Chapter 238
Ji Yu slammed on the brakes and looked back, he stood under the rising sun, a bit of daylight scattered at the bottom of his eyes, looking lovingly and quietly at her.
The roses that came out of nowhere were held in his arms.
Ji Yu jumped down from the car and arched his eyebrows, “What’s wrong? Where did the flowers come from?”
Ling Yuan approached her.
For some reason, as she watched him approach step by step, Ji Yu felt like each of those steps was like stepping on the tip of her heart.
Her heart jumped a few times irregularly.
The flowers were planted in the backyard of the hotel, still carrying the morning dew, small droplets of water rolling on the petals, glittering brightly in the sunlight.
He said, “Wanted to give you flowers.”
Ji Yu takes it, lowers her head and sniffs it, raising her eyes to look at him, her almond eyes smiling, “Very fragrant, why are you suddenly sending flowers?”
Ling Yuan lowers his eyes to look at her, “Picked them in the backyard of the hotel.”
He’s answering the question she just asked.
Ji Yu is still about to say how she didn’t see it when she hears the man in front of her ask her, “Ji Yu, do you want to go on an adventure with me?”
Ji Yu didn’t react and subconsciously asked, “Adventure to what?”
She thought he meant adventure.
Ling Yuan’s voice was magnetic and melodious, “Some people say that life is an adventure with no known end, from the day you croak to the ground, the first mouthful of milk, the first time you turn over, the first step you take, the first word you say, it’s all an adventure.”
“If it is said that people in this life have to find someone to go on an adventure together in order to complete the journey, I would like to say that I will only be with you, not dispensable, but not you.”
The man in front of her suddenly took a step backward and slowly dropped to one knee.
Her eyelashes fluttered lightly and her heartbeat missed a beat.
Ling Yuan took out the ring that he had prepared early on, tilted his head, his gaze gentle and firm, “Although all good things are worth waiting for, the matter of marrying you and living with you for the rest of my life is something that I can never wait for.”
“So, Ji Yu, are you willing to marry me? Are you willing to risk your whole life with me? The kind that never leaves you, whether poor or rich, healthy or sick.”
Ji Yu lowered her eyes and met him at eye level.
The teenager had faded in time, his angular profile soft, and was gazing at her with nervous, expectant eyes.
Ji Yu was in a bit of a trance, she had actually imagined the circumstances under which Ling Yuan would propose, she had thought that it would be in a playground with many people, or perhaps when they were alone in the King’s Garden, she just didn’t think that it would be here, and even more so, she didn’t think that it would be today, and the whole of her had a strong sense of unreality.
She thought of the two together, her mind can think of is actually all his good to her, she was unhappy when he coaxed, she was difficult when he guided, she was happy when he laughed together …… and he together every moment is so beautiful.
The sea breeze blowing waves, wave after wave surging to the shore, gently caressing the soft sandy beach, and reluctantly returned. A few seabirds through the sunrise, from the sky, sometimes spreading their wings and soaring, sometimes singing, joyful and free.
Ji Yu heard her own voice respond as if from a distant place.
She said, “I do.”
“Let’s go on an adventure together.”
She reached out to him.
Despite knowing the answer early on, Ling Yuan’s heart was still beating fast, and his hand holding the ring box curled up, trembling lightly as he gripped it hard to keep it from falling off.
Ling Yuan usually likes to hold Ji Yu’s hand the most, at this moment, touching the warmth of her hand, that feeling of excitement floating in the clouds only slowly landed.
He controlled the force on his hand, as if he was afraid of pinching her, lightly holding her fingertips, the knot in his throat rolled lightly, and he lowered his head and gently kissed her, the ends of his eyes flushed with a faint red.
He carefully and clumsily took the ring, because of too much excitement, several times failed to help her put it on.
Ji Yu watched with red eyes as he finally pushed the ring onto her ring finger, the cool touch stripping away her unreality bit by bit, finally returning to reality.
With tears in her eyes and a smile, she pulled him up and stood on her tiptoes to kiss the end of his eyes, “I’m the same, I want to be with you for the rest of my life.”
Ling Yuan’s eyebrows and eyes were frozen with endless tenderness, embracing her in his arms, kissing her, his voice muffled, “Not only for a lifetime, but also for the next life, the next life, to be born for a lifetime.”
Ji Yu feels Ling Yuan’s breath spilling over her ears, his chest rising and falling, and her rapid heartbeat in the same frequency, her heart surges with emotion, her line of sight shifts downward, and her gaze falls on the ring encrusted with crushed diamonds.
The tiny ring reflected colorful light in the sunlight.
Brilliant.
Dazzling.
Her voice was soft, “Okay, I promise you, we agreed to live forever.”
Ling Yuan’s arm abruptly tightens, his voice is low and hoarse, “Baby, believe me, we will be happy.”
Ji Yu’s nose is sore, and she softly replies back, “Will be.”
They will definitely be happy.
The two of them sit snuggly on the beach, bathing in the sunlight, listening to the sound of the waves, watching the tide rise and fall, and looking at the clouds roll in.
Also kissing passionately.
The two don’t know how long they sat there, but Ling Yuan carried the drowsy Ji Yu back to his room, carefully placed her on the bed, and went into the restroom himself, taking off his wet and sweaty top to wash his face.
Ji Yu woke up as soon as she touched the bed, she was dazed and confused, barefoot off the floor, her mind didn’t think too much, and she directly pushed open the restroom door.
This push, as if pressed the switch of the time machine, rewind to that year when they first met that time.
That year the eighteen year old teenager met the sixteen year old pool fisherman.
A glance of ten thousand years.
Just like the first time they met, Ji Yu closed the door with a “snap”.
Not long after, Ling Yuan put on his clothes and came out from the restroom, his voice was no longer cold, but gentle and smiling, “Who are you? Why are you here?”
Ji Yu stood up from the sofa and raised his eyes to look at the teenager.
The teenager speaks again, “Why don’t you say anything?”
Ji Yu looked at his clean and clear eyes and arched her eyebrows, “Are you, brother Liang Zihao?”
Ling Yuan stepped forward and wrapped the girl in his arms, burying his head into the crook of her neck, softly smothering a laugh, “I’m not Liang Zihao.”
After a pause, his nice voice resounded again, “I’m Ling Yuan, the one who will accompany you for the rest of your life.”
Ji Yu hugged him back, smelling his clean and refreshing scent, his heart was at peace.
As if rewinding time, the scenes with Ling Yuan from meeting to falling in love, frame by frame, played in her mind, bits and pieces surging to her heart, and finally all of them were framed in the teenager’s affectionate eyes.
Those eyes could hold both mountains and rivers as well as the stars in the sky.
In these eyes, Ji Yu saw herself.
It was a Ji Yu who was overflowing with happy smiles.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, is the endless sea, in that the sea and the sky meet, all is the blue world. Waves surge, is the heartbeat of the sea, but also the beating of life, so violent, but also so big.
That year, the young man surprised the side, from this girl in his heart has made a deep imprint, the feelings come so hot, but also warm enough, through thousands of mountains and tens of thousands of water, through the change of seasons, have seen the sunset and sunrise, this day, finally stood in front of his beloved girl and said, “I want to marry you, marry me, okay?”
A thousand sails through the world, the front finally returned to tenderness.
The young man’s warmth will not be extinguished until he dies.
(End of text 2024.5.2)