she's a grumpy leprechaun

Chapter 83 It's More than Gratitude
"Do you still remember what I told you before?" Mu Xingchen asked.

"Ok?"

"I said that you can regard me as your elder brother at any time, with a shoulder to lean on and a harbor to shelter you from the wind and rain." Without saying a word, Mu Xingchen put her hands on the On his shoulder, he half supported and half hugged her and walked out.

"But you are not my real brother after all." Ji Yuzheng wanted to avoid his touch, but she was still not used to intimate contact with the opposite sex. After all, the shadow of four years ago had hit her too hard.

"Then you imagine me as a woman, can't you?"

"Then are you a woman?" Ji Yuzheng asked vigorously.

"Then you can put your hands on my sleeves, right? I won't touch you." Mu Xingchen said stubbornly.

Ji Yuzheng was helpless, "Why do you do this, I know I can't give you what you want."

He always gave silently like this, and stayed by her side, never leaving her.

"I'm serious about your feelings. Even if it's a rock, there will always be times when it's hot."

Mu Xingchen said in a serious tone, staring deeply at her with narrow peach blossom eyes.

Ji Yuzheng was speechless, "..."

The smile on her face gradually froze, and she didn't dare to look into his burning eyes.

"Zhengzheng, marry me. I don't want to last forever, I just want to have it once. I am willing to marry you and take care of you and have children for the rest of my life." Mu Xingchen suddenly proposed to her.

When Ji Yuzheng heard this, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she looked at him: "You...do you know what you're doing?"

"This is a decision I made after careful consideration." Mu Xingchen said with a serious expression, "I don't want to waste any more time and miss you."

This farewell is almost forever.

Fortunately, he arrived in time, and the tragedy has not yet happened.

"But..." Ji Yuzheng hesitated.

"Get in the car. Your ankle is sprained. You need to go to the orthopedics department to see a doctor. I happen to know a professor who is an expert in this field." After Mu Xingchen finished speaking, a princess carried her into the car.

After sitting down, Ji Yuzheng felt that something was suddenly added to her hand. She lifted it up and saw a dove egg diamond ring on her ring finger, shining brightly.

"Do you like it?" The man stared at her affectionately and asked.

"Brother Xingchen, when did you learn to change magic?"

Ji Yuzheng didn't answer the question, but carefully looked at the diamond ring on her finger. The genuine pink diamond was estimated to cost hundreds of millions of pounds.

"For you, I am willing to learn anything."

"..."

"Four years of companionship, if I can't get you to say I am willing, then I am willing to wait until you willingly agree to marry me. There is nothing more difficult than waiting for someone you love and turning back. Yuzheng, I will spend my whole life protecting you, I just ask you to give me a chance, okay?" Mu Xingchen said sincerely.

Ji Yuzheng was unprepared for such an ingenious proposal.

If you refuse, you will hurt him.

But the ambiguity gave him hope, but in exchange for despair, it was even more hurtful.

"I……"

She was so nervous that she didn't know what to say.

After a long time, she slowly raised her head to look at him, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I can't tolerate any man in my heart."

She didn't want to hurt him, but she had to.

Because she lied too much.

Only this time, she was unwilling to lie again.

I don't even want to deceive his feelings!

Mu Xingchen stared at her, without any negative emotion on his gentle face, as if he already knew that this would be the answer.

Because he knew her well and cared about her, he didn't want to impose his bad mood on her.

"I'm really sorry, brother Xingchen, I can't get out of the nightmare four years ago." Ji Yuzheng paused, her thin lips were tightly pressed, and it took a long time before she whispered, "I seem... really can't help it." Don't like anyone anymore."

"Then do you like Gu Yiyan?"

He ruined you, and you gave him such a lovely son.

She would rather deceive that man countless times than deceive herself even once.

Even if he made up a white lie and let him live in a dream for only one day, it would be good.

But she was so ruthless that she woke herself up with reality.

Mu Xingchen smiled, his eyes dimmed, "Although you refuse to admit it, I can see that you don't reject him in your heart, it's just that you can't pass the test in your heart."

Ji Yuzheng lowered her eyes, took off the diamond ring on her finger, and gave it back to him: "I don't know, but you seem to be right. I don't reject him, and I can't ignore his existence."

"So you didn't fall in love with him, it's just that he broke into your world suddenly as Nannan's father, and saved your life a few times, which made you misunderstand the feeling of repayment, which is the feeling of heartbeat. "Mu Xingchen explained logically.

"I am not sure."

I don't want to figure it out either.

Ji Yuzheng couldn't be sure what was going on in her heart, but she didn't want to study it either, but subconsciously she still wanted to escape his control.

Today, in a short period of time, he took revenge on her several times, causing him to almost die, and now his legs are still limping. Does she have a tendency to be abused, and still want to run to like this kind of man?

"Then, what kind of feelings have you always had for me?" Mu Xingchen continued to ask, "During the four years of being together day and night, are you a confidant, a brother next door? Or a stranger who doesn't matter?"

The ring was stuffed back into his hand, Ji Yuzheng didn't like being aggressive, as if she had to give an answer before she would give up.

But today, these two men have been forcing her to make a choice.

"Is it hard to answer?" he asked again.

Ji Yuzheng took a deep breath, "I was really dependent on you at that time, and I was very grateful to you. When Nan Nan was very young, you took care of him more than me as a mother, so I made a joke and asked him to recognize you as a godfather. .”

During those days, she was very grateful to him.

However, what he wants is not only gratitude!
"Look, I'm his father, and you are his mother. Isn't it only natural for us to be together?" Mu Xingchen asked with a smile.

"You are indeed a very good home." Ji Yuzheng did not deny, "But for the past six months, I have raised my children alone and worked, and I still live well. I am self-reliant and independent, and I am determined not to depend on anyone anymore, so If a person is alone for a long time, it will become a habit, and it is good to live like this for a lifetime."

"Let's drive, go to the orthopedic hospital." Mu Xingchen ordered the driver lightly.

……

There was a long silence in the air.

No one broke the embarrassment, but Ji Yuzheng still wanted to speak clearly.

"In the past six months, too many things have happened. Maybe I relied on you before and misunderstood you. I like you, but the nightmare back then weighed on me too much. Without you, I really don't have the energy to persevere."

(End of this chapter)