Lin Xihe lowered her head, her eyelashes trembling slightly, feeling that this was her fate, and there was no way to escape it.
Even if Ji Zhuo likes her now, so what?
In the end, the person he was destined to meet appeared.
Lin Xihe's hands trembled slightly involuntarily. She opened her mouth and said softly, "My name is Lin Xihe."
"Miss Lin, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Ji Zhuo's gaze was fixed on Lin Xihe, and he naturally noticed the slight unease on her face.
He strode forward, sat behind Lin Xihe, gently placed his hand on her waist, and asked with concern, "Xi'er? Are you feeling unwell?"
Lin Xihe shook her head slightly, her eyes darting around: "It's nothing, it's just... I just feel a little weak."
"Here's some porridge, I'll feed you."
As Ji Zhuo spoke, he carefully helped Lin Xihe sit down against the wall, then turned to Sun Ningxiang and said, "Miss Sun, my Xi'er is currently weak. We will repay you another day."
Sun Ningxiang understood that this was a way of telling her to leave, so she reluctantly got up and took her leave.
Ji Zhuo strode to the door, closed it, then turned back, his eyes filled with inquiry: "Do you know that Miss Sun? Why are you reacting so strongly to her name?"
Lin Xihe gently shook her head. She only glanced at the porridge Ji Zhuo handed her, but couldn't drink a single drop.
"You know I don't like it when you lie to me, so why are you going to keep lying to me?" Ji Zhuo frowned, his voice tinged with anger.
Lin Xihe seemed to have suddenly mustered her courage, stood up abruptly, took a step forward and hugged Ji Zhuo tightly, pressing her face against his chest, her voice trembling slightly: "That day, I had a dream, in which you no longer liked me, you fell in love with someone else and forgot me, and the woman in the dream had this name."
"Is that why you're doing this?"
Ji Zhuo slowly put down the bowl in his hand, gently pushed Lin Xihe away, put his hands on her shoulders, and looked intently into her eyes.
Lin Xihe nodded slowly, her eyes filled with sorrow.
"Didn't you say you didn't care about me? Why are you so easily frightened just by hearing my name?"
"My dreams... are very accurate. I had them a few times when I was little, and they were always right. Now that you've really met her, you'll soon fall in love with her."
Looking at Lin Xihe like this, Ji Zhuo felt a strange joy welling up in his heart, like a stone being thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples.
Looking at Lin Xihe's appearance, he thought to himself that it must be because of her illness that she was so vulnerable, to the point that she was able to reveal her innermost thoughts today.
Thinking it over, he slowly stretched out his arms and gently embraced Lin Xihe, his eyes filled with expectation and affection. He asked softly, "Lin Xihe, do you really have me in your heart? I can forgive and forget everything that happened before, as long as you can tell me now that you have me in your heart, I will marry you after we return to the capital, okay?"
Lin Xihe raised her head slightly, her eyes revealing a hint of helplessness and sorrow. She thought to herself: Why does fate have to play such tricks on people? Why didn't the female lead appear sooner? Why did she have to spend every day with Ji Zhuo like this?
She had told herself countless times not to fall in love, but how could she easily control matters of the heart?
"What good is having you? Fate has arranged things this way, and in the end, I will still lose you."
"I don't want to hear any of that. I just want you to say it yourself: Do you care about me? Are you willing to marry me?" Ji Zhuo stared intently into Lin Xihe's eyes, his deep gaze seemingly overflowing with a vast ocean of affection.
Lin Xihe hesitated for a moment, bit her lip, and slowly said, "I care about you, but if you want me to marry you, you can't have any other women by your side, only me."
"With your tantrums, if I had someone else, wouldn't the house be in turmoil?" Ji Zhuo smiled and happily hugged Lin Xihe, not forgetting to tease her, "If I had known that having a fever would have such 'benefits,' I should have let you freeze for a day when we were at your house."
"You're quite willing to do that," Lin Xihe said, giving him a reproachful look.
"Of course I can't bear to part with her," Ji Zhuo quickly said, then gently stroked Lin Xihe's hair.
"Now that your fever has subsided, when Langfeng returns, if the next city is nearby, we'll head there, shall we?"
As he spoke, he carefully observed Lin Xihe's expression.
"You really don't like her?" Lin Xihe was still somewhat uneasy and asked again.
"I haven't even seen what she looks like, so how can I talk about liking her? Besides, am I, Ji Zhuo, the kind of person who would be lustful at first sight?" Ji Zhuo replied with a serious expression.
"Then why did you like me in the first place?" Lin Xihe looked at him curiously.
"They're blind."
Ji Zhuo said with a grin, and when Lin Xihe wasn't paying attention, he stole a kiss on her lips.
In fact, he knew very well that he was initially attracted by Lin Xihe's appearance, but in the process of getting along with her, he gradually discovered that Lin Xihe was strong on the outside but very patient on the inside. Although she could be a little temperamental at times, she was essentially a kind-hearted girl.
Moreover, whenever he held Lin Xihe in his arms, he could always smell her faint fragrance. As long as she was in his arms, he could sleep soundly.
But how could he easily admit these thoughts to Lin Xihe?
Now that Lin Xihe has finally agreed to the marriage, he can openly hold her in his arms every day, which is what he looks forward to most right now.
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