"You understand why I've always wanted to be with you."

“Miss Liu, I love you… no, it’s not just love… I want to grow old with you.”

"You are the first person I have ever loved, and you will be the last person I have ever loved..."

"There was a time when I thought you had drugged me..."

Helian Jue pulled Zixi's hand to his lips and gently kissed her fingertips.

As soon as he said those words, Helian Jue felt something burst open in his chest, and the emotions he had suppressed for so long surged out like a flood.

He once thought he would never say such a thing, but now he's confessing like a young boy.

But at this moment, he didn't care anymore.

Having faced life and death, he no longer wanted to hide his feelings.

"...Me? Drugged you?"

Zi Xi's eyes widened even more; this was pure slander.

"Yes, from the first time I saw you confronting Pei Ziqing in the backyard of Bazhenlou, my heart started pounding very fast."

"Every time I went to see you after that, seeing how focused you were, my heart would beat even faster!"

"I know my reputation isn't good, and I'm not worthy of someone as kind and pure as you, but I swear to God, I have absolutely never done anything to bully men or women!!"

"I just drink... I really haven't done anything bad, and I've never been to a brothel!"

"Could you...look at me too? Even just a tiny bit...of affection for me?"

Helian Jue took a deep breath, looked directly into Zi Xi's eyes, and choked back tears as he poured out all his innermost thoughts.

Helian Jue could hear his own heart pounding like thunder, and he even began to regret his impulsiveness.

What if she was only taking care of him out of a doctor's compassion and had no romantic intentions at all?

Success or failure hinges on this moment. If Miss Liu doesn't agree, he will... he will...

Just as he was about to be driven mad by his own wild thoughts and dark ideas, Zi Xi nodded gently: "Okay."

Helian Jue's mind went blank.

He couldn't believe his ears. Miss Liu had agreed?

Isn't this just an illusion?

Was it not a dream he had after he was seriously injured?

The next second, an unprecedented power surged through his entire body.

The man, who had just been pretending to be so weak that he could barely lift his hand, suddenly seemed to have been injected with adrenaline.

"...You've just recovered from your illness, so you shouldn't do such vigorous movements."

Zi Xi couldn't help but laugh at his silly look and nodded again.

"You actually agreed to it?!"

However, Helian Jue ignored her, grabbed Zixi and kissed her hard on the forehead, then jumped off the bed to Zixi's astonishment.

The discomfort of his feet touching the cold ground did nothing to extinguish the burning joy in his heart.

"You agreed! You agreed!"

He jumped up and down excitedly like a child who had finally received his favorite candy, then turned around and rushed out of the room like a gust of wind.

"Hey?! Helian Jue! Don't act like a silly deer!"

Zi Xi hurriedly chased after him to the door. Who goes running laps in the yard after confessing their love?

In the courtyard, Helian Jue, dressed in a thin white undergarment, was running barefoot like a madman across the small courtyard paved with bluestone slabs.