However, before she could continue to be moved, Xie Jingrun suddenly changed the subject and said in a deep voice, "But you must not lie to me. You are not allowed to go back on your promises to me, or you know the consequences."
Rong Qingqing understood that he was referring to her promise to marry him.
She was still somewhat hesitant.
After thinking for a moment, she looked at him seriously and said earnestly, "Xie Jingrun, before I marry you, can you promise me a few things?"
"What is it?"
"I'm a germaphobe and I don't like sharing a husband with other women," Rong Qingqing said seriously.
Xie Jingrun glanced at her, wanting to tell her that there couldn't possibly be other women, but seeing her serious expression, he suddenly felt like teasing her. With a smirk, he said, "Rong Qingqing, this is the behavior of a jealous woman. Besides, so what if there are other women?"
Rong Qingqing's expression turned cold. "If you take another woman as a concubine, then I may not be able to keep my promise to you." She knew that with Xie Jingrun's future status, it was impossible for him to have only one woman. She said this to make him back down. Moreover, if that day ever came, she could also break the promise, which was also a way for her to leave herself a way out.
Xie Jingrun looked at him mockingly, "Rong Qingqing, you really are a jealous woman!"
Rong Qingqing frowned and glared at him unhappily. Just as she was about to speak, he suddenly pressed her head into his arms and whispered a soft voice in her ear.
"There will be no other woman but you."
Rong Qingqing was stunned. She was really not used to being held in his arms so intimately.
She looked up at him. "But what if you break the agreement?"
Xie Jingrun frowned. "You don't believe me?"
Rong Qingqing thought to herself: You can't easily trust any man.
But he said, "People's hearts are fickle, and the world is unpredictable. What good would it do me to believe you now?"
Xie Jingrun paused, staring intently at her. "You've said all this just to find a way out for yourself? You don't trust me at all, so that one day, if I fail to live up to your expectations, you'll have a reason to leave me?"
Rong Qingqing's heart sank. This brat, does he have to be so perceptive?
She gave a dry laugh and countered, "Then will you break your promise?"
Xie Jingrun frowned. "Of course not."
"That's settled then. If you won't break your promise, then I'll naturally follow you wholeheartedly," Rong Qingqing said slyly.
Xie Jingrun stared at her for a while, then suddenly warned, "Don't try to play tricks on me."
Rong Qingqing said solemnly, "Even if I were to play mind games, I couldn't outsmart you. I wasn't playing any mind games."
Xie Jingrun helped her up from the chair and said seriously, "Then when I return to the palace, I will ask the Emperor for permission to arrange our marriage."
Rong Qingqing was startled. "No, no need to be in such a hurry, is there?"
Xie Jingrun frowned. "I'm not young anymore, and you're at the perfect age to get married."
Rong Qingqing stared at him blankly. She hadn't expected him to be so impulsive, and she was genuinely a little frightened. Although she had verbally agreed to marry him, she wasn't mentally prepared at all.
"But our previous identities were really awkward. If we suddenly get married, we're afraid people will criticize us."
Xie Jingrun said dismissively, "People can say whatever they want. Are you going to abandon your plans just because of what others say?"
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