Ga Eul had seen this on a television show once—the whole box inside of a box inside of a box inside of a box trick of concealing a present.
But of course Yi Jeong had to put his own artistic spin on it, one-upping everyone who had ever done that trick in the history of presents. Instead of using normal cardboard boxes, he had crafted his own pottery boxes of various sizes that fit together perfectly like a set of Russian dolls.
Not plain boxes either. Each box had been carved and painted along a separate theme. Only when Ga Eul laid them out side by side did she realize the carvings on the boxes connected together to spell out something.
Of course, by then she had already pulled out the final box. A tiny one.
The only box Yi Jeong clearly had not created.
The boxes fit together to spell out a single sentence in Korean characters: will you marry me?
Each box had been painted to reflect a different season of the year; the overall theme was forever.
Of course, she said 'yes.'