"No, not yet."
Guang Ling looked at Qian Renyue, setting aside his usual devil-may-care manner. He stepped up to her, cupped her cheeks in both hands, and said, "I need to hear you say it yourself-that you won't leave me. Not ever."
"..."
Qian Renyue's eyes trembled slightly, and her lips parted.
"Yue'er, you know how much I love you. Without you, life would be so hard for me. You can't leave me. You absolutely can't."
His gaze was filled with deep affection. Qian Renyue met his eyes, a faint smile lifting the corners of her lips. "All right, I promise. No matter what, I won't leave you. Not ever. Just as you won't abandon me, I won't abandon you either, even if this is only a dream..."
Even if the day comes when I have to leave this place, I'll do everything I can to find you.
Qian Renyue rose onto her tiptoes and kissed Guang Ling on the lips.
Guang Ling froze briefly, his eyes widening a little, but then he settled into the moment.
He wrapped his arms around Qian Renyue's waist, and together on the arched bridge, they made a memory that would stay with them.
"Let's stop waiting. Marry me, A Ling."
That night in Coconut Grove City, Qian Renyue gazed at the myriad lights filling the sky and made the request Guang Ling had dreamed of hearing.
Guang Ling stood stunned for a moment, scarcely daring to believe it. "Yue'er, are you serious?"
"Of course."
Qian Renyue smiled. "I want to have our wedding photos taken."
"Then, then, then..."
Guang Ling was so excited that he hardly knew what to do with himself. Suddenly, as though remembering something, he asked, "Yue'er, aren't you going to wait for Green Yaxin and the others?"
"It'll