Ning Ke ran outside the courtyard, his cheeks still burning a little.
He really did not understand Aunt Bai.
He and Lou Yunxiao had not even confessed their feelings. What was all this talk of marriage?
Wait!
How had he gotten caught up in it too?
He was an outsider from another world. He had already decided nothing could come of him and Lou Yunxiao, so how had he started considering marriage?
Ning Ke covered his burning face, trying to shake off those tangled thoughts, only to find himself thinking even more.
Leaving aside how Lou Yunxiao felt about him, there was one thing he knew.
He felt most at ease when he was by Lou Yunxiao's side.
He enjoyed the gentleness Lou Yunxiao showed him. Despite his cold appearance, once Ning Ke got to know him, he proved to be very considerate of others.
Whichever Lou Yunxiao it was, even the one burdened by hatred ten thousand years later, he had never harmed innocent people or things, nor had he given up on himself.
If Ning Ke had to put it into words, he admired Lou Yunxiao.
And his heart ached for Lou Yunxiao.
When Lou Yunxiao smiled and stroked his hair, he felt happy.
When Lou Yunxiao gazed at him with those hatred-filled eyes, he felt sad.
If-just if...
If there were no hatred between them, and he had no attachments left in the modern world...
Perhaps he really would... try being with Lou Yunxiao.
But there had never been any room for "if."
The more he thought, the more dispirited he became.
Ning Ke leaned back against the courtyard wall. Looking up at the sky thick with dark clouds only made him feel more stifled, and he could not help letting out a deep sigh.
"Young master,