"Fine!" Fujiwara Ichiro reluctantly nodded. Although he didn’t know if this was an excuse, since it had been spoken, he could not express any doubts. He laughed, "So, Mr. Li, I ask you as a man to have dinner with me. Is that okay?"
"I... I’m afraid I don’t have time!" Li Ruo, taken aback, said, "Tianya Group has just gone public, so, I’m sorry!"
"Alright, then we’ll talk about it next time when you’re free!" Fujiwara Ichiro tried his best to give Li Ruo a perfect impression. In fact, Fujiwara Ichiro indeed scored points in Li Ruo’s eyes, and Li Ruo personally escorted Fujiwara Ichiro out of the Tianya Group.
That day, just after Fujiwara Ichiro left, Ye Chen unexpectedly arrived wearing a semi-old suit and muddy shoes, with one hand in his pocket and a cigarette in his mouth, followed by a dog named Little Yezi. Little Yezi eagerly followed behind Ye Chen, hoping he would share a puff but, sadly, Ye Chen just wouldn’t share and lured the dog all the way to Tianya Group.
"Ye Chen!" Li Ruo, stunned, found Ye Chen’s sudden appearance somewhat unbelievable.
"Hey, Xiao Ruo!" Ye Chen stood still in a very flamboyant manner, looking exhausted, but his eyes were bright. Li Ruo watched him from afar, her eyes moistening a bit. It had been over half a month since she last saw Ye Chen, and suddenly seeing him, she noticed how much thinner he had become. She bit her teeth and asked, "Ye Chen, where have you been?"
"I went to a very mysterious place!" Ye Chen replied with a grin. "Then, I found something very beautiful!"
"What thing!" Li Ruo exclaimed.
"This thing has been celebrated by many poets, cursed by many men, and admired by many women!" Ye Chen, with a cigarette lingering in his mouth, looked at Li Ruo and said, "They say this thing is eternal, and just one could make you bankrupt!"
At this point, Li Ruo probably guessed what Ye Chen was talking about. She clenched her teeth and didn’t dare interrupt him.
"Little Yezi, go!" Ye Chen waved to Little Yezi behind him.
Little Yezi immediately dashed toward Li Ruo, raised its head in front of her, and then Li Ruo noticed that the little dog was carrying something in its mouth the whole time, which explained why it had been looking down. Li Ruo quickly took the object from Little Yezi’s mouth and opened the box. Inside, instead of a diamond ring she imagined, was a sparkling diamond as big as a thumb.
"Xiao Ruo, this may not be the biggest diamond in the world, but it is my eternally steadfast love for you!" Ye Chen looked at Li Ruo and continued, "If you ask how long I’ll love you, then ask how long it will take for this diamond to turn to dust; if you ask how deep my love is, then pull out my heart and smell it!"
"Jerk!" Li Ruo held the diamond that was emitting light in the sunlight and couldn’t help but tear up.
"Xiao Ruo, marry me!" Ye Chen said affectionately.
At this moment, the entrance of the Tianya Group was crowded with onlookers. The employees clapped neatly and then shouted, "Marry him, marry him."
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Li Ruo, with tears in her eyes, was just about to agree to marry Ye Chen when she suddenly turned her head and said, "No, just agreeing to you this simply would make me appear too insignificant. You must think of a more grand way to propose!"
"Ha ha..." At this moment, the people of Tianya Group all laughed heartily, saying, "Vice President Ye, you have to put in more effort!"
"This..." Ye Chen felt a bit depressed and said, "Isn’t this grand enough? I’ve even given you the diamond passed down from my grandma to my mom, and you still want something grander?"
"Ha ha..." The crowd burst into laughter again.
"Tsk!" Li Ruo scoffed, saying, "You think I don’t know you are an orphan? Where do you have parents?"
"This..." Ye Chen was stunned and extremely embarrassed. However, in the end, Li Ruo promised Ye Chen that as long as he thought of a more grand proposal, she would be willing to marry him.