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Nan Ke said "hmm" in a very gentle voice.

"You've made your family very worried."

Quan Xiu frowned slightly, as if he didn't know what to say.

Nan Ke’s focus is on the results rather than the process.

Quan Xiu thought that as long as he explained the process clearly, everything would be fine.

They are not talking about the same thing.

Quan Xiu looked a little guilty, so Nan Ke asked him softly, "How do you feel now?"

"Yeah..." Quan Xiu responded softly, "It's okay."

Nan Ke looked at him for a while, Quan Xiu pursed his lips and said to her: "I'm sorry..."

"Why are you saying sorry to me?"

"I...I went to see him...and...I said some nonsense."

This matter seemed to have lingered in Quan Xiu's mind for a long time. When asked about the reason, he almost couldn't hold back his surging emotions.

He looked very sad, and Nan Ke frowned.

There is no need to explicitly say who the "he" in Quan Xiu's words refers to. Who else could it be other than Xing Chen?

Nan Ke could probably imagine the content of their interaction.

She felt sorry for Xing Chen going through all this, but she couldn't bear to blame Quan Xiu.

Nan Ke thought, how could such a useless person like him be able to be so indecisive?

When Quan Xiu confessed this to her, it felt like he had finally put down a huge stone in his heart.

He apologized with tears in his eyes, as if he was certain that it was doomed to end between the two of them. Although he felt a little relieved, he also felt desperate.

Nan Ke remained silent. Quan Xiu gradually realized something was wrong. He looked at her with a pale face and asked, "You knew this a long time ago?"

"Not too early." Nan Ke stated softly, "He was by my side when he found out about your accident. He was worried that he had... provoked you, causing you to do something irrational, so he told me that you had met."

After hearing this, Quan Xiu was silent for a long time.

"He's a good man, too."

Quan Xiu frowned and sniffed: "How annoying."

"You too." Nan Ke said, and sighed softly, "We are not suitable for doing things that hurt others, right?"

Quan Xiu raised his head, his eyes filled with tears again.

"But I really like you."

"I know." Nan Ke was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm sorry. If you think we can continue to be friends, then we can continue to be friends. But if you think there's no possibility for us to be anything other than lovers, then I won't meet you again. This is the best solution for you, me, and him..."

"It's just a little late..."

"No." Nan Ke interrupted Quan Xiu and said softly, "It's because I like him very much."

She said: "We can't understand the road we haven't taken, and time can't be turned back. Anyway, the current facts are like this."

Nan Ke looked at the distressed Quan Xiu, thought for a moment, and then said, "We can only accept the established reality. There is no other possibility."

"Do you really like him that much?" Quan Xiu still didn't give up.

Nan Ke nodded and answered him: "Yes."

It’s like finally clearing the fog and seeing clearly the person in my heart.

As soon as Nan Ke went out, he saw Xing Chen's car, and then he saw Xing Chen sitting in the driver's seat in a daze.

Although he was still living a normal life, he looked not much better than Quan Xiu who was in the hospital undergoing emergency treatment.

When Nan Ke got into the car, Xing Chen suddenly came back to his senses, looked at her and blinked, hiding all his lost and depressed emotions.

"it's over?"

Nan Ke nodded and said "hmm".

Xing Chen pursed his lips, his expression very unnatural, and asked her: "How is he...?"

“It’s better than I thought.”

Nan Ke caught a glimpse of his fingers trembling slightly. She could guess what Xing Chen was thinking at the moment, and she also knew what he was afraid of.

"I have something I want to discuss with you."

Xing Chen took a breath, looked at her with red eyes, and his lips trembled twice.

"you……"

"Don't make up your mind about what I haven't said yet."

Nan Ke raised her hand and pinched his face, and Xing Chen's expression became confused in an instant.

It was as if he was under a spell, unable to do anything but stare at her blankly.

"Xing Chen."

Nan Ke called his name softly, and Xing Chen subconsciously held his breath.

He looked at her lips, studied her lip shape, and worried about what she would say next. Even though she told him not to let his imagination run wild, he still...

"What?"

Xing Chen looked confused and a little bewildered. The moment he was caught up in his own emotions, his ears tinnitus appeared and he heard nothing.

Nan Ke sighed softly and repeated his question -

"Will you marry me?"

Xing Chen was stunned at first, but suddenly realized the true meaning of this question.

He took a breath and looked at Nan Ke in surprise.

Nan Ke was also a little nervous, and she pursed her lips slightly.

"I know you're feeling insecure right now, and I know it's all because of me. I don't know if marriage will give you more security, but this is one solution I can think of. We can give it a try."

Xing Chen didn't say anything and just stared at her intently.

Nan Ke smiled at him gently.

"Of course, you don't have to answer me right away. You can go back and think about it carefully, and then..."

"No need." Xing Chen immediately rushed to say: "I do, no need to think about it, I want to marry you."

Nan Ke opened her eyes slightly. Xing Chen held her hand, but found that she was shaking violently, so he immediately let go.

He asked, "But have you thought it through?"

"Of course, I do what I say." Nan Ke smiled at him.

Xing Chen believed it firmly, he knew that Nan Ke always did what he said.

From the day they met, there was nothing Nan Ke said he couldn't do.

Nan Ke let out a long sigh, and Xing Chen then realized that she was actually very nervous when she mentioned this matter.

Then I heard her chuckle and say, "But we have to wait until your birthday."

Xing Chen didn't understand at first, but later realized that he was not old enough.

He was afraid of what changes might happen during this period.

Nan Ke saw what he was worried about and said, "Relax a little. I promise you, as long as you don't regret it, this matter will be settled."

Xing Chen didn't say anything. Nan Ke touched his face, looked into his eyes, and spoke softly, "I will be with you. I believe you will always be with me. I also believe that we can go to the places we most want to go and love each other at the same time. You try to believe it too, okay?"

"……good."

Xing Chen's eyes were moist and he nodded excitedly.

Nan Ke looked at him with a smile.

Xing Chen couldn't help but hug her tightly.

He suddenly thought that Nan Ke was always like this, always allowing him to encounter the best possibilities when he was most desperate.

No, not the possibility, but the result.

There is still one month left until Xing Chen’s birthday.

Nan Ke proposed marriage to him after careful consideration, but later she felt that it would be more appropriate to wait until after Xing Chen's birthday.

In the month before his birthday, Xing Chen lived in fear, worried that something might change.

Nan Ke played a decisive role in this, and she knew very well that she would not regret it halfway. If the two of them ultimately failed to get married, it would be Xing Chen's fault.

But judging by his appearance, there is little possibility that he will regret it.

So Nan Ke felt very relaxed. Looking at Xing Chen who was so nervous, he felt funny and distressed at the same time.

In order to appease Xing Chen, Nan Ke took him to buy two rings.

Xing Chen's mood swings have been very big recently and it seems difficult to control him.

Nan Ke didn't think this was a bad thing. He had been suppressing his emotions and needed to relieve them in time.

On the way home holding hands, Nan Ke received a strange phone call.

The moment she heard the other person's voice, the joy in her heart disappeared instantly.

It’s Yang Ruixi.

Nan Ke was about to hang up directly, but the other party's attitude was not too gentle.

She spoke as arrogantly as ever, with a questioning tone -

"How long are you going to keep messing with us? It's okay to just be in a relationship, but you're not even going to notify us about something as big as getting married?"

Xing Chen was the first to notice Nan Ke's mood change.

He heard a little sound, guessed who the other person was, and stayed beside Nan Ke without saying a word.

Nan Ke remained silent. Before the other party could say something, she hung up.

When he returned home and saw Nan Ke was unhappy, the joy and sweetness in Xing Chen's heart were diluted a little.

"baby……"

He wanted to comfort Nan Ke, but he didn't know where to begin. Especially at times like this, he was worried that the more he said, the more mistakes he would make.

"I'm fine."

Nan Ke looked up at Xing Chen and said, "They might come looking for you."

She stared into Xing Chen's eyes and asked, "Will you give up on me?"

Xing Chen's heart tightened, "Of course not."

"They might say nasty things to humiliate you in an attempt to put you off."

Xing Chen nodded, "I know."

It's just the same words repeated over and over again.

Nan Ke's eyes lit up with a hint of laughter. "They'll probably start by saying 'it's for my own good' and try to blackmail you morally."

Xing Chen's eyes also curved up, "I know what is for your own good, don't worry." He comforted Nan Ke.

Nan Ke had talked to Xing Chen about his parents before.

If it were other people's parents, if they intervened to stop it at this time, they might be really worried that their daughter would suffer, but this couple was not like that, at least Yang Ruixi was definitely not like that.

Yang Ruixi was just worried that after Nan Ke married a son-in-law whom she disliked, she would cut off several of her escape routes at once.

Even if Nan Ke doesn't marry Xing Chen, Yang Ruixi will not let her find true love.

She will always consider, set up and manipulate everything from the perspective of her own interests.

Nan Ke was like a precious luxury item in Yang Ruixi's collection, which could be exchanged for something when necessary. What's more, in her opinion, she was an existence even more humble than those inanimate objects.

But in Xing Chen's life, Nan Ke will always be his most precious treasure, the one that cannot be compared with anything else in the world.

Xing Chen was sure of this.