Nangong Yaoling was momentarily stunned upon hearing the words, his face instantly turning extremely grim.
He stared at her with a complex and shocked gaze, a hint of pain even present within.
Xia Xiaonuan only then realized that she might have said something wrong in a moment of anger.
A trace of embarrassment appeared on her delicate face, but she didn't want to take back her words. She just bit her lower lip tightly, stubbornly glaring at him.
After a few seconds, Nangong Yaoling spoke.
"So, this is how you truly feel?"
All the times she fetched medicine for him, cared about his leg, came to the hospital to see him, stayed by his side.
All of it, just because she was worried about the Xia Family, afraid of being implicated herself?
He had foolishly prepared a banquet for her, given her the Tear of Diamond; even though he was in extreme pain, he waited for her to see those flowers to give her a surprise.
He thought that, deep down, she cared for him as well.
