That Girl From Nowhere: Tycoon's Forbidden Sweetheart-Chapter 685: How About an Engagement

Yan Yan tilted his head slightly to the side and saw the young girl’s gentle profile, flickering in the intermittent glow of fireworks. Even her pair of dark, clear eyes were illuminated brilliantly.

Her pale and frail little body stood there like a fragile firefly in the night, seemingly ready to vanish with the wind at any moment.

Something stirred in Yan Yan’s heart, as if something long-suppressed had burst forth in that instant.

He could no longer control himself, his blood surged within him, and in almost an instant, he made a certain decision.

His phoenix eyes slightly narrowed with depth, suddenly he encircled her in his embrace from behind.

He bent slightly forward, moved to her ear, and with his thin lips lightly parted, spoke in a husky whisper that only the two of them could hear:

"Little Gua."

Yun Qiluo blinked, reluctantly drawing her gaze away from the fireworks to look at him.

She asked in a childish voice, "Beautiful woman, what’s up?"

The man’s pair of enchanting and dazzling eyes gleamed with a resplendent light, causing Yun Qiluo’s heart to race wildly.

She felt that the light in his eyes at that moment seemed even more splendid than the fireworks.

She was entranced.

Before she could react, she heard the man speak: "Once you recover your health, let’s get engaged, shall we?"

His voice was low and gentle, unhurried, with a hint of coaxing.

It was still his usual lazy tone, as if he was casually mentioning a trivial matter.

Yet, his hand encircling her waist unconsciously tightened a little.

In his gaze towards her, there was a hint of something she couldn’t understand.

Yan Yan hadn’t intended to be so hasty; she was still young, and he didn’t want to scare her.

He had planned to at least wait until she finished her freshman year before getting engaged, but he realized he couldn’t wait any longer.

Her illness disrupted all his calm and composed patience.

So much had happened recently: first, there were repeated attempts to capture her, and then her sudden illness. Without Jiang Lihua’s intervention, who knows what might have happened...

During her illness, outsiders only saw him become violent and restless, unpredictable—only he knew how the unprecedented panic in his heart gradually engulfed him.

He could no longer remain calm, nor persuade himself to wait for her to slowly grow up.

He was impatient to truly shield her under his wings, wanting her name on his household registration, bound together with him for the rest of their lives.

As if with his mark, she could never escape again

and wouldn’t disappear one day as if she never existed.

He was eager to have a deeper bond with her.

Even though she was still young and couldn’t marry, he wanted to at least get engaged first.

Being engaged would make everything different.

At least it provided an extra layer of security.

Yun Qiluo was still lost in his breathtaking beauty, not yet recovering her senses, when she heard his words. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

She blinked, stupefied for several seconds, unable to comprehend.

The two were so close, their noses almost touching, with a sky-wide display of fireworks blossoming overhead, the booming sounds continuing.

The noise was significant, yet Yun Qiluo heard only her own heartbeat.

Beating louder than the sound of the fireworks.

After quite a while, her eyelashes fluttered gently. Her small hand nervously clutched at the fabric on his chest, unsure and quietly questioned, "Beautiful woman, what did you just say?"