The sudden confession caught Yang Tian off guard. Hearing the words "I like you" made his heart race.
But when he thought of their complicated relationship, Yang Tian suppressed his excitement and told the girl before him, "That would be too dangerous. You learned too much after coming out into the world. I failed to protect that pure, beautiful heart of yours!"
Jiaoxin persisted, holding Yang Tian tightly. "But staying home alone is so boring!"
Without Yang Tian around, she had only a dog to talk to.
Yang Tian considered it for a while, then nodded. Looking straight at Jiaoxin, he said seriously, "All right, but if you run into danger, you must enter the Starsea Pendant first!"
"I promise!" Jiaoxin blinked her limpid eyes, then nodded vigorously.
At last, the matter was settled.
Having gained Yang Tian's permission, Jiaoxin was overjoyed, but she still could not bear to leave his embrace.
In the distance, the little elf's tender, lotus-root-like feet were bare in the air as she fluttered the two pairs of translucent wings on her back. Her clear golden eyes watched that lovely scene with longing...
This time, neither of them spoke. They simply held each other.
A faint fragrance drifted from the girl. Her soft, delicate body made him reluctant to let go, and neither knew how much time had passed.
"All right!" Yang Tian was still the first to pull away. He felt he was no longer worthy of this wife in name only, that he had wronged her.
Thinking of what he had been through, Yang Tian was often tormented by guilt. It was not that he did not want to take Jiaoxin with him. He was simply afraid... of falling ever deeper!
It seemed that Jiaoxin had fallen for him this time, too. As