Chapter 745 - 410: 101 Proposals (Part 6)

"Then..."

Li Peifeng pushed the ring forward and interrupted, "But no matter how many times I propose, the fact that you and I must and will get married is certain. And the wedding date is within a month after I receive my diploma. It can be earlier, but not later."

"..."

Zhao Qingge watched him for a long time, motionless and silent.

Li Peifeng knew it was time to take action. Clenching his teeth and stomping his foot, he continued to hold the ring while kneeling on one knee!

Feeling a bit uneasy and restrained, the sand under his knee was a little prickly, but there was no choice; this sense of ceremony was indispensable for a girl.

At the same time, Li Peifeng had to muster the courage to say the very simple and straightforward confession out loud, both in his heart and verbally, which carried affection and an enormous responsibility:

"Zhao Qingge, I love you, will you marry me?"

His voice echoed across the mountain peak, lingering briefly before being blown away by the strong wind, along with the perpetual snow on the summit of Mount Kailash in the distance. The snowflakes scattered and swirled, filling the sky, transforming into a thin cloud.

Zhao Qingge’s eyes moved slightly, as if she just came to her senses. She glanced at Li Peifeng, who was still kneeling on one knee, then turned her head to look at the peak of the snowy mountain. After four or five seconds, she slightly raised her left hand, with a very small motion, about five or six degrees, before immediately lowering it.

"So you’re conceding!"

But Li Peifeng reacted quickly, seizing the opportunity. Overjoyed, he grabbed Zhao Qingge’s hand with his left hand and slipped the ring onto her ring finger with his right hand.

"I remember you promised me that if I proposed, you would say those three words to me..."

Zhao Qingge glanced at the snow mountain and frowned slightly. She let Li Peifeng put the ring on her without resistance. She raised her hand to look at the shiny diamond on the ring, and as he was about to stand up with a beaming smile and make some requests, she immediately extended her hand again;

"I refuse, take it off."

"?"

Li Peifeng’s expression froze. What, all those words and still a refusal?

"A hundred times? Two hundred times?"

Zhao Qingge’s expression was unusually calm: "After you take it off, you can propose ten more times first."

As she spoke, she took off the ring from her left hand herself and handed it to Li Peifeng: "Here, continue."

Li Peifeng smiled wryly: "...So how many times do you plan to hear me propose on this mountaintop?"

Zhao Qingge pursed her lips: "It depends on my mood."

No choice, keep going. It’s all his own doing, the humiliation Old Zhao suffered that night, now he has to pay it all back...

Li Peifeng was determined. He didn’t believe that after shouting dozens of times, Zhao Qingge could still calmly keep listening!

Taking back the ring, he kneeled on one knee to get into position again. As he looked at Zhao Qingge, his expression suddenly changed.

"You... Why are you taking out your phone?"

Zhao Qingge used the phone to block the upper half of her face and aimed the rear camera at Li Peifeng, speaking casually: "I want to record it. If you don’t want to, you can choose not to propose."

Recording or not, Li Peifeng didn’t care anymore at this point: "Zhao Qingge, I love you, will you marry me?"

[Zhao Qingge, I love you, will you marry me?]

Once, twice, three times.

Li Peifeng kept his rhythm, trying to make his tone more sincere and firm than the first time. After each confession, he paused for ten seconds to give Zhao Qingge time to react.

In reality, there was no need for this ceremony or these words to prove it. A glance, a touch, biological electricity would make every cell of the two aware of the existence of ’love.’

But Zhao Qingge was indifferent for the first three times, not even raising her hand... well, both her hands were busy recording with her phone, no time to let Li Peifeng put the ring on, right?

However, on the fourth time, Li Peifeng noticed Zhao Qingge’s hand holding the phone trembling, followed by her shoulder shuddering as well. But she didn’t put down the phone, instead, she brought it closer to her face. Rather than filming, it seemed more like she was using it to hide something, yet couldn’t cover everything completely...

Her lips were tightly pressed, and a few crystal-clear drops fell from her cheeks.

"The wind is too strong, it got in my eyes."

Zhao Qingge explained softly, then quickly turned around, waving to the three girls - Wu Wenyue, Xu Manning, and Huang Tianxuan - on another peak.

Li Peifeng, feeling a mix of emotions, slowly stood up, only to hear Zhao Duoduo trembling slightly, saying, "Don’t look at me!"

"I’m keeping my eyes closed." Li Peifeng took her hand again, gently rubbed it, and slipped the ring back onto her finger. Then, wrapping his arms around Zhao Qingge, he whispered, "When I kiss you, I rarely dare to open my eyes because the light of the daughter of the stars is too dazzling."

"Liar!"

Zhao Qingge’s faint sob was quickly stifled, but Li Peifeng was indeed lying. Not mentioning the past, this time when he kissed, he did open his eyes to glance at her.

Her makeup wasn’t smudged, her eyelashes gently quivered with tiny tears, like winter buds coated with frost, fragile yet exuding an indomitable and resilient life force.

The strong wind across the plateau, even snow can bring forth blossoms...

Filled with apology, Li Peifeng reached out to wipe away Zhao Qingge’s tears, pressed her lips gently, and softly asked, "So, Duoduo, will you marry me?"

...

"This scene, I must say, has quite an artistic vibe, the art element here is higher than the altitude!"

On another mountain, Wu Wenyue impassively held a phone, zooming the camera twenty times, capturing the clear blue sky and Mount Kailash’s snow peak as the backdrop, with Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge embracing and kissing on the distant mountaintop as the leading couple, she snapped dozens of photos consecutively...

Not that she intended to take so many, mostly her hands shook with anger, causing her to click a few extra times unintentionally.

"So, Old Zhao agreed, right?"

Huang Tianxuan sighed, "She calmed down too fast. Perhaps we should’ve tried again that night."

You were the one who suggested going to sleep early back then, and now you’re making regrets?

Why did you care about your face then, but now you don’t?

Your moral standards are quite flexible!

Wu Wenyue tugged at the corner of her mouth without responding, she put down her phone and inadvertently noticed Xu Manning standing at the edge of a steep, nearly vertical cliff, staring intently at the couple on the opposite peak, seemingly unconcerned about the danger underfoot...

"Manning, don’t move!"

Wu Wenyue was scared out of her wits, carefully and nervously approaching bit by bit, tentatively reaching out. Seeing Miss Xu didn’t react, she quickly pulled her back.

"Are you crazy? What are you doing standing there?!"

"What am I doing?"

Miss Xu’s expression was indifferent: "Can’t you guess I was thinking of jumping off the cliff to kill myself?"