Chapter 1133 Try Something New
Mu Chenyan was actually coaxed into smiling brightly. She always knew he was patient with her. But it was rare to see him being so willing to talk and talk so softly to her. It felt different but it felt good too.
"Yanzi, what about you? How do you feel about me?" asked Xia Zhao straightforwardly. He didn't think they were at the age where they had to play guessing games anymore. He definitely didn't want to assume things on his own now.
"Why? If I don't like you, are you gonna walk away?" she asked in return.
"If it was twenty years ago, I would be willing to walk away. Now, I'm not willing," he told her seriously.
"Oh, is that so? Why is that so?"
"Because I don't want to leave you alone. I want to try my best to make you happy in the years to come."
"You? Can you even make me happy? What can you do? You barely even talk. How will I be happy with someone like you who lives like a monk? Aren't you afraid that I'll disturb your peaceful life?"
"My peaceful life wasn't really fun without you," he said. "It was just too peaceful that something felt missing. And the moment I got the call that someone was asking for the painting, I instantly understood what was missing. Because I was very excited to hear about you that day. At that moment, I realized that I might like my peaceful life but I missed you more in that life."
Mu Chenyan's lips upturned slightly when she heard that. She had to say she was actually very pleased with whatever he said tonight. But she was trying hard not to show it on her face too much or this man would get too smug.
"I'll bring a lot of trouble into your silent life. I'm still very loud," she reminded him.
"You are most welcome to do whatever you want." Xia Zhao caressed the side of her head as he went on, "In fact, you are right that I don't know how I'll make you happy for the years to come but I'm sure that I'd try my best to do everything that can make you happy. Whatever you want, I'm willing to offer it to you." He looked into her eyes as he added, "In fact, now it's all up to you. It's up to you whether you want to come into my silent world. Are you willing to accept a boring person like me?"
"You aren't that boring," she said.
"Is that so? Didn't you say I'm boring?"
"Now, I'm saying you're not that boring. You have opinions?"
"I don't dare to have any opinions," said Xia Zhao with a straight face. "But you still haven't told me what you feel for me."
"What's the rush? Am I gonna run?"
"You can run."
"You don't trust me?"
"You have a bad record. Even if I want to, I can't trust you and you can't blame me for that either."
Mu Chenyan didn't argue regarding that. There was nothing to argue there anyway.
"Let me think about it," she said.
"Think. You can think all you want," said Xia Zhao. "We have plenty of time." He sat there looking at her, "Should I list out my strong points to make it easier for you to make a decision?"
Mu Chenyan suddenly got interested and folded one leg on the sofa as she turned to him. She didn't care about how she sat in front of him at all. There was no image to speak of in front of him anyway.
"Go ahead. I'm listening."
Xia Zhao shook his head helplessly at her reaction and thought about it seriously before saying, "First and foremost, I love you a lot."
Mu Chenyan almost blushed when she heard him repeating that.
"Tell me something new!"
"Okay," he smiled at her and continued, "So, being with me is very profitable to you. Think about it, didn't you always want to win against me? If you're with me, my win is your win. Isn't that a profitable business?"
"Next!" said Mu Chenyan trying to suppress her smile.
"Hmmm... I'm actually very rich too. I know you're a rich lady but who doesn't like money? Having more means you will become richer. Isn't that profitable?"
"How cheap to use the money to sway me!"
Xia Zhao poked her cheek saying, "But this face tells me that you are swayed for sure."
"Huh! Never!"
Xia Zhao chuckled softly and went on, "You won't have to deal with a mother-in-law too. I don't have a good relationship with my parents anyway. So, you'd be safe from the trouble."
Mu Chenyan frowned a little when she heard that. In fact, this was nothing new to her. She knew he never had a good relationship with his parents. Especially, his mother. But she never really knew why and she never asked to. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that he was more of a mystery to her while she was an open book.
And it wasn't like he wasn't willing to tell her anything about himself. It was just like Xia Zhao had said, she was not very interested in learning about him or his life. That's why she knew so little about him. But he was always concerned about her so he knew everything. This realization really made her uncomfortable every time.
"Also, you'll get a partner like me who knows all of you. Who is understanding, loving, caring, patient, kind..."
"Stop, stop! It seems like you're bragging now."
"I'm not though," he argued. "I only speak the truth and nothing but the truth. So, what do you think? Don't I have a lot of advantages? It's definitely not a loss."
Mu Chenyan still didn't respond to him at all. She had a lot on her mind right now and she wasn't able to give an answer right now.
"I'm still not good enough for you, Yanzi?" he asked a little bitterly.
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