Zhu Yulan took a deep breath, one hand feeling her own rapidly beating heart, and the other feeling Musen's heartbeat.
She slightly lifted her head, increasing the distance between them, but her gaze was fiercer than ever before.
She slowly exhaled, on the December night under the streetlight, her breath visible in the cold air.
Or rather, her entire being seed to be emitting steam, her fair skin flushed under the streetlight.
"Musen, I, Zhu Yulan, like you. Not as a friend, not on a whim, but a liking I have confird over and over for a whole year. It's my feeling, Zhu Yulan's, for you."
This was Zhu Yulan's second confession today.
And it was a true confession.
Musen felt her hand on his chest trembling slightly, a testant to the courage she was summoning at that mont.
The two of them gazed silently at each other, in the quiet cetery, it seed they could hear each other's heartbeats.
"Thank you."
Musen slowly reached out his hand and gently held hers. The weather was cool, her fingers slightly cold and trembling. Feeling the warmth of Musen's palm, she seed to catch her breath.
Her other hand could almost feel her own racing heartbeat. She didn't speak, but the breath she exhaled ford visible quivers in the air.
"Musen, I don't need any promises today. I just want to tell you that I like you and I just want to ask you, do you like ? Even just a little..."
She didn't know what Musen ant by his 'thank you', but if it was another Good Person Card, she would surely bite him!
Musen was lightly holding her hand, warming it gently in his palm.
"Thank you for your liking, as you said, I can't give you an answer or a promise right now, but I understand how much courage it takes to like soone and confess to them. I also know how sad it can be not to receive a response.
So, what I can respond to now is your affection, thank you for liking , I am honored to be liked by you. I genuinely accept your feelings, not as a Good Person Card, nor as re politeness, but as my most heartfelt words."
Musen felt the slight tremor of her small hand in his palm, Zhu Yulan's gaze t his, filled with sincerity and warmth.
This told her that he was truly responding to her feelings.
Perhaps so answers, perhaps like Zhao Lianmai, she had already received so responses, and Zhu Yulan felt even luckier than Lianmai.
At least, Musen had given her a serious response, even though there was no definite outco, her feelings were not wasted.
For Zhu Yulan, this was already the best outco she had hoped for.
Yet... people are always like this.
Once they receive sothing, they subconsciously want more.
"Then, do you like ? Even just a little... I want to hear you say it."
Zhu Yulan knew this question might not receive an answer or response, but she really wanted to ask.
In Musen's busy heart, besides Nuannuan and Ming Yue, were there ever one or two monts when she had also broken into his heart?
Musen looked at her expectant, anxious, conflicted expression and slowly smiled, recalling the scene of their first eting.
"Just like you said about , I might be shiny in your eyes, but you, in my eyes, are just the sa.
I still rember our first eting when you were willful and arrogant, looking down on people and offering money to make drop out of the race."
"I wasn't looking down on anyone..."
Zhu Yulan couldn't help but retort, but listening to Musen's mories, she also recalled their past.
Musen smiled slightly, then continued: "At first, I also thought you were a self-important and tough princess because you were rich, so sotis I did indeed trick you a few tis. But later, I gradually found out, behind your arrogance and pride, was your extre responsibility and seriousness toward work and commitnts to others.
Even knowing I was tricking you, you would still choose to do your best for what you committed yourself to.
When you fought with your family and had nowhere to eat or sleep, you still made sure to pay your employees first.
When we faced trouble together, you would imdiately do your utmost to make ands, taking responsibility for your actions..."
Musen said this, his gaze slowly eting Zhu Yulan's intently.
"Just like the filter I have in your eyes, you have many bright spots in my eyes too. Your dedication, responsibility, accountability, and of course, a bit of willfulness and confusion, are your bright points, and these qualities of yours, I like them very much."
Zhu Yulan covered her heart, the speed of its beating seed almost unbridled.
She looked at Musen, this cunning man, whose answer was still so ambiguous.
Exciting yet delightful.
Indeed, a playboy will always be a playboy, but Zhu Yulan also knew, for this guy to say these words ant… at least she had really lingered in his heart for those one or two monts…
"Playboy..."
Zhu Yulan covered her heart, feeling sowhat content with the answer she got, her blood circulating through her body.
She felt a bit dizzy. Could that tiny liqueur-filled chocolate really be that potent?
She looked at Musen, feeling an uncontrollable urge.
She moved a bit closer to Musen, as if slightly inebriated, her gaze trailing from his cheek down his nose to his lips: "So, in that case… may I make another request?"
Musen instinctively shrank back slightly: "I generally don't sell myself, just my talents."
Zhu Yulan observed his movent, a slight smile curling the corners of her mouth as if the alcohol had breached her last defenses.
Human greed is never fully satisfied.
"So, under what circumstances would you consider it?"
"Then you would have to add..."
Musen hadn't finished speaking.
Suddenly, the girl in front of him blushed, her face rapidly enlarging in his field of vision, a touch of bamboo's sweet fragrance lightly falling...
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