Li Ya pulled her sister Li Jing back to the room. As soon as the door closed, she couldn't help but throw herself into her sister's arms, her voice choked with sobs. "Sister, Yuhao... he's just a blockhead! He doesn't understand girls' feelings at all."
She nestled in Li Jing's arms, her shoulders trembling slightly. Li Jing gently patted her sister's back, her heart aching with pain and bitterness, yet she couldn't bring herself to say a word of reproach.
However, even if Li Ya was wronged in matters of the heart, how could her older sister interfere? She blamed Huo Yuhao for not noticing Li Ya's feelings in time, which caused Li Ya to be heartbroken.
However, her younger sister had never told Huo Yuhao, "I like you," and had never expressed her feelings, so she didn't know where to begin.
Li Jing said softly to Li Ya, "You silly girl, you clearly like him so much, why didn't you confess beforehand?"
Li Ya raised her tear-filled face, sobbing, and said, "Because... because I'm afraid Yuhao will reject me. I want to find a good opportunity to confess to Yuhao."
Li Jing gently wiped away her tears. "But you've forgotten, didn't your sisters Xue'er and Bing'er also accept Yuhao? Actually, now is the best time. Whether they agree or not, girls should relentlessly pursue and express their passionate feelings. Even if you don't end up together, you won't have any regrets."
At this moment, Huo Yuhao also overheard the conversation between the two sisters Li Jing and Li Ya, in Li Ya's room.
He felt that it wasn't the right time for him to go in.
Li Ya, however, seemed to be awakened by her sister's words, and murmured, repeating, "Right now?"
Li Jing gently held her sister's hand. "That's right, to win a man's heart, you have to win his heart. Your feelings are genuine, so there's no need to hide anything, no need to conceal your emotions, or wait for a good opportunity. My dear sister, all the sisters here are here to help you."
She looked into Li Ya's eyes, her voice gentle, "What are you still afraid of? Be brave and confess your feelings. Yuhao won't reject you."
Li Ya's crying gradually subsided.
Huo Yuhao understood that the time was ripe, and after Li Jing's guidance, he believed that now was the best opportunity.
Huo Yuhao pushed open the door to Li Ya's room, and when Li Ya saw that it was Huo Yuhao who came in, her face began to blush.
" Yuhao, I, I," her voice began to stutter.
Li Jing urged Li Ya, "Hurry up, tell me!"
Before Li Ya could even speak, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out, " Li Ya, I like you."
Almost at the same moment, Li Ya mustered her courage and blurted out, " Yuhao, I love you!"
Their voices, one after the other, disturbed each other, yet they still managed to convey their feelings to one another.
"Huh?" Li Ya was stunned, her face a mixture of surprise, confusion, and disbelief. " Yuhao...?"
Huo Yuhao approached the bedside and sat down on it.
Li Jing glanced at Li Ya, giving her a "you have to do your best" look, then said to Huo Yuhao, "I'll go out for a bit."
Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head, "Actually, there's no need, Li Jing. It's your responsibility and right to witness your sister's happiness and to judge whether she has found happiness. You can stay here if you want."
Li Jing sat quietly on a chair to the side, her gaze involuntarily drifting towards Li Ya and Huo Yuhao. Her eyes flickered slightly, revealing a hint of undisguised envy, but she only smiled gently and did not disturb them.
Li Ya was still somewhat incredulous and asked softly, " Yuhao... you just said you like me?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. "Yes, Li Ya, I like you. Will you say yes and be my girl?"
Tears welled up in Li Ya's eyes again, but this time they were tears of emotion, excitement, and joy. She nodded quickly, her voice choked with emotion yet filled with happiness. "Mmm, you silly goose, does that mean if I don't confess to you, you'll always have to wait for me to confess? You're supposed to be the God of Emotion, why can't you feel my love for you?"
She grew increasingly aggrieved as she spoke, and couldn't help but gently punch his chest. "I... I'm bad with words, so you're just taking advantage of the fact that I won't confess to you first."
As she spoke, she buried her face in Huo Yuhao's chest, her voice muffled as she said, "Idiot, idiot, idiot!"
Although Huo Yuhao was immune to being called an idiot, because in his previous life, there was indeed someone who called him that, but that was all in the past.
He looked down at Li Ya's face, gently stroked Li Ya beautiful cheek, and then wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Yes, I really am an idiot," he said in a deep, indulgent voice. "It's my fault for making our beautiful and lovely Li Ya wait so long. I'm sorry, Xiao Ya, uh, no, Ya'er."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's expression, Li Ya smiled gently, a hint of playfulness in her eyes, "Then, then your punishment is to kiss me."
Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao kissed Li Ya's lips.
At that moment, the two were completely immersed in the tenderness that belonged only to each other, their breaths mingling, their hearts fluttering silently. Li Jing sat quietly to the side, her eyes filled with a smile and a blessing.
After the kiss, Li Ya nestled in Huo Yuhao's arms, her cheeks still flushed slightly.
Huo Yuhao gently stroked her hair, his voice low and tender. " Ya'er, do you know? In my past life, I probably didn't know what love was, because all I could feel was my mother's love for me."
His gaze gradually deepened. "Throughout my life, from beginning to end, the people I've met, the emotions I've felt, from joy to sorrow—perhaps what I lack most is genuine emotion. I don't understand what love is."
"So, after that, I so easily fell for Wang Dong'er on the Sea God's Fate, because she looked so much like the Goddess of Light, and besides, we went through a lot together."
"It may be rare for a woman to dress as a man, Shi Nian, she shone brightly, yet she was unknowingly hurt by the butterfly's cruelty. Her schemes and plots were nowhere to be found, and she was instead manipulated by the madman of destruction."
"But later on, I felt like a really stupid idiot, because I was surrounded by so many people who loved me— Xue'er, Qiu'er, Guyi, and so many others—and I didn't feel it at all."
Huo Yuhao's voice softened, "I feel... I really regret that my life in my previous life was a huge tragedy."
At this moment, the concubines were all eavesdropping outside Li Ya's room.
Tears were already forming on Di Qiu'er's and Snow Empress's faces.
He looked down at Li Ya in his arms, his gaze tender. "So, as I was about to die, I swore that if there were an afterlife, I would never let down any girl who loved me."
" Xue'er is, Qiu'er is too. I don't think I've ever been someone who lacks love, because you've been right beside me, but I just didn't notice."
"I'm back, that's right. So, I'll especially want to make up for the love Qiu'er and Xue'er have for me. I don't want to see them leave my sight again. That feeling is too desperate, so desperate it's suffocating. It's a feeling of being unable to do anything, being completely helpless."