"Phew—"
Luo Yu let out a long sigh, feeling fully released.
All the frustration that had recently built up dissipated in the cool air, his mood suddenly brightened, and his body relaxed.
"Luo Gongzi, why did you suddenly...suddenly..." Jia Lan became somewhat tongue-tied, her cheeks flush with shyness.
Her heart was filled with excitement, nervousness, and shyness; the only thing absent was any negative emotion.
"Isn't this my way of responding to your confession with action?" Luo Yu's mouth curled upward, the morning sun creeping through the gaps in the curtains, casting light on his handsome face, which was so extraordinary that it made Beautiful Eyes, the pretty girl Jia Lan, dazzle and lose focus.
Her lips moved slightly as she murmured softly.
"So handsome."
"My Lulu is very beautiful too," Luo Yu said with a smile.
In an instant, the young girl's heart fluttered as if struck, accelerating its beat, thump thump thump!!!
She pursed her lips, but the overwhelming joy couldn't be suppressed by a small pursed mouth.
"Luo Gongzi is just joking."
Luo Yu whispered in the girl's ear:
"Now, you are my woman."
"I am your man."
"Why still address me as Luo Gongzi?"
"Then...then..." The girl's slender body trembled slightly upon hearing his words, too shy to bear, but joy surged within her, inexpressible.
"Brother Yu?"
"Brother Yu?"
"Slap—"
Luo Yu gently patted the other party with his hand, smiling as he said, "Whatever works, up to you."
Golden boy and jade girl embraced, soft sunlight spilled into the room.
Like the most beautiful picture in the human world.
"Luo Gongzi...am I dreaming?" Jia Lan spoke softly, glancing at Luo Yu now and then, doubting the reality of the situation.
"Is it not real enough?" Luo Yu hinted.
Jia Lan's face turned red.
"I really didn't expect Luo Gongzi to suddenly come to my place, and...and..."
"And what?" Luo Yu asked with a smile.
"You're so annoying."
Jia Lan let out a light spit, too embarrassed to answer such a question.
"Did Luo Gongzi only come to my place?" Jia Lan asked cautiously.
"Oh?" Luo Yu looked over, and Jia Lan's gaze was slightly timid.
But her little thoughts couldn't be hidden from Luo Yu, as he said, "After returning, I've just been to your place and haven't sought anyone else."
With those words, the girl's delicate face bloomed like a flower at sunrise, radiant and bright.
"Really?"
"Of course," Luo Yu affirmed seriously.
A girl in spring is easily satisfied; Jia Lan's happy smile became even more intense on her face.
"From now on, you'll be my woman," Luo Yu said softly, his large hand gently brushing through Jia Lan's black hair.
"Of course, Lulu belongs entirely to Luo Gongzi," Jia Lan said earnestly, her eyes sparkling with genuine conviction.
"Hahaha," Luo Yu laughed, moved: "Do you want to...repeat that...?"
"Repeat what?"
Jia Lan asked subconsciously, then, noticing the heat in Luo Yu's gaze, she seemed to understand, her cheeks reddening.
"If Gongzi wishes."
"Lulu is willing."
...
"You lousy man, if you run off, don't bother coming back!" Bi Bidong was lying in her room, unable to sleep out of frustration.
The man she had been about to secure had flown away because of the commotion caused by Xiaowu.
The man had run off in the middle of the night, and there was still no sign of his return even as the sun rose.
Little did she know that Jia Lan's room was already ablaze with excitement.
Xiaowu was pondering in her room, realizing that after this incident, the alliance with Bi Bidong had completely fractured.
She needed to figure out how to win Brother Yu's heart herself.
Her slender fingers played with her long hair in front of the mirror, her stunningly beautiful face marked with a hint of difficulty, as Brother Yu wasn't so easily enticed now.
It was hard, extremely hard.
Moreover, the man was leaving tomorrow, so she had to come up with a plan.
"Sigh..."
Qin Lan lay on the pristine white sheets, half-leaning against the headboard, her beautiful eyes flickering with worry.
"There are now three rivals."
"And each woman is no slouch."
"Tomorrow, as soon as Luo Gongzi arrives at Sichuan Province Martial University, even more girls will swarm over, and what if he never wants to leave? What then?"
She felt a strong sense of crisis welling up inside her.
She had to hurry and consult with Lulu, to devise a plan together.
...
At noon, three women sat on the sofa in the villa's grand living room.
Xiaowu wondered, "What's going on? It's already noon, isn't our benefactor planning to come back?"
"He should return. This is his home after all; can he stay away forever?" Bi Bidong said.
Qin Lan hesitated:
"Why hasn't Lulu come down yet? She wouldn't really be so carefree as to still be asleep, would she?"
"Thud—"
Footsteps came from upstairs, and Jia Lan, neatly dressed, descended the stairs, although she was no longer wearing the silk stockings she had on when she came, her bare, snow-white, straight legs on full display.
However, she walked very slowly and with small steps.
"What's wrong, Lulu, feeling unwell?" Qin Lan asked with concern.
Jia Lan shook her head, "No, Sister Lan, it's just that after last night's exertion, I'm a bit tired."
The mention was enough to make the other three women in the room feel awkward to varying degrees.
After all, appearing in a man's room at the same time is something that could cause blushes if spoken out loud.
"Don't talk about that, come sit down, Luo Gongzi hasn't returned yet," Qin Lan sighed, but she did not regret her visit the night before.
After all, sometimes if you don't seize the moment to speak your feelings, you may never get another chance to confess.
You won't regret speaking out.
Luo Gongzi had been inside all along.
Jia Lan thought, yet she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, keeping the secret for him.