"Senior." She murmured, her lips quivering, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Her appearance made Yuan Chengmo a bit unaccustomed, he raised his head, looking at the conflicted and guilty Qin Muni, already guessing from her expression what she was about to say.
He habitually reached out his hand, affectionately patting Qin Muni's head, not hiding his fondness for her in his expression, then encouraged, "Just say what you have to, don't hesitate."
Qin Muni stared at his familiar face, the face that always smiled at her so gently, finally speaking, "Senior, I'm sorry, I've been so oblivious for so many years."
The words of rejection, in the end, were still difficult to utter.
She was worried that after rejecting him, they would never be as close as they were before, and also worried that if she didn't reject him, it would cause him even more harm.
