it is to be truly loved, protected, and even... occasionally despised by others."
"You showed me," he paused, his voice trembling slightly, carrying with it an unprecedented, naked emotion, "that loving someone isn't about locking her up in a golden cage, but about... rolling around in the mud with her, then getting up together, and laughingly cursing, 'What a fucking misfortune!'"
Yu Ling couldn't hold back her tears, and they rolled down her cheeks. She looked at the man before her, the mysterious and unpredictable "Boss Chen," the man who could make anything happen. But now, in front of her, he was like a young man clumsily offering his whole heart.
"So," Zhao Chen took a deep breath and took out a small, dark blue velvet box from his pocket.
Open.
Not a ring.
Inside lay a small, exquisite platinum brooch. It depicted a simple, naive Shiba Inu, curled up in sleep. Its eyes were set with two pure, brilliantly fiery diamonds.
"I know you don't like to be too flashy." Zhao Chen picked up the brooch and said softly, "This... is a 'guild' souvenir. Keep it low-key. Wear it to those boring occasions in the future."
He gently pinned the brooch on Yu Ling's collar, and the cool touch touched her collarbone.
"When you wear it, you'll know." He raised his head, his eyes blazing like burning stars. "No matter where in the world I'm negotiating, fighting, or wearing many masks... in the softest part of my heart, there will always be a Shiba Inu who longs to come home, eat the food you cook, and be patted on the head."
Yu Ling looked down at the peacefully sleeping Shiba Inu on her collar. Its diamond eyes shone with tiny glints of light in the sunlight, a feeling both warm and heartbreaking. She burst into laughter and punched him in the chest. "Zhao Chen! Who uses a Shiba Inu brooch to confess their love?"
Just then!
"Buzz—"
A low, dense buzzing sound came from far away and instantly enveloped the entire mountain top!
Yu Ling looked up in surprise!
In the clear blue sky, thousands of drones with flashing signal lights were roaring out from the clouds in all directions like well-trained soldiers!
They were precisely arranged and combined, and on the vast sky, with flowing light and shadow, they outlined five huge and brilliant words one by one:
Yu Ling, I love you
Every word is dazzling, like stars falling to the earth!
"What...what kind of 'equipment testing' is this?!" Yu Ling pointed at the sky, her voice changing tone.
Zhao Chen put his arm around her waist and looked up at the shocking confession. His gold-rimmed glasses reflected the light of the sky, and he smiled like a big boy who had succeeded in a prank:
"Oh, this," he said casually. "The Guild recently purchased... high-altitude lighting equipment. Let's test the formation effect. How is it? Is the brightness sufficient?"
Yu Ling: "..." She looked at the "lighting equipment" worth tens of millions in the sky, and then looked at the rich and inhumane man beside her. She was moved and amused, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
Before she could speak, Zhao Chen suddenly snapped his fingers!
"Bang!"
The first loud noise tore through the silence!
A huge, golden firework exploded below the word "love"! Like a golden sunflower in full bloom!
Right after!
"Bang bang bang bang-!!!"
Countless fireworks, as if they had received the order to charge, rushed into the sky, splashing the most brilliant colors on the blue sky!
Fiery red roses! Snow-white, shimmering magnolias! Dazzling golden waterfalls! And... countless exploding silver Shiba Inu heads with long, luminous tails!
The roar of fireworks was deafening, and the dazzling array of lights and shadows danced and blossomed wildly in Yu Ling's stunned eyes! The entire sky had become the most luxurious canvas, staging a magnificent feast of light and shadow, set off just for her!
"Zhao Chen!" Yu Ling yelled amidst the deafening roar, clutching his arm tightly. "You're crazy! How much does this cost? It's polluting the environment!"
Zhao Chen smiled and hugged her tighter, lowering his head and whispering in her ear, "Environmentally friendly smokeless fireworks specially approved by the Guild! Zero pollution! Redeemable with points! Free!"
Yu Ling didn't believe it! She looked up at the sky full of stars and flowers that were lit for her, and at the silly silver Shiba Inus grinning in the sky. A huge sense of happiness and a helpless feeling of "my husband is a spendthrift and there's no hope for him" exploded in her chest like fireworks!
The last wave of fireworks took off and exploded!
This time, it wasn't flowers or animals.
The bright spots of light in the sky slowly condensed, outlining the outlines of two extremely clear and shining cartoon avatars.
On the left is Zhao Chen, who is wearing gold-rimmed glasses and has stern features.
On the right is Yu Ling with flying hair and a bright smile.
In the middle of the two portraits, a huge heart composed of countless tiny diamond-like light spots slowly rises, gently connecting their silhouettes together.
The fireworks gradually went out, and the embers fell slowly like golden raindrops.
Peace returned to the top of the mountain, with only the strong smell of gunpowder and the sweet scent of roses intertwined in the air.
Yu Ling leaned in Zhao Chen's arms, looking up at the gradually fading light and shadow, her heart still beating violently.
"Are the points... enough?" she asked in a low voice, her voice a little hoarse.
Zhao Chen chuckled, his chest shaking: "It's not enough. So..." He let go of her and took out a small box from another pocket like a magic trick.
This time, it was a ring box.
Dark blue velvet with a small, abstract Shiba Inu paw print.
He knelt down slowly on one knee on the mountaintop covered with rose petals, in the wind still filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Open the box.
No pigeon eggs.
A platinum ring of extremely simple design. A circle of diamonds was delicately inlaid on the ring, like scattered stars. And on the inner ring, in a very hidden place, a line of tiny English words was engraved:
My Home. My Dog.
"Ms. Yu Ling," Zhao Chen looked up at her, his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses filled with the tenderness and seriousness of the entire world. "Although we had already gotten married through mutual assistance, but..."
He picked up the ring and said in a clear and firm voice:
"Will you marry me again?"
“It’s not an agreement, it’s not mutual assistance.”
"It's just because I love you, I love you so much... I'm willing to lose everything even if my points are cleared to zero."
The mountain wind whistled past, blowing up the rose petals on the ground, as if it were a red snowfall.
Yu Ling looked at the man kneeling in the sea of flowers, at the ring in his hand engraved with "Home and Dog," at the brooch of a peacefully sleeping Shiba Inu on his collar, and then at the undisguised, intense love in his eyes that was almost overflowing...
She held out her hand, her fingertips trembling slightly with excitement.
"Zhao Chen," she sniffed, her voice thick with nasal sounds, but her smile was brighter than the fireworks in the sky:
"Since you've squandered all your Guild points..."
"I'll reluctantly... take you in just once more, you loser dog!"
The moment the ring was put on the ring finger, Wangcai Bencai's excited and unsteady barking could be heard faintly from the bottom of the mountain:
"Woof woof woof woof!" (Dinner is ready! Celebrate! More meat! Double the amount!)
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