Chapter 296: The Selfish Heart and Taixu Sword Qi (cont.)

Not wanting to deal with them, Zhao Bai quickly hung up.

It would have been a lie to say he wasn't upset.

Even though Bronya had held his face and whispered in his ear, "Don't raise weird flags, or I'll beat you to death," a domineering declaration that showed she truly cared about him, the fact remained that his confession had failed.

Failed, failed, failed, failed, failed...

So annoying.

The final stop of the journey was about to end. There was no need to stay aboard the icebreaker any longer, so the two bade Amber farewell and boarded the plane that had been waiting for them, flying straight to their true destination—St. Freya Academy.

Theresa was there.

Although they were on a specially modified Gulfstream jet with an exceptionally spacious interior, Bronya remained seated beside him. Her right hand reached over, tightly gripping the corner of Zhao Bai's clothes, as though he might drift away on the wind if she let her guard down.

Was this reluctance to part?

Even the most oblivious person couldn't have overlooked it. Bronya's steady, powerful heartbeat seemed to have remained at the same rhythm as when he confessed. The Gulfstream jet smoothly passed through the clouds as the girl's slender fingers slowly crept upward, and at some point, her hand had slipped into Zhao Bai's, their fingers interlocked.

"Bronya?"

When the jet began to descend, Zhao Bai finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Bronya has considered your suggestion. The idea of two people forming a family is indeed very practical. Bronya does not object."

She didn't object, but she hadn't said she supported it either.

In this entire world, only this person could stir Zhao Bai's heart with a single sentence, as though all the strength in his body had been caught by