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Although she had expected it, she still felt a sharp pain in her heart when she actually heard those two names.

Chang Xuanling lowered her head, tears rolling down her cheeks, and looked up at him with resentment.

"why?"

Looking at the tear-streaked face before him, Li Mingxuan felt a pang of guilt and pity.

She looked at him with gentle eyes.

Do you have someone you like?

Chang Xuanling asked again.

Li Mingxuan pursed his lips. "I guess it's liking her, I can't really say. But once she disappears from my sight, it feels like a piece of my heart has been ripped out, leaving me empty and adrift."

But as soon as she appears, even if it's just a glimpse from afar, my heart is instantly filled with an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Her emotions were like an invisible thread, tightly pulling at my joys and sorrows.

When she smiles, my mood brightens; but when I see her frowning, her face showing sadness, my heart aches as if struck by a hammer.

"Although she takes advantage of her status to boss me around and assign me small tasks from time to time, I always accept them willingly and even enjoy them."

Whenever her clear and melodious voice enters my ears, it's as if a magical power makes all my previous worries and unhappiness disappear instantly.

Those hardships that once seemed incredibly difficult to me have become insignificant.

To me, she is like the sun high in the sky, radiating warm and bright light, illuminating every corner of my life and making my world vibrant and colorful.

Li Mingxuan spoke softly, his expression softening considerably. His eyes were fixed on Chang Xuanling, but it was as if he were looking at someone else entirely.

Chang Xuanling looked somber.

From Li Mingxuan's tone of voice, she knew that this was also how she felt.

He really has someone he likes.

I still couldn't hold onto him.

"I see."

Chang Xuanling lowered her head. She already knew who that person was, and tears kept streaming down her face.

"If I had met you before her, would you have fallen for me?"

Chang Xuanling's words made Li Mingxuan slightly dazed.

"will not."

Li Mingxuan shook his head.

"Although I have never been in a relationship, I know that liking someone will not change because of different times and places. It is the distance between hearts. No matter how far apart we are, we will meet again if we are destined to."

"If I fall in love with you just because I met you first, I believe that this love is not pure and will not last long."

Chang Xuanling lowered her head and remained silent for a while before saying, "I understand."

Li Mingxuan reached out and stroked the girl's head.

"Xuanling, do you still remember the first time we met? You were confident, sunny, and happy back then, like a carefree little elf in nature. Looking at your smile and your liveliness, I couldn't help but like you."

"It's just that this kind of liking has nothing to do with men and women. Who wouldn't like a girl like you? It's just that my liking for you isn't that kind of relationship. You know I'm an orphan. I grew up without parents or siblings. But after seeing you and spending time with you, I genuinely like you from the bottom of my heart. I treat you like a little sister and want you to be happy all the time. That's why I'm not guarded around you and I'm just playing around with you. Maybe you've misunderstood."

"If you can't accept it, I'm sorry. I can't deceive myself, and I can't deceive you. It would be disrespectful to you. I just hope that even if we can't be lovers, we can still be like before, and I can always be your Mingxuan brother."

Looking at the silent Chang Xuanling, Li Mingxuan felt very bad. In both his lives, this was the first time someone had taken the initiative to confess their feelings to him, but it was a tragic love affair that could not be happy.

"If you think I'm not good enough for you, then pretend I didn't say anything and I'll leave immediately."

Li Mingxuan sighed inwardly; this was indeed the last thing he wanted to see.

Chang Xuanling is a wonderful girl. She is innocent, cute, lively, and cheerful, and comes from such a powerful family background that no one could resist her charm.

If it weren't for the person he loved, Li Mingxuan might have really wavered.

But there are no "what ifs" in these situations.

After waiting for a while, Chang Xuanling remained silent. Li Mingxuan sighed slightly, then walked past Chang Xuanling and headed towards the door.

He had only taken two steps when he was suddenly embraced from behind by a warm, delicate body.

"I promise."

A soft sob came from behind, and Chang Xuanling's sobbing made Li Mingxuan's heart clench.

Even though he felt the warmth of that soft body on his back, Li Mingxuan couldn't feel the slightest bit of romantic attraction.

Can we still be friends?

Chang Xuanling asked in a low voice.

She had heard from others that once one party confesses their feelings and is rejected, the two become strangers, which created a rift in her heart.

"Of course, as long as you still recognize me, I will always be your Mingxuan brother and your friend."

Li Mingxuan smiled, and only then did he feel much more relaxed.

“As long as you don’t mind, no one else will know what happened between us tonight. We can still be the same as before.” Li Mingxuan removed the hands from his waist, then turned around and looked at the crying girl in front of him.

He reached out and gently wiped away the tears on her face, pressing his palm against her cheek.

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you? And then you completely ignored me after you left."

Li Mingxuan couldn't help but smile as he listened to her soft and weak words.

"No, if I did that, I'd never be able to get married in my entire life."

Li Mingxuan extended his right hand and swore an oath.

"Pfft, does that mean even I won't have a chance?"

Upon hearing this, the girl immediately stopped crying and started laughing, gently patting Li Mingxuan.

"Okay, stop crying. If you cry, you'll turn into a little kitten. You look beautiful when you smile. Smile more often, okay?"

"Ugh, you don't like me, but you still try to flirt with me."

Finally, the little girl smiled.

Li Mingxuan was finally able to relax completely.

Outside the door, two figures vanished silently.

It's like it never appeared.

"That bastard! He rejected my daughter when she confessed her feelings to him. He doesn't know what's good for him!"

Father Chang's face turned ashen as he cursed fiercely, wishing he could hang that ungrateful bastard up and teach him a lesson.

"Alright, before you were worried that your daughter would be kidnapped and you were willing to fight to the death with the kidnapper, but now that the kidnapper has no interest in your daughter at all, you're still acting like you're going to teach him a lesson. Who are you trying to impress?"

Shi Jinhua rolled her eyes at him and said speechlessly.

"Hmph, he's lucky, otherwise I'd make sure he never leaves this room!"