I've Been Waiting for You!

"Come in."

Hearing Yuanen Yehui's voice, Jiang Xiu slowly opened his eyes.

"Clang!"

With a scrape of metal, the soul-guided metal door slid open to either side. Yuanen Yehui entered in a flowing purple robe, her beautiful hair cascading over her shoulders. Her dark-red eyes held a trace of shyness, but even more determination.

Yuanen Yehui entered the barracks and, after casually closing the door behind her, slowly walked over and sat before Jiang Xiu. In an instant, a distinctive, cool fragrance permeated the room.

"Yehui, what did you need to see me about?"

Jiang Xiu asked with a smile at the corner of his lips.

"Jiang Xiu..."

Yuanen Yehui clasped her slender hands before her. An unusual flush suddenly rose to her lovely face, her gaze turned evasive, and her ample chest rose and fell.

"Yuanen Yehui, if you don't make your feelings clear now, your chances will only grow slimmer. Do you want to wait until Jiang Xiu and Na'er's children are old enough to run errands before you finally regret it?"

Yuanen Yehui encouraged herself inwardly. The hesitation in her beautiful eyes completely faded as she took the initiative to meet Jiang Xiu's gaze and parted her red lips.

"Jiang Xiu, thank you for all the help you've given me along the way, as well as the help you've given the Yuanen Family. Without you, I wouldn't even know where I would be now, nor when I would have learned the truth..."

"It was only a small matter—"

"Jiang Xiu, let me finish first, okay?"

Before Jiang Xiu could wave it off, Yuanen Yehui spoke softly, her eyes gentle.

"After my mother died, I left the Yuanen Family and went to study at Shrek Academy. All I wanted was to grow stronger and avenge my mother and