Yan Rumei raised her brow in interest, [There's such a thing?]
"Mnn… Okay.", she replied.
The two watched the burly bodyguard leave the room. When they heard the door close, the two looked at each other at the same time.
Of course, it was Yan Rumei who got flustered first and she immediately lowered her head.
"Uhm… Mr. Duan, I'll be honest with you, I can barely remember anything regarding you. I don't think we've ever even talked in cram school. So, I am confused on why you wanted to see me.", she started.
Duan Heng, who is just standing about a meter from the end of the bed, didn't take his gaze away from Yan Rumei.
"You don't remember calling out a few bullies and wiping the dirt on my glasses? You don't remember having dinner with me twice a week?", he asked.
"Huuh?", she raised her head and looked at him in confusion. "W-what do you mean having dinner with you twice a week?"
Yan Rumei did not question the story about her calling out a few bullies because she really might have done that a long time ago.
She has been bullied many times during junior and middle school and she got tired of it, so she started fighting back when she reached high school.
Of course, it was mostly just verbal as the government started to pass laws regarding physical bullying by minors.
It was not that the minors will be charged, but the parents will be fined.
"Mnn. It was twice a week.", he recounted like it was just recently. "We shared the same table for dinner before every start of cram period."
"Wait… what?", Yan Rumei felt dumbfounded.
[What the f*ck is he talking about? I don't remember any of this.]
Actually, the real story was they indeed shared the same table for dinner before every start of their class. However, that was a long table that can accommodate up to 10 students. Technically, Yan Rumei was sitting at one end of the table, and Duan Heng was at the other end.
For Yan Rumei, this kind of scene was nothing and had already been thrown at the very back of her memories, and there's probably no way of pulling this out.
However, for the young Duan Heng, this was what he was always looking forward to every time he comes to cram school.
At first, he was very hesitant to be sent to Country M, much less to one of its lowest cities, City H.
His grandfather threw him in a plane with just a suitcase and one butler after he was called out for being pampered by his grandfather's friends.
When he was back in Country J, no one dared to pick a fight or provoke him.
I mean… He's the young heir to the Duan family, so…
Then at that time when he was being bullied in cram school because he was a foreigner, he was about to fight back when this girl with short hair and glasses threw vicious curses and even threatened his bullies that she will report what they were doing to the police.
The young boy's heart was captured since then.
"Mnhm.", Duan Heng assented and put his hand on his jacket's pocket. He continued, "So, you have to take responsibility…"
A huge question mark hovered on top of Yan Rumei's head.
While she is stunned, Duan Heng took out a small box from his pocket, opened it, and said, "Yan Rumei, marry me."
[…]
Yan Rumei was just staring at the ring inside the box Duan Heng was holding. This persisted for a good five minutes.
Duan Heng on the other hand was just quietly and patiently waiting.
After a good while, Yan Rumei finally moved. She took her sight away from the ring, and then she looked at her hand which is holding the pin Bodyguard Bo gave her.
Fear slowly crept Duan Heng's heart. He felt that she was about to do something he's not going to like.
Before he could even say or do something to prevent her that from happening, his eyes grew wide as he watched her press the pin.
Immediately after, Bodyguard Bo who is now holding a gun rushed into the room. He pointed it at Duan Heng.
Assistant Li and Doctor Tan were also behind him. The former has already even dialed 110, and a voice of an operator can be heard saying, "110, what's your emergency?"
But instead of being scared for their Miss' safety, the trio was actually confused as soon as they got inside.
Yan Rumei wasn't scathed in any way. She was just staring in front of her.
Duan heng was also not moving. When they saw the thing he's presenting on his hand, all three of them only has one reaction on their minds.
[Eh?]
Noticing that the scenario they came into wasn't really that serious, Assistant Li apologizes to the operator, "Sorry, it was a false alarm." Then he dropped the call.
He then proceeded to ask Yan Rumei, "Miss... Are you alright? Is this man bothering you? Do you want us to send him out?"
Duan heng was shocked speechless and didn't know what to say anything to pacify the situation.
Tan Jiaying also wanted to say something, "Yan Rumei... you..."
Yan Rumei finally reacted and looked at Tan Jiaying in a confused manner, "Jiaying... this man... this man said I should take responsibility and marry him."
Duan Heng's eye twitched. He thought, [Why did it sound so weird?]
[When I was practicing it earlier, it sounded cool.]
[Ahhh, where is Butler Gao when you need him?]
Contrary to what Duan Heng thought, Butler Gao would actually never ever advise him of doing a proposal on the very first day.
But his clueless Young Master, who had waited for hundreds of years for this moment, can't really hold back any longer.
Now, although the trio already had a clue when they saw Duan Heng holding a ring, they were still gobsmacked when they heard it from their Miss' mouth.
A/N (* ^ v ^) / ~~~~ o
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