174 Will you give me a chance?

Zhi Ruo tried to eat the piece of cake again thinking it must be her illusion. After all, how could there be something in the food prepared by Qing Shan?

But again something made a sound after banging against her teeth. At last, frowning she picked up a tissue and tried to get the thing out from her mouth.

"From where did you bring this cake?" Zhi Ruo asked with her face scrunched up. Her expression quickly switched from the savory expression to a confused, irritated one. Who would like to be disturbed while eating such a delicious cake? Zhi Ruo was no exception.

Being from a sophisticated family, Zhi Ruo had learned a set of table manners, which she had been practicing since being a child. One such manner was not to spit out the food. During such an amazing environment and amidst such a tasty delicious cake, something coming in the middle, ruined her taste.

Unknown to her the thing that interrupted her delicious taste would be much more important to her as compared to the taste.

"I baked it" Qing Shan answered nonchalantly as if he was just saying something unrelated to him.

Zhi Ruo was shocked hearing that the mini cake was prepared by Qing Shan himself. She had very few chances of having food made by him, making her have few ideas about the dishes he could cook.

Distancing the tissue from her lips, Zhi Ruo took a look at it trying to find out the culprit which ruined her mood and the taste.

"This..." Zhi Ruo cleaned the metal like thing and looked at Qing Shan with wide eyes in a shocked expression. Her heart started beating wildly while a small blush crept up on her cheeks.

Smiling mildly Qing Shan got up from his chair, walked towards Zhi Ruo took the metal thing in his hand. Wiping it clean with another tissue Qing Shan kneeled down on one of his knees and stretched the ring in his hand.

Looking at Zhi Ruo with a tender gaze Qing Shan spoke softly, "Zhi Ruo, I know, I had been unable to give you a dream wedding. Something that every girl dreams of! But, today I want to promise you something.

I want to promise you that, even though I was incapable of giving you a dream wedding, so what? I can still give you immense love.

Zhi Ruo, today I want to let you know, that I Qing Shan has long ago fallen in love with you. I don't know... when it happened and why, but... before I could know... you had become an important part of my life. A part which I could not deny. A part which I could not separate from myself.

Zhi Ruo, I may not be the best person for you, but I will give you the best. I will give you everything that I have. Be it my trust, my heart, my love, anything that I am capable of, I am ready to give it to you. I know, it is difficult for you to answer me or accept my love. But, I want you to accept this ring and consider me. I will prove my love to you with each passing day with every moment you spend with me.

Qing Shan's heart was beating wildly. He did not know if Zhi Ruo had the same feelings towards him or not. But, he wanted to tell her that he is in love with her. He wanted her to know that he, Qing Shan is ready to wait for her, love her, give her what he has, belong to her.

There were so many things he wanted to tell her, but the time was not right. He would slowly tell her. He would let her know that he fulfilled his promise. He will tell her that he came back to love her. He never forgot her. He wanted to shout and tell her that she was the only one in his eyes, be it then or be it now.

Yes, he is weak. Yes, he is incapable of protecting her. But will that make him incapable to love her?

Won't he grow himself for her? In all these years he has made himself so strong for what? For whom?

Will she accept him?

Qing Shan was patiently anticipating Zhi Ruo's response.

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I hope the proposal was satisfactory?

Let me know. This is my first time writing such a scene.