"Hello, miss. I'm a talent scout. I feel like you've got great fundamentals. Are you interested in taking on a small commercial performance? The performance is very simple, no foundation required. You just follow along with the event, and at the end, say 'I do.'"
At Nansang's school gate, Lin Li parked his bicycle steadily, then walked toward Chen Yuying, who was waiting for him, and struck up a conversation in all seriousness.
"I do."
Chen Yuying smiled and nodded, extending her hand toward Lin Li.
She had originally wanted to hold his hand, but considering they were on campus, interlocking fingers would have been too conspicuous and excessive. In the end, she only loosely took hold of Lin Li's sleeve.
"You scared me. I thought you were straight-up asking me for a ring." Lin Li watched the path of her hand intently, then laughed when he realized she was only grabbing his sleeve.
Chen Yuying turned her face slightly at that, paused, then a light smile appeared on her face. After softly nodding, she held out her hand again.
"Then you didn't scare me for nothing. I already said I do, so where's the ring?"
"You didn't think I came unprepared, did you?"
Lin Li gave a smug little snort. Amid the girl's surprised and slightly flustered gaze, he pulled out a... soda can tab from his pocket and placed it on Chen Yuying's ring finger.
She was not disappointed. Instead, she felt relieved. Suddenly giving her a ring in this setting and location would have been far too strange. After all, Chen Yuying still felt that rings carried a somewhat different meaning.
However, if Chen Yuying really asked Lin Li, "What does a ring represent?" there was a small chance she would receive the lame answer, "A ring