Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Yu Ru slowly turned her head and carefully observed the surroundings. Seeing that they were the only two people here, she breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't like big scenes. Even if she was proposed to, she didn't want many people to stare at her. It would be best if there were only her and Yun Jixing.

"Aru, can you wait here for me for a moment? I think I need to prepare something, it will be quick."

Yu Ru nodded.

Yun Jixing helped her sit down in front of the dining chair, and then walked in another direction with big strides. After a while, he came back with two traditional Chinese lanterns in his hands. He placed the lanterns at the proposal scene, and then walked in the direction he had just left.

He did this back and forth three times before he finished.

During these trips, he went to get decorations. All he brought were traditional Chinese handicrafts that were available at home. Yu Ru wore Hanfu, and he wanted to add as many Chinese elements as possible to the scene.

After finishing the second arrangement of the scene, he turned on the cameras in three different positions to debug the screens, then took Yu Ru's sleeve and led her to the center of the candles.

"Aru..."

Yun Jixing was excited. Suddenly, his eyes were filled with tears and covered with a thick layer of mist.

Yu Ru looked at him with a smile but also with some sadness. Seeing tears sliding down his face, she reached out a hand to wipe the water droplets from his face.

Yun Jixing raised his hand and placed it on Yu Ru's hand. His eyes were fixed on hers, and he stared at her and kissed her hand.

After the kiss, he took her hand and gently put it down, then knelt on one knee in front of her. Like all marriage proposals, he took out a small red box from the secret pocket of his suit and opened it in front of his beloved.

The engagement ring in this box is different from the last one. This ring is a new one he recently picked out at home. He thinks it might be more suitable for the dress he chose for Yu Ru, so he used it to propose.

He planned to give the previous one to Yu Ru after proposing to her. After all, that one was also very beautiful, and he wanted to give all the beautiful things to Yu Ru.

This ring was made by the second-generation heir of Buccellati. It is the only one of its kind in the world. It uses honeycomb technology, which makes it look like lace and as delicate as the rose windows in European churches. The main stone is about ten carats, which makes people's eyes hurt. The gorgeousness of it is so obvious that it makes people feel as if they are seeing a small Mughal Empire at its peak. However, compared with its heavy splendor, this ring has a more slender, colorful and soft feeling.

"Aru, I love you. Will you marry me? I will give you all my money and I will treat you well."

Yu Ru was about to raise her hand to receive the ring, but she pulled it back. She clenched one hand tightly into a fist, and the blue veins on it were more prominent.

After hesitating for a moment, she took out her cell phone from the mini bag embroidered with peony patterns and sent a message to Yun Jixing: We want to get married without getting a marriage certificate. If we have a child, the child will take your surname and be registered in my household registration. Is that okay?

After sending the text, she turned the phone around and showed it to Yun Jixing.

Yun Jixing saw the words written on it clearly, and without thinking too much, he took out his mobile phone and replied to her, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

After replying, he put away his phone and promised her again, "Aru, I'll listen to you. Anyway, as long as we have a good relationship, it doesn't matter whether we get a marriage certificate or not, and whose surname the child will take and whose household registration it will take. Even if we don't get a marriage certificate, I will still give you a grand wedding. I will tell everyone that you are my wife, and all my money will be yours. So, marry me, okay?"

After thinking for a while, Yu Ru sent another message: No matter what happens, you are not allowed to gamble, smoke, drink, speculate in stocks, borrow money or lend money at high interest rates, or give or take bribes. Anyway, you cannot break the law. If you can abide by these six prohibitions, I will marry you.

Yun Jixing read the message, replied to her on his phone, and then agreed to her verbally.

"Okay, Aru, I promise you, I will do it, so, marry me, okay?"

Yu Ru nodded.

……

Today is the second day that Yu Ru and Yun Jixing are together.

Yun Jixing wanted to get closer to Yu Ru and took her to meet Xi Yizai and Jun Wuxia, but she seemed to be deliberately distancing herself from him. She didn't look at him when she was signing, and she was not very skillful. Moreover, she went out early this morning, saying that she would go out to pick him up and come back Ming Shi, but he didn't even say good morning to her.

In fact, Ming Shisui didn't come back until the afternoon. Yu Ru went out on purpose. She found a library to read a book, and there she saw the time when Ming Shisui got off the plane in the afternoon.

After picking up Ming Shisui, she took her to the restaurant for dinner. After dinner, she said something to Yun Jixing and booked a KTV room to chat with Ming Shisui.

The two of them sat side by side on the sofa in the room, shoulder to shoulder. Ming Shisui tilted his head to look at her, holding her arms with both hands, "Baby, why don't we go home?"

Yu Ru's gaze shifted from the large screen of the video player to Ming Shisui's face. She was silent for a moment and gestured, "I'm afraid of something."

Hearing this, Ming Shisui stretched her neck and head to look around, paying special attention to the darkest part of the room and places where people could hide. She nervously hugged her arms tightly.

"Baby, what is it? Are there any bad guys?"

Yu Ru shook her head and simply used sign language to express the fact that she and Yun Jixing were together.

Upon learning about this, Ming Shisui was so shocked that her legs straightened. She leaned forward and looked at Yu Ru's face carefully, her brows slightly frowned and her expression worried.

She stretched out a finger and poked the corner of Yu Ru's unsmiling mouth, and asked, "Baby, why are you with Brother Yun Duo? And you don't seem happy. Did he do something bad to you? I'll help you fight him!"

She raised a clenched fist.

Yu Ru smiled, but soon stopped smiling. She shook her head, took out her phone and sent a message to Ming Shisui: He didn't do anything bad to me, he was very nice to me, and I liked him very much. But when I was with him, I felt that everything around me was fake, and I would doubt whether I really existed in this world. I think love is painful, vague and empty, and only pain is real and will never change. It is because he is good to me that I am more anxious, and I feel that I will soon fall into real pain.

Ming Shisui scratched his head and squeezed Yu Ru's arm, "Baby, why do you think love is fake and pain is real? And why do you get anxious when he treats you well?"

Yu Ru sent a message: I am suffering from the literary youth syndrome. I always feel that I will never have true love, and even if I do, it is not love for me. But now it has appeared, and I feel like I am being scammed. In fact, sometimes I feel strange that you trust me. After becoming friends with you, I have never doubted your character. Sometimes I wonder how you can have such great trust in someone like me.