The photo of the lovely couple 

After dating for 2 years in a stable and sweet relationship, Zhang and He are viewed as exemplar couple in their friends’ eyes. “It's time to propose!” Zhang, as a part-time screenwriter, began to brainstorm and orchestrate romantic proposal in order to give his girlfriend an unforgettable experience.

However, due to the waves of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic that happened in other cities of Zhejiang province, Zhang’s orchestrated proposal plans have failed twice.

For the first propose, Zhang set the day on December 26, 2021, the remarkable day of their second anniversary of dating. A few days before the anniversary, however, the epidemic broke out in Shangyu, the district of Shaoxing city. As a medical worker in the emergency department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Xiao was called on the mission to support the medical service with the rescue team. Therefore, the plan fell through.

Later, Zhang staged the second proposal in the cinema and invited a dozen friends to “conspire” the surprise in the dark. However, his intention was interrupted once again. In the early morning of that day, He received the message from the hospital to leave for Ningbo to offer medical support and help to contain the spread of pandemic.

He Tiantian is a nurse and work in the emergency department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine for ten years. In the eyes of her colleagues, she is a hardworking and capable nurse. “At that time, we had seven to eight people on the night shift, and she was in charge of the resuscitation room, which held patients of severe illness, so she was busy all night.”

He was doing door-to-door nucleic acid testing (Photo/Zhejiang Daily) 

After the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, she was the first to sign up for assistance in Wuhan, like many of her colleagues, but she ended up staying in Hangzhou because of the heavy tasks in the emergency department as well.

At the end of last year, owing to the sudden outbreak of the epidemic in Shangyu, a number of medical staff were in need to support the local nucleic acid testing, He Tiantian is also a member of the rescue team.

Zhang said, he was accustomed to his girlfriend’s busy work for there may be emergency work assignment at any time, “especially in the time of epidemic, as her boyfriend, I can do nothing but support her with action.”

After He heard the previous failed proposal, she still held the expectation and asked “Is there a third time?” “No more. All the ideas and creative plots were told to you, and I couldn't think of any more." Zhang grumbled.

“In fact, I deliberately lied to her that she will have no surprise at all. Although our wedding date is set for May 8 this year, I don’t want to have regrets and am still in the preparation for the third propose. I hope she is happy every day and I will always support her and be there for her.” Zhang told to the reporter.

Translator: Huang Yan

Editor: Huang Yan