Chapter 183 I Love You
"What?" Qiao Mei's bloodshot eyes widened in surprise. She even forgot to pull her hand back from the computer screen, and she doubted her own ears.
No, how did Ao Cang know about "love"?
Ao Cang's figure was half hidden in the darkness and half in the light. Hearing Qiao Mei's question, he straightened his dragon body, seemingly intending to move into the light, or perhaps wanting to retreat into the darkness.
"I said, is your liking for me love?"
During this time, while Qiao Mei was sleeping, he secretly turned on the computer bracelet she gave him and searched for a lot of information.
I know that sometimes liking someone can also apply to family and friends.
If Qiao Mei treats him as family and uses him as the prototype for her mecha, there's nothing wrong with that.
So he was no longer satisfied with just liking her; he wanted to hear something more from her.
He wanted her love.
Qiao Mei wouldn't give him a negative answer, but she was afraid of scaring him.
She thought about it and decided it would be better to ask him directly, just in case they weren't even talking about the same thing.
Having figured this out, Qiao Mei took a deep breath and carefully asked him if he knew what love meant, and where he had heard the word from.
"I searched it on the interstellar encyclopedia. I know the meaning of love. I can say for sure that I love you very much. So what about you? Do you feel the same way? Did you make this mecha that looks so much like me because you see me as family or as a lover?"
Ao Cang hadn't intended to ask so soon, but things got carried away and he blurted it out without realizing it.
"You...you...love me?" Qiao Mei's head was spinning, and her second reaction was to look at the dormitory entrance.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she found that Shu Qingqing and Teng Ying had not returned. Then she asked Ao Cang to wait while she went to lock the dormitory door from the inside.
She was afraid they would suddenly return and interrupt her conversation with Ao Cang.
After doing all that, she transformed Ao Cang back into human form.
In this way, she can judge his mood and state from the expression on his face.
After this short delay, Qiao Mei's thoughts finally cleared up a bit.
She took a deep breath and sat down in front of the expressionless boy who was watching her. Because she was so nervous, she unconsciously bit her lip again.
Once she was fully mentally prepared, she blushed and told him in a barely audible voice, "Of course... of course I love you too, not in a familial way, but the same way you love me."
"But Cangcang, there's something I need to tell you in advance, otherwise after today, I don't know when I'll be able to tell you again."
"Go on," Ao Cang said, looking at the girl who was avoiding his gaze and nervously clutching her skirt, waiting for her to continue.
"Actually, when I first approached you... that is, when we met in the Awakening Hall, or even before that, I had ulterior motives."
"Intent?" Ao Cang looked up and grasped her fingers, which were still fiddling with the soft flesh of her palm. "You mean, the time you wanted me to help remove the death energy from the familiar stone?"
But didn't she already tell him about that?
Qiao Mei shook her head: "No, what I meant by intention..."
She paused, unsure how to bring it up.
But having come this far, she couldn't leave without finishing her story. She had no choice but to let him lean closer, bringing her lips to his ear as she murmured, "The intention I'm referring to is you. From the very beginning, I've had unusual thoughts about you. I've liked you from the start, which is why I found you. No matter what, I don't want to leave you."
Ao Cang finally understood. After a moment of stunned silence, he tentatively asked her, "You mean, you............"
His right hand, which was holding her fingers, clenched tightly with nervousness, so tightly that Qiao Mei could feel it.
She raised her crimson eyes, noticing the hints of maple red that had appeared at the corners of his eyes. She heard him continue in a hoarse voice, "You liked me, even loved me, a long time ago, even before I knew it?"
"Yeah, even after we met, I was actually secretly trying to take advantage of you and get closer to you."
Even if she didn't say it, Ao Cang remembered it very clearly.
When she took him to the Awakening Hall to register, she secretly leaned her head in very close.
Later on, she would always secretly do this whenever she could get close to him.
He was somewhat helpless, and his body, standing in the interplay of shadow and light, finally made a choice at this moment.
He moved towards the brighter light, slipped his right hand between her fingers, and embraced her.
He flashed the brightest smile he had ever given, where she couldn't see it: "I know that."
Qiao Mei was stunned and pulled away from his embrace: "You knew? If you knew, why didn't you refuse me?"
Ao Cang spoke frankly: "At that time, I had no other believers, only you. You were so fond of being close to me, I was too embarrassed to refuse you, and I was also afraid of upsetting you and then you would abandon me."
As the boy finished speaking, he lowered his head pitifully, indicating that he was indeed not lying.
Little did Qiao Mei know that her intentions toward Ao Cang had been caught red-handed so early on.
As she reached out to ruffle his hair, she replied in a breathy voice, "How could I possibly not want you? But it's a good thing you didn't say it. If you had, our relationship probably wouldn't have developed so quickly."
The reason why she and Ao Cang hadn't gone all the way the last time they got close was because they hadn't confessed their feelings to each other.
In this situation, Qiao Mei felt that it would be too hasty to give each other their first time in a muddled way.
I had thought that day was still a long way off.
Who knew that she would suddenly speak out like this today without any warning, leaving her still a little confused.
After agreeing on the matter, Qiao Mei held Ao Cang's slightly flushed face and asked him for the second time today if he was hiding anything from her.
"Although I can't find any evidence that you're lying, my intuition tells me that something's wrong with you."
"Cangcang, didn't I tell you that if you're unhappy about anything, you can tell me directly? Keeping it to yourself will only make you suffer."
Ao Cang nodded: "I did have something to hide from you, but now that I know you also love me, it's not that important anymore."
Her heart was completely with him, and that was enough.
But Qiao Mei was very curious and insisted on making him explain clearly.
Ao Cang had no choice but to tell her.
He recalled Xu Heyu and Gong Jing, who had openly appeared in front of and beside her before, and the jealousy in his golden eyes was very obvious.
"I want to appear in front of people you know and let them know who I am."
Ao Cang: It's my turn to be direct this time.
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