RBCT Chapter 343 Ruoran, will you marry me?
Chapter 343 Ruoran, will you marry me?
After eating the beef noodles.
Li Ze and Zhang Ruoran walked out of the noodle shop.
The sunlight outside is even brighter.
The two of them walked side by side down the street.
Li Ze didn't take Zhang Ruoran's hand, and the two of them walked slowly, enjoying the very quiet atmosphere.
They walked past the vegetable market where they used to go to buy groceries.
The farmers' market has now been transformed into a very clean and fresh food supermarket.
They walked past the old neighborhood where they used to live.
That residential area has been demolished and now turned into a very large park.
There were many elderly people practicing Tai Chi in the park, and some children running around on the grass.
Zhang Ruoran looked at the park and stopped walking.
She pointed to a flower bed in the middle of the park and said to Li Ze:
"Look, our old building used to be built right where that flower bed is."
"Back then, we lived on the top floor. In the summer, it was as hot as a sauna, and in the winter, it was as cold as an icebox."
"Every day after you get off work, you still have to carry buckets of water upstairs."
Li Ze looked in the direction she was pointing.
He smiled and nodded.
"Yes. I was exhausted every day back then. But when I came home and saw the meals you had prepared, I didn't feel tired at all."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ruoran turned to look at Li Ze.
A very gentle light flashed in her eyes.
She didn't say anything, but simply started walking again.
Before they knew it, the two of them had walked into the campus of Han City University.
This is where they used to go to university.
Although eighteen years have passed, the changes on campus are not particularly significant.
Those old teaching buildings are still the same as before.
The trees on campus have grown taller than before, and their leaves are very lush.
It's class time now, and there aren't many students on the roads around the campus.
Li Ze and Zhang Ruoran walked along the tree-lined path.
This feeling is just like going back to eighteen years ago, when they were still college students.
They walked past the library, past the cafeteria, and past the playground.
Every place is filled with their memories of their youth.
"Do you remember how you secretly went to wash dishes at a restaurant outside the school for a month just to buy me that white dress?"
Zhang Ruoran looked at a teaching building in front of her and suddenly spoke up.
When Li Ze heard about this, he touched his nose and smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
"How could I not remember? My hands were peeling from washing dishes back then."
"But seeing how happy you were after you put on that dress, I felt that washing those dishes was totally worth it."
Zhang Ruoran looked at him, her eyes slightly red.
She whispered:
"I've kept that dress all this time."
"Later, when Mengli grew up, I also let her wear it."
When Li Ze heard these words, his heart skipped a beat.
He knew that if a woman could preserve a piece of clothing for eighteen years...
That means this dress holds a very, very important place in her heart.
This also shows that Li Ze has never been forgotten in her heart.
The two continued walking forward.
As they walked, they came to a small lake in a corner of the campus.
A row of very tall willow trees was planted along the lake.
Li Ze walked to the foot of one of the largest willow trees and stopped.
He turned his head and looked at Zhang Ruoran.
Zhang Ruoran also stopped.
She looked at the tree, and her gaze suddenly became very complex.
Of course she remembered this place.
Eighteen years ago, on that night, in the same place, under this same tree.
Li Ze mustered all his courage and confessed his feelings to her.
From that day on, the two of them officially became a couple.
Li Ze looked at Zhang Ruoran, his expression becoming very serious.
He took a deep breath.
Then, in front of Zhang Ruoran, Li Ze slowly knelt on one knee.
When Zhang Ruoran saw Li Ze suddenly kneel down, she was completely stunned.
She stared at Li Ze with wide eyes, her hands instinctively covering her mouth.
Li Ze took a small red box out of his pocket.
He opened the box.
Inside the box, a diamond ring lay quietly.
The diamond on this ring is extremely large, and it's not an ordinary white diamond.
It is a very pure, very deep blue diamond.
This blue diamond was purchased by Li Ze at a great cost after he sent people to a diamond mine in South Africa.
Its value cannot be measured in money at all.
Li Ze held up the blue diamond ring.
He looked into Zhang Ruoran's eyes, his voice very steady, but every word was full of emotion.
"If so."
"Eighteen years ago, in this very place, I asked you if you would be my girlfriend."
"Back then, I had nothing, so all I could give you was a very empty promise."
"Over the past eighteen years, I have wronged you so much. I have caused you so much suffering."
Li Ze's eyes also turned a little red.
He continued:
"I know that no matter how many times I apologize, it can't make up for all the hard work and grievances you've suffered over the past eighteen years."
"But now I'm back."
"I'm no longer that poor boy who couldn't give you anything."
"I now have the ability to give you the best of everything, and the ability to protect you and our two children."
Li Ze looked at Zhang Ruoran and asked loudly and sincerely:
"Ruoran, will you marry me?"
"It's not for show, nor is it an act."
"I want you to truly marry me. Let's go to the civil affairs bureau to get our marriage certificate and become a real, legally married couple."
"Let me spend the rest of my life making it up to you and loving you properly."
Zhang Ruoran stood there.
She listened to what Li Ze was saying.
She looked at the sparkling blue diamond ring that Li Ze was holding in his hand.
Her tears finally streamed down her face uncontrollably.
Eighteen years of grievances, eighteen years of waiting, eighteen years of hardship.
At this moment, everything seemed to transform into a happiness that cannot be described in words.
She covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face.
She looked at Li Ze, who was kneeling on one knee on the ground.
After a long while, she slowly lowered her hands.
She nodded vigorously.
Her voice was hoarse from crying, but very, very firm.
"Okay. I promise you."
Upon hearing this, Li Ze's face immediately broke into a very happy smile.
He quickly stood up and put the blue diamond ring on Zhang Ruoran's finger.
Then, he reached out and hugged Zhang Ruoran tightly in his arms.
Zhang Ruoran also reached out and hugged Li Ze.
The two stood under the big tree, embracing each other tightly.