I don't know how much time passed. Seeing that Situ Jiluo hadn't come down yet, Zi Ling couldn't sit still and stood up from the sofa. She looked at the clock on the wall and found that half an hour had passed. She frowned.

He couldn't help but frown. He clearly asked her to wait for him, so why didn't he go downstairs for so long?

In such a long time, I'm afraid I have changed ten sets of clothes, right?

Obviously, he was stalling for time. But, should she continue to wait?

In fact, it's not that she has no feelings, nor does she know that Situ Jiluo wants to keep her, but...she can't accept it yet. However, she can't deny that after last night, the relationship between the two has a certain

There were subtle changes, but that didn't mean she accepted him.

She had been hurt before and was afraid the same thing would happen again.

She was afraid, she was afraid, so she retreated, unwilling to let herself fall again.

The more she thought about it, the more panicked she felt. She didn't know how to face him. Zi Ling finally decided not to wait for him. She picked up her bag and turned around to leave. But when she walked to the door, she ran into someone who had just left the kitchen.

Aunt Lin came out.

"Young lady, where are you going?"

"It's okay, Mrs. Lin, I'll go first."

She originally wanted to leave quietly, but she didn't expect to be caught. She was obviously stunned for a moment, and then she said calmly to Sister Lin. When Sister Lin heard that she was leaving, she was obviously stunned.

"You...won't you wait, Master?"

Although she didn't know what was going on with them, when she saw that the young mistress was about to leave, but the young master was nowhere to be seen, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but ask. She had seen the young master since he was a child, and she knew how he was now.

It is impossible to let the young mistress leave on her own.

"Well... it took him too long to go up there. I'd better go back by myself."

She didn't want to say that she was waiting for him, so Zi Ling paused for a moment before finishing her next words. There were too many memories in Zixuan Pavilion, and she was afraid that she would be reluctant to leave if she continued to stay, so she

Choose to leave now.

"Young mistress!"

Seeing Zi Ling cross her path and walk towards the door after finishing her words, Mrs. Lin stopped her. It had to be said that when the young mistress said that the young master had been upstairs for a long time, she couldn't help but feel excited.

Seeing Mrs. Lin hurriedly come to her again, although she didn't say anything, Zi Ling could faintly feel her worry. So, she turned around to face Mrs. Lin and asked with concern.

"What's wrong, Mrs. Lin?"

"Oh, you don't know, Master, he..."

Mrs. Lin originally didn't want to say it because the young master had told her that the matter should be kept secret. But now, on the one hand, she was worried about his condition, and on the other hand, the young mistress asked, so she had no choice but to confess honestly.

"The young master doesn't know what's going on these days. Every time he comes home, he locks himself in the room and doesn't move for several hours. It was only when the servant went up to check that he found out that he had fainted..."

Speaking of her troublesome young master, Mrs. Lin began to sigh for no reason. However, before she could finish what she said, she saw Zi Ling heading upstairs with worry without saying a word.

Climb quickly...

Opening the bedroom door, she took a look inside the room and found that there was no sign of Situ Jiluo. Zi Ling was about to go to the study to look for it. But just when she was about to close the door, she heard a voice coming from inside, which seemed to be

The sound of something falling to the ground.

Pushing the door open again, Zi Ling walked in and walked in the direction where the sound came from. From a distance, she saw that the door of the dressing room was slightly open and there was a faint light, which made her feel uneasy.

Slowly approaching, she soon saw a naked muscular back appearing in front of her. Although the two had had close relationships countless times, she still couldn't help seeing such a scene.

blush.

So, she started to back away, preparing to exit the room. But at this moment, Situ Jiluo in the dressing room suddenly let out a low roar of pain.

Approaching again, Zi Ling realized that something was not right about Situ Jiluo's back. He was hunched over and trembling, and he seemed to be in pain.

"Are you... okay?"

Walking into the dressing room, Zi Ling immediately stepped forward to help Situ Jiluo up and asked with a worried look. In her impression, Situ Jiluo was always in high spirits, but this was the first time she had seen him in such a mess.

Therefore, she was a little frightened for a moment.

When a pair of cold hands suddenly wrapped around his waist, Situ Jiluo was startled. But soon, he knew who it was. He didn't even have to turn his head. Just such a touch and

To get close, who else but Zi Ling.

Even though he knew it was her, he was still a little surprised by her actions. However, he just paused and quickly reacted. After pushing away the hand around his waist, he stepped back

He took a step forward, then coughed lightly as if to cover up his embarrassment, and pretended to be nonchalant.

"I'm fine."

Although these three simple words meant to express that he was fine, looking at his face, it was obviously not the case. He was pale and frowned tightly, and he looked like he was in pain at all.

At this moment, Zi Ling didn't care whether Situ Jiluo had just pushed her away, she took another step forward, tightly wrapped her hands around his waist, and spoke with worry.

"How can you be okay like this?"

When she saw the uncomfortable look on his face, she had to say that she was frightened. But after that, she was filled with worry and uneasiness.

"I'm...really fine."

Biting his lower lip tightly, and finally squeezing out these words, he started to push Zi Ling away again. But her hands seemed to be coated with super glue, and they were tightly bound.

With her around his waist, and because he was feeling uncomfortable now, he couldn't even use the strength to push her away.

Knowing that he could not push Zi Ling away no matter what, Situ Jiluo had to give up in the end and still let her hands hold his waist. Her hands gently touched the head buried in her chest, Situ Jiluo

Luo gently stroked her hair and gently called her name.

"Purple Spirit..."

It seemed that with her by his side, all the pain and discomfort in his body disappeared instantly. This feeling was good and made him feel relaxed unconsciously, but... he knew that this was not true.

He wanted Zi Ling to return to him, but he didn't want her to be with her because of her physical condition. What he wanted was never pity or pity.

So when he saw Zi Ling appear in the locker room just now, he was obviously startled and a little unprepared. Because he didn't want her to see his uncomfortable look, let alone her to know his situation.

"Girl..."

The more he thought about it, the more unsure he became, and his body trembled more violently. Situ Jiluo finally stopped rejecting her and hugged her hard into his arms, hugging her tightly with both arms.

"Situ Jiluo, you..."

When Situ Jiluo called her name just now, she heard it, but she didn't hear clearly the title he just called her. In fact, it's not so much that she didn't hear it clearly as that she was not sure.

This is not the first time he has called her "Niu'er". Is it a coincidence?

I finally plucked up the courage to clarify the questions in my heart, but how could I know that just as I opened my mouth to ask what I wanted to ask, I felt all the weight of Situ Jiluo falling on me.

"Situ Jiluo!"

Holding the man who fell on top of her tightly, Zi Ling moved away with some difficulty. After finally taking him out of the dressing room with great effort, Zi Ling took him to the bedside in the bedroom.

Because she had exhausted all her strength and could no longer bear Situ Jiluo's weight, Zi Ling had no choice but to let him fall onto the big bed.

However, just when Zi Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief, a big palm suddenly took her hand and pulled her over. Because she didn't pay attention, she almost fell down on the big bed.

By the time she reacted, she was already lying on the big bed. When she wanted to get out of bed, it was too late, because Situ Jiluo had already turned over and pinned her under him.

"You! You lied to me?!"

Gritting her teeth and glaring fiercely at the man pressing her down, Zi Ling's tone of voice was clearly displeased and angry. How could she not be angry? She thought the man had fainted just now, and she almost died of fright.

, now that I know that he is just pretending to lie to me, how can he act calmly?

"Thank you, thank you."

As if Zi Ling was about to run away without waking her up, Situ Jiluo stared into her watery eyes and said "thank you" twice from the bottom of his heart. Then when Zi Ling's eyes widened, he

He lowered his head and kissed her gently on the cheek.

Zi Ling stared at Situ Jiluo without blinking. Seeing the sincere look on his face, she was stunned again. Thank you? Why did this man suddenly say thank you to her?

Seeing the confusion in Zi Ling's eyes, he was obviously confused by his sudden thank you. After taking a deep breath, Situ Jiluo said calmly.

"Thank you for worrying about me. Ever since I was a child, you are the first person who truly cares about me."

When he said this, Situ Jiluo's eyes instantly became dull, and his face was full of loss and slight sadness. After sighing, he looked away as if he was afraid that Zi Ling would see through his thoughts.

out of sight.

"Luo..."

Situ Jiluo, who looked away when Zi Ling called him like this, suddenly turned to look at her again. This was the first time that she didn't call him by his first name, or directly by his name, but affectionately.
Chapter completed!