On reflection, he was turning thirty.
As the saying went, a man should be established by thirty, and this year, he would reach that milestone.
In other words, it was time to think about starting a family.
Although his parents had been pushing him to get married less often lately, Lu Zhou could still tell that they were far more anxious than they appeared. The reason they never mentioned it over the phone was probably that they were worried about interfering with his career and his romantic choices.
In that heart-stirring gaze, he had already seen her hopes and longing.
Looking into her limpid eyes, Lu Zhou softly spoke the words he had been considering for so long.
"Will you marry me?"
Time stopped at that moment.
The pristine white clouds were suddenly tinged with a rosy blush.
A mist gradually gathered in her doe-like eyes. Flustered and happy, Chen Yushan kept averting her gaze from Lu Zhou's as she murmured.
"...Aren't we moving a little too fast? We only got together in December. It hasn't even been six months."
"But it's been almost nine years since we first met."
"But... if I say yes so quickly, will you... stop cherishing me?"
Seeing his senior suddenly turn adorably silly, Lu Zhou couldn't help smiling as he teased her.
"Do I look like a bad guy?"
"No..." Chen Yushan immediately shook her head, but then her cheeks flushed again, and she added, "Except sometimes."
He had the distinct feeling she was making a dirty joke, but he couldn't find any evidence.
Not wanting the atmosphere to take a strange turn, Lu Zhou pretended not to have heard that last remark and continued gently.
"Then what else is there to worry about?"
"It's not that I'm worried... I just feel like we