Chapter 89: All That I Ask

Xia Sha froze on the spot as blinding light reflected from the thing inside the box enter her eyes. 

All of her life, this probably the most surprising thing other than her parents getting divorced. 

Staring at Guan Xian with a confused and disbelief, she seems to be lost in words. It's so mindblowing that her brain went blank completely. 

The enjoyment Guan Xian gets while observing Xia Sha's expression is palpable to everyone. Xiao Ni, standing beside Ji Cun Xi and Jian Jun on the balcony, has wary smiles on their face. 

"Who's the idea is this?" She asked with a low voice, still can't believe what her brother has done in public space. 

Jian Jun raised his eyebrow and averted his gaze to somewhere else, but he secretly point at Ji Cun Xi with his finger. Xiao Ni turned her cold glare at Ji Cun Xi, who is smiling innocently. 

Xiao Ni glared even harder when Ji Cun Xi tried to avert his gaze. Finally, under a heavy breath, he mumbles, "I don't know it would be like this. It looks so good in my mind."

Xiao Ni strides forward to hit his arms when Wang Kai appears from the corner of the mall. 

"What is he doing here?" She frowned. 

"He is in charge of security today. Also, we need him to be f4!" 

"I'm going!" Xiao Ni decided when Wang Kai is approaching. Ji Cun Xi instantly hold her back, and panicky said, "You can't, how can you leave before witnessing your brother's happiest moment?"

"Fine, just make sure he didn't talk to me." She said after pondering for a while. 

Xiao Ni's eyebrow twitched when he said the happiest moment. She glares at Wang Kai with hatred before Averted her gaze back on Xia Sha and Guan Xian, who still in the position as she sees them before. 

But when Guan Xian open the little box, all the color on her face drained. She gasps and covers her mouth with her hand. 

"Xia Sha, will you marry me?"

Guan Xian pulls out the jewelry from the little black box and reveals it for everyone to see. Xia Sha looked at the sparkling diamond on that white gold as her knee went weak. 

She felt her body just went paralyzed for a moment. Everything is so overwhelming to her. Guan Xian's gentle voice, charming face, that beautiful ring,

How can a girl say no to that kind of diamond ring? But what did he said, marry?

The only thing she manages to push out from her throat was, "What?" 

"I said, will you marry me?" He repeated patience and love overflowing from his eyes went straight to Xia Sha's heart. She would blindly nod her head and accept if her common sense didn't control her right now. 

"Are you crazy?" she asked, slightly yelling at him. 

"I'm not," he replied calmly, leaving Xia Sha with an even more confused feeling. 

"You want me to marry you?" She almost choked and burst out laughing at the same time. 

Guan Xian shows his row of white teeth and nods his head without any slight hesitation. 

"I do." 

Xia Sha stares at the ring on his hand, then back to his dark brown eyes, where his souls reveal all the secrets hidden before those beautiful irises. 

"How can- What? Why? How?" She can't catch up with his train of thoughts. She hasn't even unblocked him on Wei Xian, and he is standing in front of her, asking for marriage?

Did she send the wrong signal to him, or what? 

Guan Xian smiles when he saw her puzzled look. 

"Xia Sha, Neither of us can deny the sparks and connection between us. It is so strong that a dense like me can notice this. I knew it won't happen to my life again, not with anyone else but you. Not in this lifetime. But I do understand you can't trust me," His melodic voice felt so soothing in her ears. 

"However, by marriage, it can show all my seriousness for you. By marriage, It means I bond myself to you. That you will be the only person that I cherish forever, for the rest of my life."

He shows the diamond ring in front of her eyes, making it the only focused Xia Sha had on her eyes right now. 

"This ring, Is my promise to you. That from right now on, I will be committed to you."

The whole mall is silent by his confession. Xia Sha could felt a heavy wave of hopes and expectations coming from all the gaze on her body. 

"Say Yes!" One person shouted from the balcony, leading everyone to chant the same thing. 

"Say Yes!"

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"Say Yes!"

"Say Yes!"

"Say Yes!"

"Say Yes!"

"Say Yes!"

She felt a heavy pressure fall upon her by hearing all the loud chanting. But what makes her heart heavy is that look she got from Guan Xian. It's patience and readiness he shows. 

Xia Sha's breath hitched when she opens her mouth. 

"I'm sorry, I-" 

The whole crowd gasp and hold their breath. Oh no! She is going to reject him. How can you decline such a find specimens in the whole C nation?

Girl, are you insane?

"You can't, right?" he said the answer right before she spat it out. Xia Sha lowered her head, indicating his guess is correct. The crowd went silenced once again. 

There is no trace of any emotion on his face. A smile still lingering on his face as if he had everything under control. 

"Can you tell me why?" He asked, still with a smile on his face. 

Xia Sha felt so awful that she rejected him in front of so many people. Thus she didn't have the heart to make a cruel, fabricated reason like she always did when they are alone. 

Her long eyelashes quiver as she blinks. Finally, after the rate of three heartbeats, Guan Xian can hear the real reason why she keeps pushing him away. 

"You are right about everything. Even my feeling for you, you've got it right." She mumbles in a low voice, staring at his beautiful eyes with fazed emotion. 

Her answer makes Guan Xian smiles even broader. But he didn't cut her off. He gives her the time to reveal her thoughts. 

"However, the issues I'm dealing with is something bigger than marriage. Not even a ring can solve that problem for me. It deeply rooted in my heart."

The un-ending war between her heart and common sense starts again. Her damn heart wanted to shut her mouth and say yes to him. That will be the end of her misery because he does make her happy. 

But her common sense keeps reminding her of every painful experience of falling in love and then the betrayal. 

'Xia Sha, it's always like this. The beginning is always sweet before the bitter betrayal came. What makes you think Guan Xian will be different from Ling Guang? Even a man like Ling Guang could cheat on you, moreover someone who is far, far, far away from Ling Guang.' Her common sense said. 

'But what if he comes off different? What if you miss the only chance for you to be happy?' 

"Don't be stupid. He can't even show his persistence in courting you. How can he be different?'

"I know you feel his sincerity and those eyes! Can you see there is not even a glimpse of bad thought there?'

'How can you see it? you are blind!' 

'You just feel it. No need to be shy, just say yes and take that ring!' 

'No! you are far from ready for marriage! You are not stable, you need more time to think. a LONG time to think."

"Well, how about this? Tell him to wait, if he willing to wait, we will give him a chance. A real chance this time!' 

'Hmm, fair enough. But we tricked him once, will he believe us again?' 

"Let's discuss after we got a reaction from him," her heart is fixed on testing Guan Xian, again. This time, she swears to herself that she will work very hard to put back her heart and give it to him if he willing to wait for her. 

"I don't think I can accept your proposal right now." She said the last words slowly, emphasizing the meaning of right now. 

Guan Xian licked his dried lips and nodded his head. He doesn't reveal any emotion instead of the usual playful and kind aura he emitted around her. 

"I know. I know you won't," Guan Xian hides the ring on his fingertips inside his clenched palm. Their eyes meet each other. Xia Sha felt his hot, burning look is burning her heart. 

Somehow, his little change of emotion makes her heartbeat so fast than before. Her instinct is telling her that he is about to reveal something big. 

Guan Xian pulls her hand gently and made her palm open for him. In a swift movement, he has placed the ring on her. Then he covered his hand outside her hand, making Xia Sha clenching the ring now. 

"I knew you need time, and I'm willing to give you all the time. I just need you to open your heart and try.. It's all that I ask."

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