Chapter 276: Chapter 276 - Two-Hundred and Seventy-Six: Propose

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Shi Nian, Yun Nan, and Xiang Yang didn’t sleep the entire night. They stayed up outside the ICU, waiting for the visiting hours to come so that they could change into isolation gowns and enter.

Suddenly, they saw Ye Kun strode over with a big bouquet of red roses in his arms. Yun Nan and the others looked at him in confusion. He was still in the suit he wore yesterday, and his face was ungroomed, overnight stubble shadowing his jaw. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“How is Fang Xi?” he asked, voice hoarse.

Shi Nian repeated the doctor’s diagnosis, and Ye Kun’s expression visibly relaxed. He looked at Yun Nan and pleaded, “Could you let me go in and see her first? I want to propose to her.”

Yun Nan stared at him with mixed feelings. She felt touched that he returned but was afraid he would leave again. She hoped he could be Fang Xi’s comfort, but she feared he might hurt her.

Yun Nan turned her head away and gently wiped away her tears, saying,

“You’re not allowed to bring flowers into the ICU.”

“These aren’t real flowers; they’re silk flowers. I hand-made them one by one. You can’t propose without a ring and flowers!” Ye Kun replied softly. The others then took a closer look at the bouquet. Sure enough, the red roses in Ye Kun’s hand were of fine silk, so lifelike that they could be mistaken for real flowers.

Ye Kun looked at the ring box in his palm and said quietly, “I was planning to arrange a grand proposal with you two and everyone else as witnesses when you guys have recovered. I’ve wanted to propose for a long time. She would be my fiancée now if I’d proposed earlier, and no one could’ve hurt her.”

Yun Nan burst into tears at that. The nurse came out of the ICU and asked,

“Who wants to come in first?”

“Let him go in tirst. Let him spend a little more time With Fang Xi,” Yun Nan uttered, her voice trembling.

Ye Kun was overjoyed and bowed to Yun Nan. “Thank you, Yun Nan! Thank you!”

After Ye Kun went in, Yun Nan covered her face with her hands and cried. “If he dares to hurt Fang Xi, I’ll kill him!” she sobbed. Shi Nian placed his hand on Yun Nan’s shoulder and patted it lightly, inwardly sighing for his buddy.

Ye Kun placed the silk roses on Fang Xi’s bedside table and neatly arranged them before combing Fang Xi’s hair with his fingers and gently kissing her bandaged forehead. Then he took out the ring box and removed the ring from it; his every action was methodical and meticulous.

The nurse helping to film the event pursed her lips tightly and held her breath, afraid she would disturb this beautiful scene. Ye Kun knelt down on one knee and held Fang Xi’s pale hand. “Fang Xi, will you marry me?” he solemnly asked and waited for a moment before saying, “I’ll take your silence as a ‘yes,’ so you’re my fiancée from now on. I’ll always be with you, protect you, and we’ll get married when you wake up.”

Ye Kun slid the ring on Fang Xi’s middle finger; it was just the right size. He lovingly kissed the back of Fang Xi’s hand and stood up.

The nurse quickly handed the phone back to Ye Kun. Ye Kun went over the clip and was very happy with it. He politely told the nurse, “Thank you! I would like to accompany her for a while.”

The nurse nodded vigorously. “Yes, talk to her more. The doctors said that you guys should talk to her more. It’ll help her wake up.”

Ye Kun dipped his head. “Okay, I will.”

The nurse considerately pulled the bed curtains close to create a private space for them. Looking at Fang Xi, eyes closed and head wrapped in bandages with a large bruise on the side of her face under the oxygen mask, Ye Kun’s heart ached.

Ye Kun sat down and held Fang Xi’s hand in his palm. His voice was as tender as it was during their usual chats when he spoke. “Fang Xi, Tuan Tuan misses you very much. Both of us can’t live without you. We’ve been so busy with a lot of things since we got together that we haven’t had the time to plan our future.”

Ye Kun slowly prattled on, warm and calm. “If you like the apartment you’re living in now, I’ll talk to Shi Nian and ask him to sell it to us. Or, if you don’t like it, we can buy another house elsewhere. I’m not a man with big ambitions; when it comes to work, my brother gives me directions, and I follow them. As for my private life… I’ll listen to you once we get married, so I don’t have to use my brain with you around. Fang Xi, spending my days with you is the life I yearn for the most.”

Yun Nan, who came in later, had tears streaming down her face as she listened through the