Extra Chapter 7: Proposal
Extra Chapter 7: Proposal
Another summer has arrived.
The two of them took advantage of the weekend to fly to H City to watch the famous seaside fireworks show.
Every summer, places suitable for watching fireworks here are already fully booked, but Chen Huaixu is very resourceful and has booked a popular restaurant whose selling point is "watching fireworks" for an entire night.
The restaurant is not far from the beach and has a terrace upstairs with a wide view, from which you can enjoy the panoramic view of the coast.
In the evening, the setting sun had sunk below the horizon, the sky was dim and hazy, and a full moon could be vaguely seen hanging high in the sky.
Yan Zhen glanced at the empty restaurant, surprised at Chen Huaixu's generosity. "I thought you were just booking a table, how come you booked the whole place?"
He cut into the steak and calmly replied, "I don't like being watched."
She didn't grasp the deeper meaning behind his words and replied without thinking, "Who would come to watch us eat? We're not celebrities."
The waiter came over at this time and poured them some red wine. Yan Zhen casually asked, "How long until the fireworks show starts?"
"It starts at 8 o'clock and ends at 8:30." The waiter glanced at the clock on the wall, "It starts in twenty minutes."
"Only half an hour?"
"Yes, only half an hour."
"Half an hour..." She thought for a moment and suggested, "It'll be over early then. We can go for a walk on the beach then."
"It will be all right."
Yan Zhen noticed his state and asked, "You seem a little absent-minded tonight. What are you thinking about?"
He seemed to recall something and smiled, "I was thinking about how we set off fireworks together before, on New Year's Eve."
"The one at my house? But those fireworks couldn't compare to tonight's."
Chen Huaixu cast his gaze into the distance and said, "Really? But in my eyes, they are all the same."
What matters is not the scenery you see, but the people around you.
Because of her, everything makes sense.
The pointer pointed to half past eight, and suddenly a cluster of fireworks rose from the sea, exploded in the night, and then slowly fell.
The tourists on the beach burst into cheers.
Yan Zhen was also attracted and stood up and walked to the railing. Chen Huaixu followed and gently hugged her from behind.
One cluster, two clusters...rows of fireworks brightly lit up a corner of the sky and cast down bright light.
As they looked at each other, they exchanged a light kiss.
She tapped his lips and said, "So this is what you meant by being afraid of being watched?"
"I guess so," he didn't answer directly, but said, "Let's see."
The fireworks display was gradually coming to an end. Yan Zhen checked the time and said with some regret, "It's over in one minute."
Chen Huaixu asked her, "Do you want to make a wish?"
"Make a wish?"
"Well, just keep it as a souvenir."
Although she couldn't figure out the intention of asking her to make a wish, she knew it wouldn't hurt, so she agreed: "Okay, let's do it together."
She clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, thought for a moment, and said seriously, "I hope Yan Zhen and Chen Huaixu will love each other forever and be happy forever."
Chen Huaixu laughed and said, "Don't they say that wishes won't come true if they're spoken out loud?"
She didn't believe it and snorted, "But I've already said it, will you make it ineffective?"
The fireworks ended and the surroundings returned to peace.
After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, Yan Zhen was a little confused. Just as she was about to open her eyes, a warm palm covered her.
"Don't open your eyes. Listen to me first."
He spoke so seriously that her breathing stopped for a moment.
“Actually, I’m not a lucky person.
"I didn't have a happy family, never experienced the feeling of being loved, and even after my grandfather passed away, I lost my purpose in life. Back then, it didn't matter where I was, whether abroad or at home, studying or working. There was nothing I had to have, and nothing I couldn't give up.
"But in this misfortune, I am lucky because I met you.
"It's like someone who's always been missing has found their perfect partner. I feel like I've become complete in the process. This was the first time I worked really hard to get something, and I risked a lot. It may sound a bit hindsight now, but if I could go back and do it all over again, I would still do it. I've never regretted it.
"If, before tonight, my goal was to hope that Yan Zhen would love me, then after tonight, I hope you can give my life a new meaning."
He paused and said, "Zhenzhen, I really want to spend the rest of my life with you."
He loosened his grip. Yan Zhen slowly opened his eyes and froze in place.
Chen Huaixu half-knelt on the ground, holding a velvet box in his hand, and slowly opened it. The diamond ring inlaid in it was very eye-catching in the night.
It was totally unexpected for her.
Yan Zhen covered her mouth, even her fingertips were trembling, for fear of making any embarrassing noise.
It was very quiet around her, so quiet that she could hear her own rapid breathing and the chirping of cicadas hidden in the bushes.
Chen Huaixu raised his eyes to look at her and asked slowly and seriously: "Zhenzhen, will you marry me?"
The evening breeze blows.
As soon as he finished speaking, brilliant fireworks suddenly rose up from the calm sea without any warning.
The audience, who had thought the performance was over, were extremely surprised and cheered thunderously, and Yan Zhen's heart was also in turmoil.
The fireworks were brilliant, even more grand than the previous ones, blooming in clusters, forming a string of letters: marry me.
In such a brilliant scene, he proposed to her.
Even though he had prepared himself mentally, knowing that this day would come at some point, and secretly imagined what the scene would be like, when the moment finally came, Yan Zhen still couldn't help himself, and his eyes instantly became moist.
"I do." She burst into tears, covered her eyes, extended her right hand, and repeatedly said, "I do."
Who else can love me like this, who else is worthy of my love?
There is no other choice except Chen Huaixu.
The second wave of fireworks also went out. The unaware spectators on the beach waited for a long time, and only after confirming that there was nothing left did they really disperse.
Yan Zhen hugged Chen Huaixu, slowly stopped crying, and asked, "Did you arrange the fireworks?"
"Um."
"The timing is pretty accurate."
He smiled and said, "I've been practicing for a long time. I asked you to close your eyes because I was nervous."
She raised her hand, looked at the ring on her ring finger, and hugged him tighter, her voice still a little hoarse: "Chen Huaixu, I promised to marry you, and you are not allowed to regret it for the rest of your life."
He took her hand, made a pinky promise with her, put his thumbs together and said, "I can't bear to regret it."
Year after year, day after day, I will love you forever.
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