Wu Sheng's sudden words caught Su Li completely off guard, leaving her momentarily stunned.
"An engagement?"
Wu Sheng nodded vigorously, took a deep breath, and stared intently at Su Li. "Yes. I said I'd wait until after you graduated to bring up marriage, so this isn't about getting married. But we can get engaged first."
At this point, afraid Su Li wouldn't agree, Wu Sheng continued to explain, his tone uncharacteristically rushed.
"I already proposed to you and you accepted, but we never had an engagement ceremony. I was thinking, if you're willing, we could get engaged this year and then get married next year. How does that sound?"
He had long since thought of Su Li as his future wife and called her his fiancée every day. He was confident in his own feelings and confident in Su Li's.
But now that he had actually brought it up, Wu Sheng couldn't control his nervousness, terrified that Su Li would refuse.
