The room with the big screen fell silent...
Yu Xiuyuan had known Fang Yi's parents would be very pleased with Su Ziming, but he hadn't expected anything this extreme. They had practically dragged him straight home.
Hopefully, Su Ziming would stay strong and not agree to a wedding date too soon.
Director Liu listened to the staff report through his earpiece that the guest had already been taken away, feeling like he might cry.
He had planned a closing ceremony with everyone together!
But Fang Yi's parents were absolutely not people he could afford to offend...
Still, considering the buzz this scene would generate, Director Liu decided the ceremony wasn't all that important after all.
He rallied himself and continued announcing, "Next couple! Our sports meet runners-up, Zhuang Qiao and Li Rou!"
Li Rou was still caught up in the excitement of watching the drama unfold. "Huh?" she blurted out, having completely forgotten she had her own hand-holding segment.
Zhuang Qiao smiled helplessly. "Will you give me a chance to confess?" he asked before leaving the room first.
Li Rou picked at her fingers, torn, until Lin Xi gave her a shove out the door:
"Your face is as red as a monkey's butt, and you're still playing coy? Go hear him out! You can turn him down afterward if it doesn't feel right!"
At the hand-holding venue, Li Rou still ended up standing in front of Zhuang Qiao. Nervous, she lowered her head and secretly picked at her fingers with both hands behind her back.
Zhuang Qiao was nervous too. He swallowed, then blurted out in a moment of madness:
"Suddenly, I feel like I've lost by not bringing my parents."
Li Rou couldn't hold back a snort of laughter, and the tension quietly dissolved.
Zhuang Qiao took a