Everyone present froze at those words.
No one had expected Liu Erlong to be so direct, bringing up marriage the moment she opened her mouth.
She truly lived up to her name as a she-dragon!
Yu Xiaogang felt a faint twinge of discomfort.
He had only told Liu Erlong to approach Qin Jiuxiao and find a way to trick him into handing over the immortal herbs. At most, she was supposed to let Qin Jiuxiao take a few verbal liberties.
Yet Liu Erlong had jumped straight to marriage. It left him feeling as though someone had stolen something that belonged to him, and a dull tightness settled in his chest.
He took a deep breath and silently persuaded himself.
Erlong is only doing this to get those immortal herbs for me.
I'm the only man she'll ever love. She's merely playing along. None of this is real.
As he thought it over, Yu Xiaogang actually managed to convince himself. The gloom in his heart vanished like smoke, and a confident smile even returned to his lips.
Watching Liu Erlong, whom he had secretly loved for years, Flender felt a pang of sorrow as well.
But more than that, he felt the relief that came with letting go.
For all these years, he had carefully concealed his feelings, never daring to reveal even a hint.
As time passed, he had gradually come to understand that this love could only scatter on the wind.
What he wanted more was to see Liu Erlong happy.
Besides, the man in question was Qin Jiuxiao.
Flender knew very well what sort of person Qin Jiuxiao was.
Although the boy had plenty of beauties around him and a mountain of romantic debts, he treated those close to him with genuine kindness.
Flender had seen that with