Moving to the Golden Courtyard

"Besides, it's not as if you're playing with their feelings, right? Who doesn't know that you, Xu Qi, have three wives and four concubines? If she's still making a move on you now, that means she doesn't care about that sort of thing.

"And you? You value feelings above everything else. Wouldn't that make you a perfect match?"

Bronya had really fanned the flames.

But what was actually holding Xu Qi back wasn't himself.

"Bronya, you're right about everything, but... would you really be happy if I did this?"

Bronya tapped her lips and thought for a moment.

"If you accepted Seele, I could still accept it."

Xu Qi couldn't help laughing, while Bronya sighed. So that was the reason. That was why he had always suppressed his feelings.

What a perfect man... But if you're really that perfect, why did you get together with Mei and then fool around with other girls?

Mei had spoiled him too much, apparently.

"You said it yourself: I value feelings above everything else. If it made you sad, that wouldn't be something I wanted to see either.

"Could I really not understand Seele and Sirin's feelings? Don't I know my own feelings? But I'm afraid too... afraid that you won't be able to accept it."

Bronya pouted.

"Then weren't you afraid when you accepted me? I've never gotten along with the people from the Golden Courtyard."

Xu Qi's thoughts returned to that night when he and Bronya had gotten together. A little more tenderness appeared in his eyes as he reached out and pulled Duckie into his arms, laughing softly.

"That's because I loved you so much that I couldn't pull myself away."

"!"

They had already been together for half a year, but at that moment, Bronya felt as though she had