"I..."
Xia Wuyou was no fool. She could hear the implication behind Xu Shi's question.
He was forcing her to make a statement.
Or rather, by asking that, he was also making her sort through her feelings and figure out what she truly thought?
Xu Shi did not rush her. He simply watched her awkwardness in silence.
Xia Wuyou turned her face away, her thoughts in complete disarray.
She knew best whether it was really just simple obedience. If that were all it was, she would never have taken the initiative to ask for things—whether it was asking him to hold her or anything else... Even if he deliberately guided her, she would not have done so.
So... she really liked him, didn't she?
Xia Wuyou did not actually know when she had begun to think that way. Her feelings had changed bit by bit without her noticing, and when she tried to trace them back, she had no idea where to begin.
To be fair, perhaps at first it was simply because he kept his word and truly fulfilled his promise to save her aunt?
And seeing Xia Ke'an steadily recover day by day, she would be lying if she said she was not grateful.
But when it came to romantic feelings, she found their emergence rather inexplicable when she picked them apart... Though she also knew why. It had to do with this guy's ability, right?
She was an Ascendant too, so naturally she was not ignorant about such matters. Especially since her attitude toward him had changed so quickly—she did not even need to think about it to know that his supernatural ability had to be involved.
Especially on the day of the press conference, Xu Shi had so easily helped her block Shen He's attack. She