Chapter 35: It was a secret crush before, but now he wants to openly love her

Xue Nan really felt speechless when he opened the door. He was speechless at home.

"Don't tell me you're just like those Tomato, Lujiang, and other novels where the second male lead takes the top spot, pretending your family is pressuring you to get married and forcing you to go on blind dates, saying you need to find a partner as quickly as possible to secure your position as the ruler, or else you'll be kicked out. That's the same old cliché."

Xue Nan hooked his arm around Duan Shiyan's shoulders, the corners of his lips twitching as he strained to force a faint smile. "Quickly refute me loudly and tell your good brother that you wouldn't be so frivolous, right?"

Duan Shiyan: “…”

Xue Nan:?

Xue Nan: “.”

It was really a small knife pulling the butt, which opened my eyes.

"You old man, I really admire you."

Xue Nan was like a worried old mother, her face full of regret. "You almost lost your life trying to give her a bouquet of flowers at your high school graduation ceremony. If it weren't for that bastard Fu Yuchen's incompetence and his infidelity, you don't know how long you would have waited! Ten years? Twenty years? Thirty years? Or a lifetime?"

"If you ask me, you should tell her now how much you have sacrificed for her and make her completely devoted to you!"

Xue Nan couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

How could the prince of the Beijing circle, who has always been fearless, arrogant, and free, be willing to put himself in such a humble bystander position?

She would rather secretly love him like a fool and guard him silently than take a step forward. She even wants to prepare a wedding ring for that damn Fu Yuchen!

"You didn't tell her the truth before because you were afraid of causing her trouble and that she would be disgusted. But now she has broken up with Fu Yuchen, what are you afraid of?"

As soon as Xue Nan finished speaking.

Then the man in front of me, who was always proud and unbridled, said in a low voice, "I'm worried she'll feel pressured."

"She used to like Fu Yuchen because he saved her when she was a child. She had never received much love since she was a child, so she cherished this hard-earned kindness so much."

"But it was this kindness that hurt her badly."

Duan Shiyan whispered, "And now you tell her that I was actually very good to you in the past, so you have to like me and give me the same return to be worthy of all my efforts over the years. Do you think she will be touched?"

"No."

"She will only feel panic and anxiety."

Just like a little hedgehog who has never been well cared for, she thought she finally found someone who could give her warmth.

So she tried her best to chase it with her little feet, and softened all the thorns that protected her, exposing her soft belly.

In the end, that person trampled all her sincerity under his feet and hurt her badly.

She no longer had any hope for love.

She will erect all her thorns again to protect herself, and guard against falling into the trap of the suspension bridge effect so easily and getting hurt again.

The little hedgehog had begun to carefully build a strong wall for herself, but suddenly someone suddenly collapsed the fortress she had built.

He walked in with great fanfare, talking about all the things he had done for her in the past, and ordered her to dig out her heart and give it to him in order to repay all his previous efforts.

How could she be moved?

She would just be at a loss and would be so scared that she would want to escape.

"I don't want this."

"I don't want her to be uneasy and force herself to accept me."

Duan Shiyan raised his head, his deep gaze fixed on Jin Wu who was not far ahead, and the corners of his lips curved slightly, "I hope she can enjoy being loved, rather than feel burdened."

Xue Nan opened his mouth, and the indignant expression on his face gradually returned to calm.

"But...don't you think this is a pity?"

He sighed, "You've obviously liked her for so long—"

"I like her and treat her well, but this has always been my own wishful thinking."

Duan Shiyan was still looking at Jin Wu, as if he were overlapping with the sixteen-year-old boy, his gaze burning like a cluster of eternally burning fire, "She never needs to take any responsibility for me."

The biggest difference between him and Fu Yuchen is that he never thought of using his own efforts to kidnap her.

Love should not be a cage.

But it is the vast sky where the moon can rise freely.

Xue Nan stared at Duan Shiyan in a daze, feeling that the CPU in his brain was about to burn out.

No wonder people say love is a glass of wine, whoever drinks it gets drunk.

If he doesn't say it.

No one would believe that this unruly and gifted boy in front of them was once a young man who didn't even know how to win the favor of a little girl and ran to the emotional bot on Weibo to post a help request.

"One last question."

Xue Nan once again acted like a worried old mother. "I think you should have a sense of crisis. Otherwise, aren't you afraid that your sister-in-law will rekindle her old love with that damn Fu Yuchen and abandon you to get back together with him?"

Duan Shiyan, this bastard, was like a fool in love and suffered from secret love for ten whole years!

What’s more, what about Jin Wu, who only had eyes for Fu Yuchen before?

What if that damn Fu Yuchen regrets his decision, and uses sweet words to coax people into softening their hearts and accepting his reconciliation?

Then it won’t just be the end of secret love, it will be a shiny green hat (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!

Xue Nan felt that at this moment he was like the emperor who was not anxious but the eunuchs inside were anxious.

"No, no, no!"

He was so anxious that he wanted to pull Duan Shiyan's ears, "Although I admit that what you said just now has some truth, but it's better to be safe than sorry!"

So what if you get married?

Now that we have tricked them into coming here, we should press on and seize the opportunity to nip all the dangerous factors in the bud!

Xue Nan whispered devilishly, "Be careful! If your sister-in-law runs away, you'll go from being a secret lover to a cuckold."

Duan Shiyan just lowered his eyes and chuckled softly.

"She won't."

He raised his chin and looked at Jin Wu with a firm and scorching gaze. "She won't be soft-hearted, nor will she look back. She is braver and more resolute than you think."

When encountering unreasonable things, she will bravely stand up and speak for everyone.

She wanted to be a doctor. Even in the face of disapproval and ridicule, even from Fu Yuchen, whom she took seriously at the time, she never wavered or gave up her dream.

She has always been a serious and tenacious person who dares to love and hate, and will stick to something once she decides on it.

As long as she makes up her mind, she will never look back.

Duan Shiyan's eyes curved, and his heartbeat in his chest was hot and beating because of her.

It was this somewhat silly persistence that attracted the sixteen-year-old him.

From then on, I was amazed by my youth, never forgot my love, postponed my secret love, and waited for the response.

"Oh...I see."

Xue Nan calmed down again.

But he quickly pushed Jingjing away.

No, what’s the use of him understanding it!

What’s the use of the audience understanding it?

If the heroine doesn't understand anything in the end, then everything will be in vain!

"Have you ever thought that if your sister-in-law doesn't know about your past efforts, how can she know your past goodness and then like you?"

As soon as Xue Nan finished speaking.

Duan Shiyan raised his eyebrows slightly, drawing a bold and unrestrained arc.

"Then I'll chase her again."

His dark eyes sparkled, and the pride between his brows was bright and vivid. He was still that arrogant, unruly and free boy.

It was as if time had never left any trace on him, and he was still as high-spirited and full of pride as he was at the age of sixteen.

"I used to have a secret crush on someone, but now I'm going to openly love them."

"I will pursue her. If once is not enough, I will keep pursuing her until she is willing to like me."