"What... what feeling..."
I genuinely didn't understand Xiao Li's meaning, and I was a bit surprised as well.
Although Yu Longting usually behaved in a down-to-earth manner, I still couldn't imagine him going to the market to buy vegetables.
Xiao Li probably thought I was playing dumb and clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, "Have you fallen for the Snake Lord?"
I paused for a moment, feeling a slight stir in my heart.
I remembered how he always whispered in my ear, asking when I would start to fancy him.
"You wouldn't deny it, would you? The way you look at him is full of love; it's almost drowning," Xiao Li muttered.
She was a very straightforward person; if she liked something, she liked it, if she didn't, she didn't.
I wasn't planning to hide it from her and play dumb, "Since I've seen such a gentleman, how could I not be pleased?"
"I... I... I'm going to..." Xiao Li suddenly stood up, "Damn it, you admitted it!! And you admitted it so easily... It's too sudden!!"
Her shock was so intense, her braids almost stood up on end.
But my gaze was fixed on the doorway, where Yu Longting stood with a serious expression, his narrow eyes slightly squinted, filled with an obscure light.
"Go wash the crabs in the kitchen," Yu Longting instructed Beichen beside him, then stepped inside.
Upon hearing Yu Longting's voice, Xiao Li turned back, "Your timing... is just perfect, Lord Snake!"
"Xiao Li, could you step outside for a moment? I need to speak with my wife," Yu Longting said to Xiao Li, using words that were uncharacteristically polite.
Xiao Li hurriedly ran out, "Of course, of course, boss, I'm your matchmaker, don't forget when you two get married... I..."
Yu Longting flicked his sleeve, and the door closed by itself.
He stared at me, taking deliberately slow steps.
I was on the bed, nervously swallowing my saliva multiple times.
As he approached the bed, I instinctively moved back again and again.
Yu Longting directly placed his knee on the bed, aggressively closing the distance, his fingers pinching my chin, "Wanwan."
"Eh, yes, what is it?" I looked up at him appeasingly, always feeling he was eerily frightening.
Aside from the matter of my heart vein being damaged, I shouldn't have offended him in any other way, right?
I had already agreed to use my cultivation to nurture the heart vein, and now I was completely fine; he should have calmed down by now, right?
He couldn't be that petty, could he?
My eyes darted around, trying to guess what he was up to; this guy was already leaning close to whisper, "Repeat what you just said."
"Since I've seen such a gentleman, how could I not be pleased?" My heart trembled, and despite feeling a bit shy, I couldn't bear to keep him in suspense and make him anxious, so I blurted it out directly.
Yu Longting wrapped his arms around me tightly, as if trying to crush my bones into his body, his tone heavy, "Have you fallen for me? Wanwan?"
"Although I haven't felt the kind of heart-fluttering sensation for you, that's due to objective reasons." I was a bit pained by his tight embrace, yet profoundly immersed in the feeling, my voice trembling, my chin knocking on his shoulder, "I can't be a hundred percent sure, after all, the Love Soul hasn't returned to my body... I ..."
"Without the Love Soul, you are already so helplessly in love with me, what about when you have the Love Soul? Wouldn't you love me to death? Hm?" Yu Longting chuckled softly, pinning me down on the bed and kissing me for a while before finally letting go, satisfied, "Wanwan, you should know, I've always wanted to marry you. Marry me, will you? Give me a title, and I'll give you everything..."