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It was a late proposal, a reversal of the set order of things, as it took place almost three months after the couple got married. It took place because the newlyweds would like to choose a perfect day for this event.

On December 27, 2020, when the very first train departed from Xiongan Railway Station in Hebei Province, north China, at 10:18 a.m., 25-year-old husband Hou Jiaming, decked out in his China Railway Construction Engineering Group (CRCEG) blue uniform paired with a safety helmet, proposed to his dressed-alike wife Zhang Jing in one

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