Even more outrageous, they discovered that the sandbags tied to Gu Xin's hands and feet seemed to have gotten heavier, as heavy as the ones tied by their men.
Also, she stopped smiling.
Although she looks beautiful even when she's aloof, she's still prettier and more approachable when she smiles!
Waaaaah, those bastards from the Cloud Sea Tribe, give us back our Princess Xin Xin!
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That night, Lu Zheng took Xin Xin and flew up to the roof.
The sky was filled with twinkling stars, as if welcoming the young couple and saying, "Come and see us!"
The two sat close together, Gu Xin hugging her knees with her hands and resting her chin on them, and said in a muffled voice, "Brother Yuanyuan, when are you planning to marry me?"
Lu Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he almost fell off the roof.
Gu Xin blinked at him.
Lu Zheng swallowed hard. "Cough, whenever you want to get married, I'll marry you. I've already given you the betrothal gifts, and you can manage all my assets, right?"
Gu Xin pouted: "What I want is not the betrothal gifts, but the person, Lu Zheng, the person I want!"
Lu Zheng laughed: "Well, whenever you want me, I'll give myself to you. I'll lay down and be yours, how about it? You can do whatever you want with me!"
"Pfft!" Gu Xin laughed. "Then I want it now."
Lu Zheng was taken aback.
Gu Xin sat up straight and suddenly leaned close to Lu Zheng's face, their noses touching.
Gu Xin could hear Lu Zheng's heart pounding wildly.
She reached out and placed her hand on Lu Zheng's chest, whispering, "Lu Zheng, close your eyes."
Lu Zheng was a little dazed at the moment, but he was very obedient and closed his eyes.
Gu Xin tilted her head slightly and pecked Lu Zheng's lips.
In an instant, Lu Zheng felt all the blood in his body rush to his head through his veins. He was completely unable to think, and closing his eyes made the sensation even more intense.
He reached out and put his arm around Gu Xin, who was about to sit back down.
With one arm around her waist and the other supporting her neck, he gently kissed her.
Gu Xin kept her big eyes open. She could see Lu Zheng's thick eyebrows, the bridge of his nose, and his long, curled eyelashes trembling slightly.
She felt very at ease smelling Lu Zheng's familiar scent and gently closed her eyes.
Lu Zheng only kissed Gu Xin for a short while before letting go of her.
He was afraid that he would lose control and do more, so he only tried it out.
He looked into Gu Xin's bewildered eyes, leaned in again, kissed her eyebrow, and then let go.
“Xin Xin, I’ll marry you as soon as we get back. I’ll go to the Emperor and ask for an imperial decree to make you the heir apparent of Lu Zheng, the Duke of Zhenguo.” Lu Zheng said gently yet firmly, “I want the whole capital to know that Gu Xin is Lu Zheng’s lawfully wedded wife. I will give you an unprecedented and magnificent wedding, and I will make you the happiest woman in the world. I only wish to hold your hand, to cherish you through thick and thin, to accompany you for a lifetime, to grow old together, and to never fail you for all eternity.”
Gu Xin looked into Lu Zheng's eyes, and his eyes were filled with her.
Lu Zheng appeared in her life when she was ten years old. More than five years have passed, and Gu Xin is now over fifteen. Just like Lu Zheng, Gu Xin's heart and eyes are filled with him.
They gazed at each other, their eyes fixed on one another.
"Tonight I pledge my life to you, and from this day forward I will think of you morning and night. I only wish your heart is like mine, and that our love will never be in vain," Gu Xin said softly.
After saying that, she closed her eyes and moved forward.
Lu Zheng kissed her again.
The stars twinkled in the sky, and the crescent moon hid behind the clouds, as if it were ashamed of the infatuated couple and unwilling to come out.
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