Richest Rag-picker

However, just as the crowd was about to look away, a dazzling light flashed across the sky. In the next instant, the entire night was illuminated by a rainbow of fireworks.

The sheer splendor was simply beyond description.

That wasn’t even the most incredible part. What truly shocked everyone was the sheer scale of the fireworks; they were so immense they seemed to blanket the entire city.

And in fact, that’s exactly what was happening. Everyone in Qinhuang Island was captivated by the massive display. It was no exaggeration to say that no matter where you stood in the city, you were under the canopy of these fireworks.

Normal fireworks reach a maximum height of a few hundred meters, but this one had to be at least ten thousand meters high!

"Whoa! Look, look! It’s a person’s face! Oh my god! How are they doing that?!"

"Damn, it really is a face! That’s insane!"

As the crowd cried out, the fireworks in the sky gradually formed a portrait—the portrait of a woman.

Though it was a simple outline, everyone present could tell that the face formed by the fireworks was none other than Bai Menghan on the stage.

Seeing this, stars began to sparkle in Bai Menghan’s eyes.

’It’s so beautiful. This is just too beautiful!’

’In my entire life, these are the most beautiful, most breathtaking fireworks I’ve ever seen.’

As the crowd stood in stunned silence, Fang Chenyi’s voice rang out once more. Accompanied by a rain of petals and a shower of fireworks, his song completely captivated everyone. The women in the audience, in particular, now saw Fang Chenyi as their Prince Charming.

Fireworks are beautiful but fleeting—that was everyone’s understanding. But this time, the display Fang Chenyi had prepared completely shattered that perception.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, one minute, three minutes.

The fireworks lasted for a full three minutes before gradually fading into the night.

Perhaps Fang Chenyi’s song had moved the heavens themselves, because at that very moment, tiny stars began to appear in the once-pitch-black night sky.

It was an incredibly beautiful sight.

Right then, everyone below was absolutely floored. The men, especially, were muttering to themselves that it was impossible.

Of course, only Fang Chenyi himself could answer their questions.

The city-wide fireworks display lasting three minutes wasn’t anything too special; it was simply because the fireworks were launched to an extreme height, with new ones igniting continuously as they fell.

The main thing was the firework portrait of Bai Menghan. That truly did exceed the capabilities of modern science.

If it had been formed by individual fireworks being shot up, that might have been possible. But Fang Chenyi’s was a single firework that had ascended into the night sky and then split on its own.

As for how these effects were achieved, the explanation was actually simple: Fang Chenyi had used two special reward opportunities he’d exchanged from the system.

At that moment, in the center of the stage, Fang Chenyi held Bai Menghan’s hand, gazing at her affectionately as he sang the final line of the song:

"I want to take you... to pluck~ the endless stars~ Please... say you’ll marry me?~"

As he sang the last line, Fang Chenyi suddenly dropped to one knee before Bai Menghan. At the same time, the stage’s spotlight fell directly on the two of them.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

The sound of fireworks shooting into the air rang out once more. But this time, there was no long wait like before. In just a few seconds, countless fireworks exploded in mid-air, instantly forming four large words:

"Xiao Hanhan, marry me!"

Amidst the shower of petals, Fang Chenyi flicked his wrist, and a sparkling pink diamond ring appeared in his hand.

He took Bai Menghan’s small hand, looked up into her eyes, and spoke in that magnetic and enchanting voice of his:

"Xiao Hanhan, will you marry me?"

As Fang Chenyi’s words left his lips, the entire crowd below the stage went wild, chanting in unison:

"Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!"

At this point, Bai Menghan was already dizzy with happiness. She looked at the man she loved kneeling before her, then at the audience shouting wildly below.

Bai Menghan fought back the tears of joy threatening to spill from her eyes, nodded vigorously, and shouted out:

"I will!"

In an instant, the audience below erupted. Cheers, whistles, and all sorts of shouts brought the atmosphere to a fever pitch.

Hearing her answer, a happy smile spread across Fang Chenyi’s face. He reached out and slipped the diamond ring onto Bai Menghan’s middle finger.

Then he stood up, swept her into his arms, and spun her around on the spot.

"Xiao Hanhan, so... are you willing to go pluck the stars with me?"

As Fang Chenyi’s words faded, the crowd suddenly noticed seven hot air balloons, adorned with multicolored lights, drifting into the sky.

Six of them fanned out in a circle, while one slowly came to a stop above the stage, began to descend, and finally landed in the center.

Then, a young man jumped out and walked off the stage.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi turned his gentle gaze back to Bai Menghan and repeated his earlier question:

"Xiao Hanhan, you still haven’t answered me. Are you willing to go pluck the stars with me?"

"Mhm!"

Seeing this, Bai Menghan nodded her little head vigorously.

Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Fang Chenyi swept her up in a princess carry and walked toward the hot air balloon with Bai Menghan in his arms.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! So romantic!"

"Oh! Oh! Oh! So romantic!"

...

Watching the couple board the hot air balloon, everyone started to cheer.

As everyone watched, the hot air balloon slowly rose into the air and then began to drift gently into the distance.

Just as the crowd was beginning to feel a little disappointed, a loud shout suddenly came from one of the hot air balloons in the sky:

"May our big brother and his bride be happy for a hundred years and have a child soon!"

Immediately after, the remaining six hot air balloons in the sky began to shower the crowd below with a rain of red envelopes, each attached to a tiny, glowing parachute.

Snapping out of their reverie, the crowd saw this and the atmosphere was instantly reignited. One by one, they began to frantically grab at the falling red envelopes.

In mid-air, aboard one of the hot air balloons, Su Tantan—who had been called over by Wei Yilong earlier—grabbed a large bag full of red envelopes and began tipping it over the side. She couldn’t help but wince at the cost as she spoke to Wei Yilong next to her:

"Honey, don’t you think that’s about enough? Each red envelope has a one hundred and sixty-six yuan Baida shopping card in it! I must have thrown out hundreds of thousands’ worth in just this short time!"