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"Therefore, you just have to answer a few questions for me!"

"En!" Li Ruo nodded, forcefully turning her face away. She discovered that she was simply unable to ignore Xuanyuan Mo's passionate gaze, but she did not know how to reply, so she simply chose to escape.

She was not a policewoman, not a scary female agent. She was just a princess who had just left the country, a girl who had just turned fifteen.

"Firstly, do you have someone you love in your heart!"

Liru shook his head, and Xuanyuan Mo laughed. As long as he didn't have someone he loved, he could still continue to love her.

"Second, have you ever loved anyone before?"

If Liruo continued to shake her head, Xuanyuan Mo suddenly felt somewhat relieved. If she hadn't loved him, then it would mean that Liru really didn't understand and she didn't reject him on purpose.

"Third, from now on, will you like me?"

"..." "I don't know!" If Li Ruo answered, then he wouldn't know what would happen in the future. She had no way to answer that.

"That's good. Since you didn't have anyone you like before and don't have anyone you love now, from today on, I will pursue you …"

"Xuanyuan Mo …" Liru's words were forcefully interrupted by Xuanyuan Mo.

You don't need to be in such a hurry to reject me, because you've just said that you don't even know if you'll like me in the future. Since you don't know, then let's just let nature take its course. But in fact, he, Xuanyuan Mo, was not only planning on the battlefield, but in terms of emotions, he would not rest until he had achieved his goal. Therefore, as long as Li Jun did not refuse, it was the best thing for him.

"But …" For the first time, Liru felt that something was wrong with his eloquence. In fact, she had never been good at talking, and she was mostly silent, except when she could hear a lot of things going on in her head while she was analyzing the case.

She sometimes thought that there was actually something wrong with her heart, that it might have something to do with her having lived in an orphanage since she was young. She was eccentric, proud, and just like Su Lin, she kept her heart sealed, other than the people in the team, they did not trust anyone else. However, they had all died in the hands of their trusted companions.

However, in reality, they would secretly lick their wounds at a place where no one could see them. They could laugh, but they would never truly cry, because there was nothing in this world that could make them cry …

"Li Ruo, I like you, it has nothing to do with you. This is my own affair, you have no right to stop me!" Xuanyuan Mo turned around. It was clear that he did not want to hear Liruo speak and he was worried that Liru would insist on going along with the plan and say the words of rejection. Thus, he decided to turn around first.

"…" She did not have the qualifications to refuse, and this was her first time being confessed to in the first place. It was a lie that she was not shy, but the things that she showed when she was really shy were different from the others.

After a long time since he had not heard Liru speak, Xuanyuan Mo turned around and saw Liru hanging her head, her bright and clean forehead twisted into the word 'Chuan'. He suddenly felt somewhat gratified, Liru was actually seriously considering what he had said and she did not recklessly refuse.

"Xuanyuan Mo, I really don't hate you!" After a long while, Li Ruo raised her head. Her eyes had become clear, but there was still doubt in them.

A look of joy appeared on Xuanyuan Mo's face. He was laughing like a child, his voice intermittent.

"But …" His laughter stopped abruptly. The look in her eyes turned into one of worry once again.

"I don't hate you. I don't know whether I like you or not. I've been seriously thinking about it for a long time, but I don't know what the answer is!" Looking at Xuanyuan Mo's face brimming with anticipation, Li Ruo felt apologetic.

Xuanyuan Mo knew that she wasn't lying. She truly didn't know.

Liru only felt helpless and had a headache. Every girl had fantasized about their love, and she was no exception. But when love really happened, she just wanted to shrink back.

She stretched out her hand and rubbed her temple, as if she had come across a difficult case. Of course, this case was even more difficult for her than the previous one.

"Don't even think about it!" Xuanyuan Mo felt a bit of heartache at her troubled appearance and couldn't help but extend his hand to take Liru's hand away from her temple. Li Ruo raised her head, her eyes filled with doubt.

If Xuanyuan Mo really liked her as much as he said, wouldn't he be the one who wanted to know the answer the most at this moment?

"Don't even think about it!" Xuanyuan Mo smiled. There was still some dust on his handsome face from when he fell down earlier, but the heavy dust was unable to stop his innate handsomeness. If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it for now. I'll tell you the answer when the time comes! " Xuanyuan Yi was the one who said this, but Xuanyuan Mo felt that it would be very appropriate to use it on Li Ruo at this moment.

"I'm not in a hurry to get the answer. In any case, there's still a lot of time. We can slowly get along. You can give me the answer when you fully understand me!"

"…" Although she was not used to Xuanyuan Mo's gentle words, this was the first time she felt a sense of warmth. She reached out her hand to cover the position of her heart, and it felt like a warm current was passing by. The warm current quickly spread through her entire chest, making her want to cry.

Ever since she was young, no one had ever spoken to her like this, not even her most respected master, who could only speak the most, "You have to work hard. You want to be the most outstanding person even if you can't take this little bit of suffering?"

"If you aren't brave, who are you going to show off to?"

"Coward, get up and continue!"

"If you admit defeat now, you can continue to live a carefree life in the orphanage!" The words of her master still echoed in her ears, but she had never seen them again. Those masks that were once the strongest and toughest had been torn apart. Only then did she realize that she was actually that incomparably weak child.

Even Su Lin's most common words were, "Ah Yin, get up. We must try our best to prove that we are not cowards. We must make everyone look at us in a new light. Ah Yin, remember, at any time, I will accompany you!"

Only Xuanyuan Mo was left. He told her, "No rush, take it slow!" But it was clear that the person who was most anxious was Xuanyuan Mo himself.

The warmth in her heart suddenly became extremely sour. She blinked several times before she managed to force back her tears. Li Ruo lifted her head, still confused.

Was the one just now the rumored moving?

"Xuanyuan Mo!" The tears had already stopped, but her voice was still choked with sobs. When Liruo shouted out Xuanyuan Mo, her voice was filled with helplessness and vulnerability.

"Don't be in such a hurry to refuse me!" Xuanyuan Mo's heart ached. The resolute man looked at the frail girl and really wanted to give her a hand to lean on.

"Since you're so confused right now, I won't force you. But please, give me, give yourself a chance. Let's try it out together, okay?"

"Xuanyuan Mo, what I want to say is, can you lend me your shoulder?" Liru sighed. She didn't say no.

Even though the road ahead was really too confusing, even though every time her heart slightly wavered, the fear in her heart would spread endlessly, as if reminding her that her feelings for anyone here were wrong.

That unknown fear had come from somewhere, and Liru had always been fighting in her heart. Many times, she would never stop being afraid in the middle of the night, and that voice would always remind her not to care about anything here, not to interact with anyone here …

But, the desire for warmth in her heart had never ceased. Perhaps, she really could give it a try, as she also wanted a happiness that belonged solely to her. Now, it was difficult for Xuanyuan Mo to not despise her arrogant nature, so she naturally would not let go of this rare opportunity.

"Cough, cough!" Xuanyuan Mo coughed a few times, almost choking on his own saliva. A woman's way of thinking was indeed something he could not understand. Just a moment ago, she had looked like she was about to cry, but in the blink of an eye, she laughed harder than anyone else.

He patted his shoulder, indicating to Li Ruo to lean on as she pleased. Li Ruo giggled, turned around, walked to her horse and jumped onto it.

She wasn't that weak. It was true that she wanted to cry, that she wanted to rely on someone, but at least for now, Xuanyuan Mo wasn't the person she wanted to rely on. So, it was better not to rely on someone.

"Xuanyuan Mo, what I want to say is that the one who I need to rely on is you!" Li Ruo was laughing maniacally, the scene from earlier seemed to have vanished from her heart. She asked General Li where the military camp was, then directly rode her horse and left.

Xuanyuan Mo watched as the lady gallantly left. Clutching his butt, he limped over to his horse. Looking at the horse that was not even taller than him, he suddenly felt that this was an abyss that spanned thousands of miles.

"General Li, why are women so hard to guess?" Xuanyuan Mo touched the horse's back and was slightly moved.

"That's right, why is it so hard to guess?" General Li frowned. Where could he find such an outstanding and infatuated man like Xuanyuan Mo? Wasn't the most important princess already married to her master? Everything was destined to happen, so how could the princess not agree?

"Who asked you to speak like me!" Xuanyuan Mo came back to his senses and said with a scowl, "I'm asking you why it's so hard to guess, I didn't ask you to imitate me!" Xuanyuan Mo was infuriated. Why was there no one who cared about him?

"…" General Li felt wronged. Even his master, a married man, didn't know. How could a bachelor like him know? But … "Master, the emperor said before that when the empress was angry, he would agree to everything, regardless of whether it was the right or wrong. As long as it's the empress's request, he'll fulfill it all …" After that, General Li began his rambling speech and Xuanyuan Mo nodded his head in agreement.