In the middle of the night, Li Lin sneaked into Xu Wen's bedroom.
The room was pitch black, with only a faint light coming from the screen of the mobile phone in Xu Wen's hand at the head of the bed.
Li Lin tiptoed onto the bed, carefully lifted the quilt and crawled in, then hugged Xu Wen, who was only wearing underwear, into his arms.
"You're still awake so late, are you waiting for me?"
Xu Wen put her face against his chest and said tenderly, "You know and you're still asking?"
Li Lin's hands roamed over her smooth skin, and when he was about to lower his head to kiss her, Xu Wen covered his lips with her hand.
Li Lin was puzzled, moved her hand away, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Wen had a serious look on her face, and finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Xiao Linzi, we have been talking for so long, but we have never talked about our families. You have never mentioned your parents in front of me, and I have never seriously introduced my parents to you... But before that, I want to ask you a serious question. How do you view our relationship? Have you ever thought about marrying me and spending your life with me?"
When talking about his parents, the smile on Li Lin's face instantly faded, and a faint sadness spread from the bottom of his heart.
Yes, after living for more than 20 years, he didn’t even know who his parents were. Even if they had long been dead and their bodies were nowhere to be found, he should have known their names and where they were buried... But Li Lin knew nothing about this!
It's not like he hadn't thought about this question before, and he even asked his aunt Li Rong this question more than once. But every time, Li Rong said to him in an evasive tone, "Child, don't ask anything now. You don't need to know anything. When you grow up, you will know it naturally!"
But Li Lin didn't understand. He was already in his twenties and was already the head of a county, but his aunt still used this excuse to evade him... He didn't understand why Li Rong did this, but Li Lin could vaguely feel that his life experience was an unspeakable secret!
At least for an orphan like him, once this secret is revealed, it will be absolutely shocking.
He also longed to know the truth, but Li Rong kept it a secret, and he had no choice but to comfort himself - my parents are no longer in this world, and my aunt didn't want to mention it because she was afraid that I would be sad.
Seeing him in a daze, Xu Wen asked unhappily, "Have you never thought about spending your whole life with me? Are you just playing with me? Xiao Linzi, please answer my questions seriously!"
Xu Wen's eyes were already red.
Li Lin came back to his senses, quickly hugged Xu Wen and said, "Silly, of course I am willing to protect you forever."
"Do you really think so?" Xu Wen burst into laughter, crawled into his arms, hugged his waist tightly, and said coquettishly, "After you meet my parents, we will get the certificate and get married."
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