Noble Marriage
Chapter 522 You Always Make Me Uneasy

Chapter 522: Chapter 522 You Always Make Me Uneasy

Xinlan, don’t be angry anymore. I promise I’ll deal with Du Ruoxin’s matter and also promise not to make careless promises in the future.

Anyway, I want to be a man you can look up to, a man you can trust completely. Can you please not be angry?"

The Rong Shaoze of the past never bothered to explain himself. If he had something on his mind, he didn’t deem it necessary for others to know.

Now, he’d frequently speak his mind, all because he feared that Lin Xinlan would misunderstand him and drift away from him.

He didn’t voice this concern, but Lin Xinlan understood.

He had been working hard to make her fall deeply in love with him, to keep her steadfastly by his side.

"Rong Shaoze, is it because I haven’t given you enough confidence that you always feel insecure?" she asked.

The man was taken aback for a moment, then nodded honestly, "Yes! You always make me anxious. I feel like you’re a kite in the sky, and I can only hold onto you through the string in my hands. But I’m always scared that if the string breaks, you’ll fly away."

Lin Xinlan’s eyes flickered slightly, "Do you think... I chose to be with you because of Xiaocong?"

"Isn’t that so?"

It was true, but that was just one of the initial reasons.

Long ago, when she let go of everything and started to have feelings for him, she just wanted to be with him for the sake of it, no longer related to Xiaocong.

"Rong Shaoze, I think I need to tell you some things that are on my mind.

You used to be cruel and ruthless, always hurting me. I really hated you. I wished you were dead, and I wished never to see you again.

I thought I would hate you for a lifetime, that I would never forgive you.

But you, it’s like you have magic. Just by doing something that touched me, my hate would fade, and I’d start liking you.

I’ve come to realize that you’re actually a person with true emotions. Hate is hate, love is love. You never beat around the bush or put on a façade.

I think this is probably why I started liking you.

No matter the past, all I know is that being with you now, I’m very happy, very blissful.

This happiness is enough for me to work for my entire life to have it. As long as you don’t hurt me anymore, no matter what happens, I won’t leave you, I will always... love you."

After Lin Xinlan softly finished speaking, she saw, unsurprisingly, the man’s radiant eyes.

His eyes were like the brightest stars in the vast night sky, bright and beautiful, stirring emotions in anyone who saw them.

She watched him quietly, her lips curving into a slight smile.

The man pulled her close and kissed her lips, smiling, very tenderly and passionately...

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In the hospital room.

Du Ruoxin leaned weakly against the headboard of the bed, staring at her pale, haggard face in the mirror, her lips tightly pursed.

She looked like a ghost, nowhere near her usual beauty, which left her wondering how she could face Shaoze.

She didn’t know if he saw her like this, whether he would scorn her, whether he would stop liking her.

"Ruoxin, you’ve just recovered from a serious illness. It’s normal to be frail right now. After some time, once I fatten you up a bit, you’ll look beautiful again. Don’t worry, you have good features, a natural beauty. Just take care of yourself, and you’ll be as pretty as before," Mrs. Du busily took the mirror away and comforted her with a smile.

"Mom, comb my hair for me, and get some water to wash up. I don’t want to face Shaoze looking like this."

"Alright, I’ll fix you up right away!"

After being combed and washed, with a bit of lip color applied, she indeed looked livelier and more beautiful.