She kept her head down, lost in thought, until a hand put its arm around her shoulder.

Ji Mingjing's voice rang in her ear: "I have something to tell you."

Suddenly, Rongrong's eyelids twitched.

She thought to herself: It's finally here!

"Let's talk about it when we get home," she said.

Ji Mingjing lowered his eyes and gazed at her face. After a long while, he nodded: "...Okay."

Neither of them spoke after that.

But Ji Mingjing's gaze would always fall on her from time to time, making his presence particularly strong.

Rongrong pretended to be calm, but she could never ignore him.

After a while, she turned her head and met his gaze: "What do you want to say?"

Ji Mingjing was slightly taken aback.

The next second, he stared straight ahead with a taut face and said four words: "We'll talk about it when we get home."

Rongrong: "..."

Is he crazy?!

She copied him, staring straight at him, watching him pretend, and seeing how long he could hold out!

one two three……

Rongrong counted in her mind.

When she counted to ten, Ji Mingjing looked at her and asked, "Are you hungry?"

How could Rongrong be hungry? She ate her fill at the Western restaurant, and now she's full of anger.

She asked knowingly, "Are you very hungry? Where are you planning to eat?"

Ji Mingjing keenly sensed that she was angry. Although he didn't know why she was angry, he immediately shook his head.

"I'm not hungry, let's go home."

Ji Mingjing originally intended to have a drink during the meal so that he could boldly say those embarrassing things.

However, she doesn't seem to have much patience.

Ji Mingjing remained silent.

Back at the Ji family home, Ji Mingjing followed Rongrong all the way, watching her hair sway gently in the night breeze.

The closer he got to the attic, the faster his heart beat.

To ease the tension, Ji Mingjing tried to make conversation: "Are you cold?"

Rongrong replied, "It's not cold."

Ji Mingjing then asked her, "Will you be staying at home tonight?"

He regretted asking the question as soon as he did.

How could anyone ask such a stupid question!

She didn't go to the hotel, but came back with him, which means she's staying at home tonight, right?

Now that's good, maybe she'll say she came back to get her clothes.

Ji Mingjing's thoughts were racing for a moment, but he quickly changed the subject: "Tomorrow is the anniversary of my father's death. Would you like to come with me to visit him?"

Rongrong thought of Grandpa Ji, who had been very kind to her, and softly replied, "Okay."

We've arrived at the attic.

Rongrong opened the door and went in. Without turning on the light, she turned to look at the dark figure who had entered and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

"I like you."

Ji Mingjing and Rongrong spoke at the same time.

Rongrong was stunned.

She thought he would try to evade the question again. Although she had already decided on the way back that she would make him open up tonight no matter what, given his personality, it would be difficult for him to speak.

But life is unpredictable, and no one knows what will happen next.

What if she never sees him again?

Will you leave behind great regrets before you die?

The answer is yes.

Rongrong felt she couldn't bear it just thinking about it, and those who were alive would only suffer more.

So she didn't want to run away anymore.

She never expected that Ji Mingjing's first words would be a confession of love.

For some reason, a sentence flashed through her mind: He finally acted like a man for once!

Rongrong smiled, a slight curve to her lips.

Ji Mingjing hooked his long arm around Rongrong and pulled her into his arms, then turned around and pinned her against the door.

"Don't speak yet, listen to me."

Ji Mingjing leaned down to her ear, his low, husky voice slowly spilling from his lips: "I'm sorry, I was sober back then, but I was just despicable enough to want you, so I went along with it and let you into my room."

Do you remember the night I brought you back from Changteng City? I knelt in the ancestral hall all night, swearing to my ancestors that I would only ever want you in this lifetime.

I love you, Rongrong. If I ever break this promise, may I be childless and die a horrible death!

Rongrong raised her hand and covered his mouth.

In fact, she had known all along that he was sober back then.

She found it even more unacceptable because he was her fiancé's uncle!

Ultimately, she chose to run away.

That was the first time she left the Ji family. In the cramped rented room, she split into a second personality, forgot those complicated emotions, and became an innocent graduate who loved growing flowers.

She also met Wu Bao.

Not long after, he found her and brought her back to the Ji family.

That night, her dominant personality awoke and had a fierce argument with him. She took her anger out on him, calling him a beast. She thought he had left in anger and hadn't appeared the next day because he was still angry. Little did she know that he had been kneeling in the ancestral hall all night.

The weather at the time was unusually cold and damp in the ancestral hall at night.

He must have fallen ill from kneeling all night.

Furthermore, he encircled her into his territory like a wild beast, and he resolved many of the difficult issues for her beforehand. Whether she was actively or passively protected by him, she truly benefited from his kindness.

Rongrong thought about it a lot.

Ji Mingjing felt extremely uneasy, as if two little people were pulling at her.

One person asked, "Why isn't she saying anything?"

The other one said, "Because I have nothing to say to you."

Then they started arguing.

Ji Mingjing felt as if she were a condemned prisoner on the execution ground, enduring unbearable pain. One moment she was wondering why the knife hadn't fallen yet, and the next she was wondering what to do when it did. Should she move out immediately? Would they even have a future together?

Ji Mingjing would never take action unless he was 100% certain of his success.

But tonight, he wasn't even 10% sure, yet he still spoke.

Because if he doesn't speak up now, he'll miss his chance.

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