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Only then did he realize that her silence seemed to have hurt him. She could see the disappointment and discouragement in his eyes from the depths of his pupils, and she swallowed her saliva, Shen Zhi Qiao immediately reached out to hug him, shaking his head with all his might, "Tuoba Yu, I'm sorry, I was just scared, you never used such a cold tone to speak to me, I was really just scared …"

She did not want the first time he opened his heart to her to be the last by her momentary silence.

Tuoba Yu lowered his eyes and stared at her for a while with a frown. It seemed as if he was considering the authenticity of her words.

He bit his lips and blushed. He whispered into his ear, then hid his face into his neck. A pair of small hands wrapped around the back of his neck were holding onto his clothes, which were tied tightly around his back. His knuckles were slightly white.

Tuoba Yu, on the other hand, trembled due to her words. His eyes narrowed into a circle, and even his breathing also followed her into his chest.

Another silence.

Shen Zhi Qiao was nervous, but he also felt that her silence was too much for him. He felt guilty.

Just as she was about to muster up the courage to say something to him, her body suddenly tightened as he pulled her into his embrace along with him. He hugged her so tightly that her arm hurt.

"Say that again!" Tuoba Yu's chest trembled and his heart felt like it was about to jump out from his heart. His voice was slightly trembling from the excitement.

Immediately, a captivating blush spread out from her cheeks, slowly covering her face and extending towards her neck.

Shen Zhi Qiao bit her lip, her black eyelashes flapping shyly like the wings of a butterfly. She tried her best to open her mouth, but no matter what, she couldn't speak.

The rhythm of Tuoba Yu's chest was still moving up and down. He slightly released his hold on her and their foreheads touched. He lowered his voice and coaxed, "I'll say it again. I want to hear it, be good …"

His tone made it seem as if he was older than her, but she was clearly only six years older. Being coaxed like this was really awkward, yet he also had a strange feeling swirling in his heart.

Shen Zhi Qiao's face became even redder. It was as if a fire was burning on his face, yet he was charmed by his sexy voice. His pink lips parted. "I love you …"

Tuoba Yu took a deep breath and his adam's apple rolled as he stared at her red lips. His voice gradually became hoarse as he said, "I'll say it again."

Shen Zhi Qiao blinked and looked at him. With clear eyes, he said, "Tuoba Yu, I love you …" "Mhmm …"

The last words I love you.

Tuoba Yu pressed down on her with a kiss that was so urgent that the hand wrapped around her tightened once again.

"Mm …" Shen Zhi Qiao was forced to endure the kiss that was both gentle and crude. Both of his hands were pressed against his chest, his eyes were bright, and steam was rising from his body. It was unknown if he was hurt by his last bite, or was infected by his passion.

Soft and lingering.

This kiss lasted for very little time. He only let her go when he thought that she would drown under his kiss.

Shen Zhiqiao's face flushed red. He felt as if his breathing had become scorching hot. He lowered his head and buried himself deep into his chest. His heartbeat was so fast that it nearly broke her eardrums.

Seeing her shy appearance, Emperor Tuoba stroked her hair lovingly, then solemnly kissed her hair. "I love you too. I love you more than you love me …"

Shen Zhi Qiao's eyes became wet. This fool, when she said she loved him, she gave her life to him. As long as he wanted her to die for him, she was willing to do so.

The two of them embraced each other just like that, so beautiful that no one could bear to disturb them.

After a long while, he felt the person in his embrace tremble slightly. Tuoba Yu frowned and carefully laid her flat on the bed. He took the blanket and covered her with it, then sat on the edge of the bed and took off his shoes and socks, as well as his clothes, before lying down beside her.

Shen Zhiqiao promptly distributed some of the bedding to him.

She lowered her eyes to look at the top of her head, and other than the remnants of joy in her eyes, she added a little apologetic, "I know that you are not happy to have Venerable Lord Su accompany me to sleep today, but I cannot guarantee that such a thing will not happen again in the future.

You and Grandma are my most important people. She's over eighty now, and I don't know when she'll leave me. Three years ago, I had to go to the concubine palace because I had something to worry about, but during these three years, I went to the imperial concubine palace just to comfort her. "Granny has always been thinking about the issue of her son, and I don't want Granny to be sad. That's why I have to go to the harem once in a while …"

At this point, he hooked his fingers under her chin to see what she looked like now.

Shen Zhi Qiao's heart was filled with doubts, his brows slightly knitted, and they looked at each other.

"Although there are many concubines in the harem, I've never touched any of them. I won't touch any of them in the future, and I can guarantee that from now on, the harem will not add any more concubines."

Pausing for a moment, he reached out his hand to pull her body up a little, and the two of them immediately started breathing in harmony, "Therefore, in the future, don't punish me like this. Do you know that the moment I saw you jump down from the roof, my heart almost stopped beating because of your fright?!"

"…" Shen Zhiqiao was so moved that he almost cried in the first half of the sentence, but she was so embarrassed that she anxiously shook her head and said, "Tuoba Yu, I really didn't jump down on purpose, I really didn't do it …" "Really, it slipped down by accident!"

Tuoba Yu obviously didn't believe her, "Didn't you intentionally jump in and show me?"

"…" Did I need to do it?!

Shen Zhiqiao was speechless. Wasn't he clearly treating the matter of her falling from the roof as a trick to get the favor of the other women in the harem?!

When Tuoba Yu saw that her face was flushed red and that she wanted to say something, yet couldn't say anything, she directly agreed to it. Other than that, he also secretly rejoiced in his heart, treating this as the true display of her loving him.

"You are the only person in my heart. No matter now or in the future, you're the only one, so you can't do such a foolish thing in the future. If you're injured, I'll feel my heart ache …"

"…" Shen Zhi Qiao was both angry and touched. He was speechless.

Tuoba Yu only treated her silence as being moved. He raised his slanted long brows and suddenly flipped his body to press her under him. A dark current flowed through his phoenix eyes as he bent over to hold onto her earlobe and said hoarsely, "Not only my heart … "And my body, is all there is …"