Qiao Mei remembered that she had asked a similar question before.
But the situation was different then, and she felt the answer would definitely be different.
Ao Cang met her gaze, which was somewhat evasive, and a vague sense of unease arose in his heart. He asked her why she would suddenly ask such a question.
"I didn't say 'if,' I just wanted to ask you what you think."
Ao Cang stepped forward and pulled her into his arms, his face brushing against hers. Instead of directly answering her question, he said something somewhat incoherent:
"An'an, do you know that a dragon will only recognize one person for its entire life? I have already given you everything I have. Don't you think you are the one I have chosen?"
This was the first time Qiao Mei had heard the saying that dragons only recognize one person in their entire lives. She was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ao Cang's somewhat dissatisfied golden eyes, unsure of how to continue the conversation.
She thought that even if Ao Cang was a god, he would be just like an ordinary person in matters of the heart. No matter how deep and unforgettable his love was, it would gradually fade away with the passage of time until he met someone who could touch his heartstrings and lead him to love again.
But now........
She avoided his gaze again, her thick, fan-like eyelashes trembling slightly: "Of course I think so, but I didn't expect that such a saying existed among your dragon race."
If she had known earlier, would she have been able to resist her uncontrollable feelings for him and never bothered him?
Qiao Mei reflected on herself for a moment and felt that she probably still couldn't do it.
But she really has no way to guarantee that she can stay in the world of the book, which is very contradictory.
She sighed deeply, suddenly deciding she didn't want to ask Ao Cang that question anymore.
No matter what she asks, I feel that the biggest problem is still with her.
Ao Cang didn't give her a chance to back down. When his lips brushed against hers for a light kiss, his golden eyes were filled with a deep affection that could drown a person. He said sincerely, "We're going to get married. No matter what happens in the future, even if you die, I will still marry you. I don't know if you're satisfied with what I'm saying."
Qiao Mei's nose suddenly felt a little sore and her eyes felt dry.
She looked into his golden eyes, which were full of sincerity and affection, and unconsciously tightened her embrace around him, nodding: "Satisfied."
Yeah, right.
She wished he didn't care about her so much, so that if something unexpected happened, he would suffer less.
But since things have already come to this point, she certainly can't say she'll try to mess it up again. She can only think of ways to ensure she can stay in the world of the book.
........
Imperial Star Green Road, Sansong Tea House.
After arriving at the destination, Xu Heyu's mind was still filled with various happy memories he had shared with Qiao Mei in that absurd recollection.
He didn't come to his senses until the waiter came over and asked if he wanted anything else, and then he shook his head.
The tea in the cup was freshly brewed, and thick, white steam was rising in wisps, obscuring his handsome features.
His blue eyes were fixed on the white smoke in front of him, and the image of Qiao Mei's beautiful body displayed under this layer of white smoke reappeared in his mind. His ears began to heat up, and his eyes immediately sparkled.
"Was it a dream or not?"
If it's a dream, it feels too real.
But if not, how could Qiao Mei have done that kind of thing with him in her dream?
"Knock knock..."
The knocking on the door interrupted Xu Heyu's thoughts again. He composed himself and looked at Qiao Yingying, who was dressed up in a green autumn dress.
Qiao Yingying's gray eyes were filled with joy, and she smiled her standard smile when she saw Xu Heyu.
She excitedly sat down opposite him, her joy barely concealed.
Even so, when Xu Heyu looked at her face, he could only see the ugly image of her from his past life—looking down on him with the eyes of someone who saw him as an idiot, and ultimately taking his life.
His past life experiences had taught him how good a pretender she was and how terrifying she could be.
So no matter how kind she appears now, he remains completely unmoved.
Instead, he went straight to the point and asked, "Can you tell me why you've gone to such lengths to get close to me?"
As he asked this question, Xu Heyu stared intently into Qiao Yingying's eyes, trying to see something he wanted to see.
She noticed this, deliberately avoiding his gaze and lowering her eyes. Her face flushed red at a visible speed, and she said shyly, "Of course, of course it's because I like you, what else could it be?"
Xu Heyu simply didn't believe it. He had seen this shy look on her countless times in his previous life.
At first, he thought she was really that innocent.
It wasn't until he accidentally discovered that her shyness was also an act that he gained a deeper understanding of her appalling bottom line.
"Really? Then may I ask you, when did you start liking me?"
Qiao Yingying never expected Xu Heyu to take the initiative to invite her to meet, nor did she expect him to ask such in-depth questions.
Subconsciously, I felt that it must be a response to her long-term, persistent efforts.
Suppressing the urge to smile, she uttered the words she had rehearsed long ago: "It was the first time I saw you, that is, before I turned eighteen, when I saw you appear in the palace."
Xu Heyu didn't go to the palace very often; he usually went with the federal army on business.
He calculated that it seemed that this was the period when he first started receiving Qiao Yingying's advances.
And the point in time when the huge gap appeared in the memories of his two lifetimes was exactly this.
So he pondered and tentatively brought up some things that only happened in his previous life, hoping to get something out of Qiao Yingying.
"I see. That must have been the time I went to the palace's rose garden to admire the flowers, right?"
There was no rose garden in my first life's memories; it only appeared in my second life's memories.
If Qiao Yingying reacts positively, it means that she has memories of her second life.
As for whether she would have memories of her first life, he had prepared a method to test it.
Qiao Yingying frowned subconsciously and asked in confusion, "Rose Garden? Are you sure you're not mistaken? There's only one palace garden in the palace, and there are indeed roses in it."
Xu Heyu kept a close eye on Qiao Yingying's facial expressions. After realizing that she was not lying, he pretended to be annoyed and said, "Then I must have remembered wrong. Perhaps we met at Liangyue Lake in the palace. There are many rare fish in the lake."
What he said this time still left Qiao Yingying very confused.
She even wondered if her memory was faulty, so she frowned even more and searched her mind for the location of the palace.
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