"..." Wen Xi tilted her head to glance at the man, and said thoughtfully, "He Tingyan, you planned this all along, didn't you? You're panicking because of Grandpa He's pressure, and you don't want to be entangled with Xue Ziqi and the like. You still refuse to admit that you're using me as a shield?"
"No."
"What's missing?"
"I've been planning to have you as my companion for a long time, I admit that. But I never thought of using you as a shield. You're overthinking it."
“…”
Never thought about it?
I believed your lies!
"Then why did you plan this?"
"Claim ownership sooner rather than later."
"Ownership? What ownership?" Wen Xi looked puzzled.
"Your ownership of me."
“…”
"With a mother like Zhen Yue... I never thought about getting married until I met you."
As if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, there was no fluctuation in He Tingyan's eyes when he mentioned his mother.
Like a pool of stagnant water.
Cold, gray, and lonely.
Wen Xi frowned slightly.
The influence of one’s original family on a person is really huge.
Some people use their childhood to heal their entire life, while some people use their entire life to heal their childhood. This is not just talk.
With a mother like Zhen Yue who is as cold-blooded and ruthless as a stranger and is unwilling to give even the slightest bit of love, it is no wonder that the boss has always kept women away and even plans to remain single for life.
But does this guy, who has no love life, really know what liking and loving are?
She didn't think she had the power to easily change a non-marriageist.
"He Tingyan."
"Um?"
Wen Xi tilted her head to look at him, and slowly said what she had been thinking for a long time: "Have you ever thought that your feelings for me are not necessarily the kind between men and women. It is very likely that it is because I accidentally saved Xingzai and helped restore your grandmother's painting, so you unconsciously have a good impression of me."
"What you said does have an impact, but it's not contradictory. Everyone says love and affection, but isn't it normal that there's gratitude before there's love?" He Tingyan admitted generously.
“…”
Wen Xi scratched his chin. Could 'love' be explained in this way?
"But these weren't the main reasons. They just served as an introduction. If it weren't for these things, we wouldn't have met, and I wouldn't have gotten to know you, and then started to develop an interest in you, and eventually fell in love with you."
"What do you like about me?"
To be honest, Wen Xi has always been curious about this, but she has never figured it out. After all, she was terribly disliked when she first met him.
Because of this face?
There is no shortage of beauties around a man like him.
With He Tingyan's conditions, there are many ladies of equal status and superior conditions in all aspects who are suitable for him. How could he fall for her?
Although she was not a bad person, the story of the Wen family was known to everyone in the whole capital. Many people accused her father of being cruel and vicious, as they murdered their own flesh and blood for profit. Since being expelled from the family, their family has had a bad reputation.
He doesn't mind at all?
Aren't you afraid that she is really the 'evil star' that Zhen Yue mentioned?
He Tingyan looked at her deeply, and after a while he spoke, "I still say the same thing, everything."
“…”
"Well, what if I'm just an ordinary person with ordinary looks? The kind that can't even be recognized in a crowd of humiliated people? Would you still like me?"
"If it were you, yes."
He Tingyan said without hesitation.
"You're kidding." Wen Xi squinted at him and chuckled dryly, somewhat unconvinced. "People are visual animals, especially men. If I were an ordinary person, wouldn't you feel embarrassed to take me out? Aren't you men all the same? No matter what you are like, your standards for women are quite high. Aren't the basics such as being able to cook and be a good hostess?"
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