Yan Lin looked stunned, then nodded slightly: "Mm."

He doesn't understand.

Her reaction... was different from what was expected.

Xiao Zhou said: "Brother Yan, I've checked. Xu Manzhi is a country girl who wants to marry into a wealthy family. She even ran away before to break off the engagement. She'll be overjoyed if you take the initiative to break off the engagement."

yes.

She should be happy.

But--

The girl kept smiling.

“I’m going to ask you a question, and you have to answer honestly,” Xu Manzhi said.

Yan Lin nodded subconsciously.

"I ask you, when you first saw me, were you happy?" she asked.

The girl had a beautiful, smooth face, and her eyes were as bright as stars. The anticipation and excitement in her eyes were almost overwhelming his heart.

His palms were sweating.

Her bold and impulsive words from earlier flashed through her mind: "My fiancé, Yan Lin... I'll marry... the man who can carry me and lift me up..."

The muscles in his arms were hollow.

A thought he had never had before stirred within him like wild grass, like a wind chime ringing incessantly in the breeze. His lips were dry, his throat tight, and his cheeks burning as he uttered, "...happy."

After Yan Lin finished speaking, he subconsciously turned his head to avoid her gaze.

I was afraid she would laugh at me.

He had never been this close to a girl before.

He could faintly smell the fragrance emanating from her, a delicate and sweet scent that made his head spin and his mind go blank.

Yan Lin held his breath.

To avoid being reckless and making irresponsible decisions.

scare……

*smack*

A soft, sticky, and wet sensation flashed across his cheek, causing his pupils to contract instantly, his breathing to become rapid, his fists to clench tightly, and his blood to rush to his head.

He stared at her, his eyes wide.

The girl twirled her black hair with her fingers, a mischievous grin on her face.

Lips...like honey.

He exclaimed in shock, "You, you just now..."

I kissed you.

The girl's voice was clear and melodious, even more beautiful than the song of the magpie.

Yan Lin couldn't breathe.

He heard his heart pounding, his pupils dilating as he exclaimed, "Go wash your mouth... you've gotten it dirty..."

Pfft.

Xu Manzhi couldn't help but laugh.

She said, "Silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about? We are engaged, it's perfectly normal. You are very clean, it's just that your face is a little special. Besides, you are a soldier, you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, you don't rely on your looks to make a living."

"But...it would make you feel bad..."

Xu Manzhi was immediately displeased.

She put her hands on her hips and said loudly, "Don't talk nonsense. I don't like hearing these things. You can think them in your mind, but keep them to yourself in front of me."

After saying that, she gave Yan Lin some more instructions.

"Don't mention breaking off the engagement with me again. If you're a man, you should be arranging the marriage and marry me as soon as possible so that your Yan family can have more children... Someone's coming, I'll go first. Remember what I said."

After Xu Manzhi finished speaking, she turned and left.

He gazed at her retreating figure, which stood like an iron pillar.

In the sunlight, the girl stood with her hands behind her back, her figure lively, like a little deer that had jumped into his heart, always bumping around and making a ruckus...

Why is she so determined?

The decision was final.

He didn't seem to regret it at all.

Yan Lin stared blankly into his eyes.

On the ground covered with pebbles, the oddly shaped stones glittered in the sunlight.

Can sand be a treasure?

He reached out and gently stroked his cheek, as if he could still smell the fragrance from the girl's lips.

Only then did he belatedly realize what had happened.

His fiancée kissed his ugly face!

How could she bring herself to do that?

Isn't it disgusting?

He vaguely recalled his mother's words: "With your ugly face, what girl in the world could stand it? She'd either kill you or kill you..."

Manzhi, do you want my life?

"What are you thinking about? You've been grinning like an idiot. What little secret did Xu Manzhi tell you?" Ling Junye asked softly, lying on the bed and gently rubbing his stomach.

After Yan Lin entered the room, his usual shrewdness and competence vanished, replaced by a naive young man with a smirk and a silent smile in his eyes.

When he smiled, the scars twitched, which was quite eerie.

Ling Junye knew his cousin's temperament very well. He wouldn't flinch even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him. It was good enough if he didn't yell at people, let alone make him laugh. That was absolutely impossible.

But after he went inside, he laughed for half an hour.

Right now, my cousin is still touching his face, looking rather silly...

They must be having a mental breakdown.

"Yan Lin, Chief Yan!"

Startled by Ling Junye's loud shouts, Yan Lin asked awkwardly, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Ling Junye rolled his eyes.

He said irritably, "There's no problem, it's just that you've been visiting the patient for too long without saying a word, which is seriously affecting the patient's recovery. Don't you think that's going too far?"

"Oh, I understand."

After Yan Lin finished speaking, he picked up the enamel mug on the table, took a sip of water, and found that the tea was completely cold and the tea leaves were quite bitter.

He suddenly asked, "Ah Ye, do you have a girl you like?"

Ling Junye glared angrily.

"Do I look like I do?" he retorted.

“Oh, that’s true. Someone as sick as you probably doesn’t want to be a burden to others. I understand you.” Yan Lin said.

"..." Ling Junye.

Don't bother trying to understand.

Even if he understood everything, he wanted to lie in his coffin for a while.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you have nothing to do, get lost. I have no work to do here, so go wherever you want," he said, giving him the order to leave.

Yan Lin looked deep in thought.

He took another sip of herbal tea and asked, "Tell me, if someone didn't mind your appearance and was willing to be with you, would you agree to date them?"

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