Chapter 983: [Bonus chapter] Shining Together
Shui Xian held her face in his hands and looked into her eyes as she said, "I told you, you're the reason for my smiles. You're the reason I started planning life but every plan includes you. How can I not want to spend my life with you?"
"So, is that a yes?" she asked as she wiped his tears with her thumb pads.
Shui Xian held her hand against his cheek and kissed the palm of her hand as he said, "Is there any doubt? And do I even have a choice here?"
"You don't," she chose to make that clear right then and there. "I was willing to let you go if you felt like we weren't good together. I meant it when I proposed that. Now, the situation has changed. You can only be mine, whether you like it or not."
Shui Xian chuckled at her words, "Baby, are you signifying your sovereignty?"
"Is something wrong with that?" she asked in return.
Shui Xian kissed her forehead, "Your possessiveness is getting worse."
"So what?"
"Nothing," he replied. "I just find it very cute."
"Do you like the bouquet?" she asked when she saw him holding that bouquet made of rolled tissues with such an affectionate gaze.
"I love it," was his reply.
"I had no ring," she said. "Had to improvise. Let's do it again with a ring."
"Don't you think I should be the one getting on my knee?"
"It's always you who accommodates according to my preferences, I don't mind getting on my knee for you. It's worth it. See? I got myself a handsome husband by just getting on my knee!"
Shui Xian burst out laughing as he pushed her hair back behind her ears, "This husband was already yours."
"Right. Mine." She held the collar of his shirt and pulled him down as she kissed his lips and spoke against his lips, "I should keep marking what is mine."
Shui Xian's heart was overworked today by all these ups and downs. Even rollercoaster rides weren't as exciting as this day had become for him.
"I think this wasn't the ideal place for this proposal," commented Raelle.
"You think?" he questioned with a smile as he shook his head. "But it doesn't matter. The place doesn't matter. The moment mattered. And trust me, this is gonna be at the top of my list of most memorable moments in my life. It really knocked off the previously crowned moment."
"What was it?" she asked.
"Oh, it was when we had coffee together after buying our wedding rings," he replied to her. "You threw me off my high horse and fed me some bitter pills. I can't believe it's still the most memorable moment in my life even though all you did was hurting my feelings."
"That wasn't the intention," she said in her defense.
"It never is." He hugged her waist as she wrapped her arms around his waist. They kept looking at each other right there without saying anything. "Raelle."
"Hm?"
"I love you!"
"I know," she replied as usual. "Lucky for you that I think the feeling is mutual."
Shui Xian's happiness burst out. He leaned his forehead against hers and closed his eyes with a sigh of relief. It was like he set something free. Something was lifted off of his shoulders and now, he could breathe again.
"I am not as good with words as you are," he said. "So, I can only say I love you so crudely. But I still think I have something to say... 'I am a cloud in the sky, casting random shadow in your mind; you need not startle, not take delight, for I'd forthwith vanish out of your sight. You and I met at sea in the darkness of night, you have your destination, I have mine. Maybe you remember, though it'd be best if you could forget, we glowed as our paths crossed and brightly shined.'"
"By Chance by Xu Zhi Mo," said Raelle the name of the poem he just recited making his smile brighten.
"I am glad for once that mother spent so much effort working on making me memorize so many poems," he said. "I feel like an intellectual."
"No, you don't," she said bursting his bubble.
"Wifey, you can't do that," he said in a slightly wronged tone. "You're not supposed to hurt your husband like this."
"What I mean is, you don't have to find the right words to say," she started. "No, you don't have to say anything. I can hear see your heart clearly through your eyes."
Shui Xian touched his eyes, "My eyes have started speaking to you?"
"They had been speaking from the beginning," she told him.
Shui Xian smiled helplessly before saying, "It's not that I wanted to act knowledgable. The reason why I thought of that poem is simple. It said, two people with different destinations had an unexpected encounter in the darkness of the night. But as their paths crossed, they shone brightly. I feel like I shine brighter when you're standing beside me. I didn't know what destination I had before you entered my life, but you made sure to tell me that whichever destination it is, we're getting there together."
"I thought you said you're not good with words," she commented.
"I know, right?"
This wasn't the voice of Shui Xian or Raelle. Where did this voice come from?
Both of them turned and saw four teenage girls standing not so far from them and looking at them with tears in their eyes. But they also were smiling foolishly.
Raelle couldn't understand this situation.
One of the girls' smacked the head of the tallest girl in the group and reprimanded her, "Who asked you to speak that out loud? You ruined their moment!"
The tall girl rubbed her head and wiped her tears as she said, "But they are so beautiful together. And so is their love. I can't help it."
Shui Xian pursed his lips as he realized that their whole proposal actually had an audience they didn't know about. Not that he minded and neither was he embarrassed about it. He was standing with his wife. Why should he feel shy or embarrassed? Even his wife didn't know the meaning of those two words.
One of the girls suddenly stepped up and came to their side. She couldn't bring herself to meet Raelle's blank eyes but she found it easier to face Shui Xian's approachable and gentle eyes. She thought, 'This Jiejie is fierce but Gege is really sweet. They definitely are meant to be.'
She mustered up her courage and said, "Jiejie, Gege, I wish you both a happy life together. May you spend a lifetime together in happiness and bliss. I thought the love in that movie was really fake but seeing you both right after watching that movie, I realized that I was wrong. Beautiful love does exist. And so does a beautiful couple like you."
This was very unexpected to both Shui Xian and Raelle. They never had been in a situation like this before.
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