"Me?"
Chen An said nothing, but Skadi understood that he was tacitly agreeing.
She pursed her lips, trying not to smile, but in the end, she could not help blooming into a flower-like smile.
Her smile was sweet and gentle, filled with joy.
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Exusiai and Texas both looked a little envious, but neither said anything else.
Chen An spoke again. "I don't know why you care so much about this, but let me tell you: a bond that can last a lifetime isn't so simple."
"I once promised someone that I would not reject a confession from someone who liked me, provided I liked them too."
"I've lived for a long time, traveled to many places, met many, many people, and made many, many friends."
"Among those friends were quite a few girls, all outstanding and beautiful, just like you."
"Many of them confessed to me, but I accepted very few of them."
"The reason wasn't that they weren't outstanding enough or beautiful enough. It was because I felt something was missing."
"Liking is a faint kind of love; love is an intense kind of liking."
"But that faint love is different from ordinary liking. I had no way of telling what kind of liking they felt for me, but I was certain that what I felt for them was ordinary liking: appreciation, admiration, friendship, but nothing more."
"There's something else. Romance is impulsive. It can help someone overcome temporary difficulties, but it can't help them keep overcoming difficulties forever."
"The feeling that can help people keep overcoming hardship is the willingness to tolerate someone's flaws, the resolve to stand by their side and help and support them no matter what happens, the conviction that can defeat time and will not fade with it, but instead grow ever