Chapter 870

With the glow of the fireflies, Qiao Anxia saw that there were light pink rose petals scattered across the apartment floor . In front of her was a mannequin with a beautiful white dress .

Originally, Mother and Father Qiao hoped that she and Chen Yang could stay over at the family home, but he told them that he'd take her to his place . At the time, she thought that it was because the two of them hadn't been intimate for a long time, and since it wasn't exactly convenient for them to do so at the family home, she didn't think much of his request . Who could of imagined that he had prepared a surprise for her there .

Fireflies . . . it was a dream she had had as a child . She learned from books and cartoons that these things existed in the world . When she was young, she'd used to badger Father Qiao for fireflies, but it's a shame that they were difficult to find in Beijing . Since then, fireflies had been a dream of hers .

When she and Chen Yang first got together, she mentioned these childhood fancies to him, but just as a joke .

She never imagined that he would make up for the dream she had never fulfilled .

Qiao Anxia stared at the fireflies dancing endlessly around her and Chen Yang, a beaming smile on her face . Her head subconsciously turned towards him .

Under the glow of the numerous fireflies, Chen Yang stared back at her, and gave a warm smile . Then, without any warning at all, he crouched down in front of her . He pulled a red jewelry box from his pocket, opened it, and raised it up to Qiao Anxia . "Xia xia, will you marry me?"

Qiao Anxia lowered her head, and saw the dazzling diamond ring in the box . She opened her mouth, wanting to let out a "Yes", but then her mind flashed to the thought of her never being able to get pregnant . It felt like she just downed glue, her single 'yes' got stuck in her throat . No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't spit it out .

Chen Yang stayed steadily on one knee in front of Qiao Anxia, and waited with a warm and extremely patient expression .

She subconsciously balled her hands up into a fist . In her mind, two voices were caught in a vicious duel .

One was telling her not to bother Chen Yang, and the other nodded in response to his proposal .

After struggling with the idea for a long long time, she suddenly took a step back and gently shook her head at Chen Yang . "Chen Yang, I can't marry you . "

Chen Yang slightly furrowed his brows, a confused look coming to his face .

Tears welled up beneath Qiao Anxia's eyes, and her lips quivered wildly . "Chen Yang, you know that I can't have babies, why do you still want to marry me?"

Recently, she'd been wanting to pretend to act stupid, like she didn't know that she could never be a mother . She thought by doing so, she could peacefully be with Chen Yang, but after waking up from her afternoon nap, she couldn't sleep right . With her eyes wide open, she looked at Chen Yang sleeping on the sofa, and felt unusually somber and guilty .

"Do you even know that I'm useless right now? I will never be able to give you a family!

"I truly want to be with you forever, but I can't be selfish and bring you down . This isn't fair to you . . . " Qiao Anxia finally couldn't hold her tears in any longer . "So Chen Yang, don't marry me, okay? Don't marry me…"