Chapter 911 — I Do!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Heh..." Wei Zhao sighed. He had to tell her the worst possibilities. She was a girl from the big city, after all; who knew whether she could endure the dreariness of the countryside? "It's a remote place. No skyscrapers, none of the city's bustle. There isn't even a bus line. Most families have no telephone — if they want to reach one another they mostly just shout. The houses are ramshackle, there's no heating in winter, you burn wood yourself, no modern bathrooms, only public latrines... You're a girl. Could you bear such hardship?"
"Of course I could! Don't forget, my family used to live in a single-story house in the shantytown. We burned our own fires in winter too, and we had no private bathroom either — just a public one! Everything you describe suits me perfectly, as if it were made to measure!" In her excitement Tang Zhi's words came out all in a jumble, for she had finally found something in which she surpassed the young mistress!
"Heh heh... But if I never recover my strength, you'd have to spend your whole life with me in that little mountain village in my hometown. Do you really want that?" Wei Zhao was moved by her words — truly moved...
"I do!" Tang Zhi nodded firmly. She cared nothing for whether Wei Zhao had strength, and nothing for whether he had money; she cared only for Wei Zhao himself.
"Good. Then I'll go back first. You finish high school here, and university too, and then you can come find me. Think of it as time to settle your own heart — I hope it isn't just a moment's impulse." Wei Zhao spoke sensibly.
"It isn't an impulse." Tang Zhi shook her head. "Everything I said is true. But I do need to settle things with my parents... If I'm to marry into a remote mountain region, I owe them some reassurance... You're not just putting me off, are you? Not going to abandon me once you're gone?"
By now Tang Zhi had gradually regained her composure, and she watched Wei Zhao, trying to see whether he was deceiving her — soothing her first and then slipping away.
"Heh..." Wei Zhao suddenly produced a small box and set it before Tang Zhi. "No. I thought this over for a long time before I said any of this to you... This is for you."
Tang Zhi was slightly stunned, and then an irrepressible surge of excitement rose in her. She had not yet opened the box, but she had seen scenes like this in television dramas — surely it wasn't a wedding ring inside?
Tang Zhi took the box and opened it with trembling hands. Under the light of the private room the diamond blazed, dazzling bright, making her squint. It was a diamond ring after all! Tang Zhi was overwhelmed; in that moment she was so happy, as though her path of love had at last borne fruit. She felt like the happiest girl in the world...