Zhou Xingyan spoke in a very gentle tone, her soft smile curving slightly upward at the corners of her lips, looking exceptionally beautiful—like a tranquil lily.
"Xingyan, I've never felt this way about anyone before, not even a hint of it. Honestly, it's a bit embarrassing to admit, but I've never experienced a first love. All this time, I thought maybe I'd spend my entire life never meeting a woman I truly, deeply cared for. And if that were the case, I'd rather stay alone forever, because love is the most important thing for two people to stay together for a lifetime. Without love, how could one be responsible to the other? But after you appeared, Xingyan, I realized my world had been painted with the colors of love. I discovered that my feelings could be so intense. Some nights, I'd lie awake tossing and turning, unable to rest with an empty bed."
