"Don't say that you're already a level seventy-five Soul Sage, more talented than ninety-nine percent of the people on the continent. Even if you were an ordinary person, even if you were powerless, as long as I, Lin Ye, am alive, you will always be my woman. No one can change that."
"I, Lin Ye, never abandon my women."
Those words instantly flooded Zhu Zhuqing's long-frozen heart, melting away the last traces of her unease and fear.
She could no longer hold back her tears. They spilled from her eyes and dampened the front of Lin Ye's clothes.
But this time, they were not tears of grievance, but tears of happiness.
She raised her head and looked at Lin Ye through tear-blurred eyes, choking out,
"Lin Ye..."
Lin Ye lowered his head and gently wiped away the tears on her face with his fingers. Looking at her red lips, now even more alluring after being moistened by tears, his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
The atmosphere in the room became incredibly intimate at that moment.
Lin Ye's breathing gradually grew heavier.
He gazed into Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, his voice low, husky, and magnetic.
"Zhuqing."
"Mm?" Zhu Zhuqing responded hazily.
"Once I crush the Clear Sky Sect and help Teacher complete the great cause of unifying the continent, I'll marry you. All right?"
Marry her?
He wanted to marry her?
Zhu Zhuqing was completely stunned. She even forgot to cry, merely staring foolishly at Lin Ye, unable to believe her ears.
Lin Ye could not help but laugh at her dazed expression.
He did not give her another chance to think. Lowering his head, he fiercely captured the red lips he had coveted for so long.
"Mm!"
Zhu Zhuqing's mind went blank.
That domineering yet familiar presence instantly filled her mouth, leaving