"The person I want to be by my side isn't Bai Er or the other brothers I grew up with. It's Du San Niang, the proprietress of the Qi'an Inn in Qi'an Town."
“I was once tempted. When I was working for Prince Lu, I passed by the Qi'an Inn. At that time, the innkeeper, Du Sanniang, was just a divorced woman, and I was tempted then. However, I had many things to do then, and my life was precarious. I didn’t know if I would be alive tomorrow. So, I never said anything.”
"I thought we would just miss each other like this. But I never expected that a few years later, when I went to Qi'an Inn again, the only woman who ever made my heart flutter was still there. She still made my heart flutter. I am no longer the Thousand Blades Sect Master who was risking my life for a living, nor am I a lowly underling doing odd jobs for others."
"I can provide a good life for the woman who has captured my heart. Therefore, I have chosen my future and my path again."
"Now, I want to ask the woman who has captured my heart one question: Will you marry me? Will you marry me, will you have children with me, will you spend your life with me?"
"If she's willing, then my life, Baiyi's life, is hers. If anyone in this world dares to harm her in the slightest, they'll have to step over my dead body!"
"Third Sister, are you willing?"
After saying this, they arrived at the entrance of the inner courtyard. The man in white held Du San Niang's hand and stood facing her.
Moonlight streamed around them, creating a scene as quiet and beautiful as a masterpiece painting.
Du San Niang suddenly felt a stinging sensation in her eyes. She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
The man in white smiled and patted her hand: "It's alright, you can consider it. But what I think, what I feel, and my heart are laid bare before you at this moment. There is no falsehood in them."
Du San Niang pursed her lips.
The man in white continued, "I've asked Fifth Miss to prepare things for us. If you're unwilling, just tell me, and I'll apologize to Fifth Miss and ask her to stop. Everything is up to you. Is that alright?"
Du Sanniang nodded: "Okay."
The man in white leaned down slightly and kissed Du Sanniang on the forehead: "Be good, go back and go to sleep early. I won't stay with you tonight, I have other things to do."
When Du Sanniang came to her senses, the man in white was already gone.
She felt as if her heart had stopped beating.
She had been divorced for several years, and in all those years she hadn't been this close to a man, let alone held hands or let anyone kiss her forehead.
After she came to her senses, she touched her cheeks; they were burning hot.
She felt as if she had returned to the age of 28, and the feeling she had when she saw her sweetheart.
Just now it felt like my heart had stopped, but now it feels like my heart is about to jump out of my chest.
She quickly turned around and went back to her room, where she asked her maid to fetch some cold water. She then cupped her hands and splashed the cold water on her face several times before she felt her temperature drop a bit.
She was somewhat at a loss.
She had acted so poised and confident before because she didn't care about anything, but after what happened just now, she panicked a little.
She realized she was falling for him.
This is not a good sign!
She sat down at her desk and ground her own ink to calm her mind.
She picked up her pen to write a letter to her family in Jiangnan, but she paused when she put pen to paper.
How should she write it?
How should I tell my parents and older brothers?
And then there's the question: am I willing to do this?
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