Chapter 794: Chapter 794: The Most Romantic Proposal (24)
The most abundant photos were of Steve Burton and Ruby Gregory in their youth.
There were photos of Steve riding a bicycle through the streets and alleys of Ciawell with Ruby Gregory, photos of Steve buying a candy apple for Ruby in Garnet Lane, photos of Steve studying laboriously at his desk while Ruby sat idly by reading comics, and even photos of Steve walking forward without expression while Ruby hopped about energetically around him, her mouth wide open as if she were saying sothing…
Much of those photographs were secretly taken by Rusell Henris, Edward Woods, Howard Coleman, or Madeleine, and Ruby often didn’t even know.
Even though the photos were static and silent,
Ruby felt as if she had travelled back in ti to her youth, reliving those monts she had shared with Steve as each photo appeared on the large screen.
“Those are monts of youth, marked with poetic phrases. No surprise to feel a flutter when reading them. Do you also rember that beautiful ti? Perhaps the letters written for you have long been discarded, and that’s fine, for what was missing you’ve found elsewhere.”
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As Maggie Chiang’s “Love Letters From That Year” ca to end, the screen displayed a photo of Ruby on the third day of the lunar year after middle school examination. Then, the screen blurred again, and Steve’s handwriting appeared on the big screen, flowing like a dragon.
There was only a simple sentence: “There are many beautiful things in the world, but there is only one beautiful person like you.”
When those ten characters appeared, a pre-recorded voice of Steve erged, his tone deep and resonant, “From the ti you were in primary school to when you graduated from middle school—for a whole ten years—those were the years where my heart skipped a beat for you, a sentint I never articulated.”
Ruby was so engrossed in the photos on the big screen, lost in the sentences Steve wrote for her, in his words, that she entirely forgot the shock of seeing him kneel.
Steve still maintained his kneeling posture, his gaze gentle while he looked at the woman who was now looking up at the big screen.
The guests who had attended the birthday party and were now about to leave had all gathered in front of the Grand Ciawell Restaurant, looking up at the big screen. Even the doorman and the front desk staff from the Grand Capital Hotel had co out to watch.
Pedestrians stopped in their tracks and vehicles decelerated until they eventually ca to a stop. People from cars nearby rolled down their windows to watch, those far away got out of their vehicles.
The photos on the large screen shifted to ones of Ruby and Steve during their high school and college days.
In matching school uniforms, they moved amongst the tall Paulownia trees in the school during the sumr, visited the Forbidden City amidst the snow in winter, and went shopping at the bustling Mason Boulevard during Christmas.
The song by Maggie Chiang transitioned to Eason Chan’s “Await Your Love”.
Eason Chan’s deep and magnetic voice, carrying the power to penetrate the heart, in that mont, gave life to the photos on the large screen.
“Maybe I’ve made a mistake, or maybe I’m asking for too much. Does everyone else feel like , afraid that the person they want to see has already left? Maybe they were never there to begin with. How do I accept that as the way out? Waiting for you, to love , love …”
The final scene froze on a photograph of Ruby Gregory on her college graduation day, standing on the school playground in her cap and gown, holding the bouquet of flowers Steve presented her.
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