The colorful lights were reflected in her pupils, rising and falling like a beautiful painting. It was a breathtaking sight.
In that instant, Mu Yuze felt as if his heart had melted into a pool of water, swaying gently. All his emotions were in the hands of this girl in front of him.
Under the fireworks, he reached out his hand as if he wanted to pull Lu Xue into his arms.
But his hand paused in mid - air. For some reason, he changed his gesture. He just gently tucked the hair that had fallen on her shoulder behind her ear and smoothed it with his fingers.
Mu Yuze whispered softly beside her ear, "If there's anything I've done wrong or not good enough to satisfy you, please tell me. I'll definitely correct it."
After a brief pause, he added, "Just please give me this chance. This is not a hasty confession. After careful consideration, I believe this is the best outcome for both of us. If your departure can shake my emotions so much, then to get back to a healthy life as soon as possible, I'll have to stick to you."
Lu Xue's ears turned slightly red. She looked up, hesitating to speak.
She understood that tonight, with the candle - lit dinner and the fireworks show, Mu Yuze was going to confess his love to her.
But which boy would use such a stiff tone when confessing? He didn't even say a normal "Please be my girlfriend." Couldn't he just lower his pride and say something soft?
Lu Xue remained silent for a long time. It wasn't because she was thinking about how to reject Mu Yuze, but simply because she was complaining about this boy's illogical and unreasonable way of doing things.
Seeing that she didn't say a word for a long time, Mu Yuze, who had been gently smoothing her hair, started to pinch her hair between his fingers more frequently.
This involuntary little action showed that Mu Yuze was a bit nervous at the moment. He was waiting for Lu Xue's response, but was also afraid of getting a rejection.
He leaned down and asked seriously beside her ear, "Can't you really consider saying yes to me?"
Lu Xue thought for a while. She shook her head, then nodded, and after a while, shook her head again.
This wavering attitude made Mu Yuze both amused and helpless. Finally, he summoned up his courage and pulled Lu Xue into his arms, gently stroking her back with one hand.
"Regardless of how many times you shake your head, as long as you nodded just now, I'll take it that you've agreed to be my girlfriend."
The two were very close at this moment. Lu Xue could almost feel Mu Yuze's body scent.
She rested her chin on Mu Yuze's shoulder. Under the fireworks, her heart felt like it had been lifted to the clouds, floating aimlessly without a landing point.
Probably no girl could reject such an outstanding boy under such a dazzling fireworks display.
Lu Xue felt that the long - blocked dark passage in her heart seemed to be slowly opening up. A ray of sunlight was seeping in through the crack.
And just a little bit of that sunlight was enough to sweep away all the long - standing gloom that had never seen the light.
In this dizzy state, she seemed to understand what Mr. Chen meant by the "knot in the heart", but she couldn't quite grasp it accurately.
She had caught a feeling, but it was extremely illusory.
As Mu Yuze pulled her into his arms, all her reason flew away.
Mu Yuze leaned in and asked softly, "Is it okay?"
Lu Xue was a bit dazed and was about to say yes.
But at that moment, her phone in her pocket vibrated.
At first, Lu Xue didn't plan to take out her phone. But it seemed that she had received a lot of messages all at once, and the phone kept vibrating.
Thinking that there might be an emergency, Lu Xue took out her phone from her pocket and tried to break free from Mu Yuze's embrace.
But Mu Yuze still held her tightly. His action seemed gentle, but it made Lu Xue unable to move.
"I have to check the messages."
Lu Xue said helplessly. Mu Yuze just rubbed his chin on her hair and whispered, "It's okay. Just check it like this."
After all, this moment was too beautiful for him to let go of Lu Xue.
Lu Xue was helpless. Since she was held tightly by Mu Yuze, she had no choice but to awkwardly take out her phone in this position.
She opened the unread email. The next second, the picture that came into view made her face turn slightly pale.
In the picture was a short video, only a few seconds long. It seemed to be a scene in a room captured by a surveillance camera.
The protagonist in the video was all too familiar to Lu Xue. Just by looking at the back, she could recognize that it was Mu Yuze, the boy who was hugging her under the fireworks at this moment.
Mu Yuze instantly felt Lu Xue's body go stiff. He lowered his head slightly and followed her gaze to look at the picture on the phone screen.