This remark unexpectedly moved Shen Anlingzi. Though she knew he was full of sweet talk and could turn black into white, she couldn't fully trust his words, yet hearing them made her happy.
She snuggled into his embrace, reaching out to circle his neck: "What if one day you find out I'm not as you imagined, will you still break up with me like before?"
"Never!" Mu Ri answered without hesitation, with resolute certainty.
"Why?" Shen Anlingzi raised her eyebrows, digging deeper.
"Because I've already fallen in love with you." Mu Ri said, his fiery palms gripping her waist, then he held her on his lap, embracing her, whispering by her ear, "Because I love you, no matter your good or bad, no matter your merits or flaws, I love them all. What about you? Do you love me?"
The warm breath tickled her ear, and Shen Anlingzi's body involuntarily shivered. She murmured, with a playful upward inflection, as if answering and also as if coyly complaining, like a kitten's sweet mewl.
