novelraw Chapter 509 - 523 Abolished -
Chapter 509 - 523 Abolished -
The girl’s sparkling eyes stared back at him, and under such a gaze, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy and guilty.Would his girl forgive him? He had personally felt the harm he caused her, to the point where she even became fearful of relationships.
After a moment, An Ran finally came to her senses.
"Wait, wait, let me process this," An Ran sat up straight, lowered her eyes, and rubbed her forehead, "Are you saying that back then... it was you? And that you always knew it was me?"
An Ran pointed to her own nose as she asked.
"I’m sorry, Ranran, I intended to find you immediately back then, but there was a flood in Linjiang, and orders are orders. I had to go to the front line for flood relief first. I planned to come back and find you afterward, but I almost didn’t make it back and ended up being saved by you." Mu Xingfeng, looking like an obedient little husband admitting his mistake, held An Ran’s little hand as he spoke.
"Then... Instructor Mu, are you being good to me and marrying me because you feel responsible for me?"
An Ran asked dejectedly.
If that were the case, she would rather not have this affection. She didn’t want a guilt-ridden relationship and certainly didn’t want to bind Instructor Mu with it. She had saved Instructor Mu, but how many times had Instructor Mu saved her?
"Initially, that was my thought. However, when I was drowning in despair, my thoughts changed. When you saved me for the second time, I was sure—it wasn’t just about responsibility; my heart was lost too."
Mu Xingfeng looked at her and said seriously.
"Liar, how could you have changed your thoughts in that moment? It was so dark and we were in the car; I couldn’t even see your face clearly when you fell into the water." An Ran obviously didn’t believe his explanation.
"Want to hear the truth?" Mu Xingfeng suddenly hugged her.
An Ran nodded; she indeed wanted to understand the true nature of their feelings. She knew she had completely fallen in love with Mu Xingfeng but didn’t want him to be with her out of guilt.
"Because of a feeling."
It was a soul-deep connection. From that moment on, he had recognized her in his heart. Updates are released by Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
"You..." An Ran didn’t know what to say, her small face blushing like an apple, she glared at Mu Xingfeng angrily.
Mu Xingfeng loved this look of hers. Seeing her expression, he knew his little girl wasn’t mad at him.
An Ran, feeling annoyed, pushed him but he didn’t budge.
Finally, she ruthlessly bit the man.
"Hiss—"
Mu Xingfeng looked at the girl in his arms with an aggrieved expression. This was the first time his little girl had bitten him; even when they hadn’t expressed their feelings before, she never bit him.
"My wife~~"
Mu Xingfeng called out aggrievedly.
...
He discovered that after they had talked things through, his little girl had practically become a different person. She was no longer timid and cautious around him. This refreshed An Ran, like the radiant sun of spring, so dazzling and even more loveable to him.
Whether it was because her mind was at ease or because she had returned to this warm and familiar embrace, that night, An Ran slept particularly soundly.
When she opened her eyes, Mu Xingfeng was no longer beside her. An Ran thought he probably had something to attend to and left early, so she got up and washed herself.
While brushing her teeth, she heard some movement outside the door. Moments later, she saw Mu Xingfeng carrying breakfast into the room.
Seeing An Ran already awake, he greeted her, "Wife, hurry up and finish washing, come have breakfast."
An Ran listened to him calling her "wife" so smoothly and felt a bit speechless. How much had he lacked a wife?
She really doubted that before she met Mu Xingfeng, he truly had no interest in women as his sister said. He hadn’t even given Lin Ruonan a second glance despite her chasing him for twenty years.
Now, seeing his flashy appearance, if not for remembering some past events between them, she would have suspected that his inner self had changed.
Breakfast was her favorite soup dumplings and millet porridge, along with two tea eggs.
Except for his preference for heavy flavors in food, Mu Xingfeng was not picky. Whenever he bought breakfast, it was always according to An Ran’s tastes.
An Ran couldn’t finish two eggs, so after eating one, she wrapped the other and placed it in Mu Xingfeng’s bowl.
A seemingly casual gesture that warmed Mu Xingfeng’s heart.
"Wife, I’ll be returning to the team in two days. After that, I can only come here on weekends. Once I rejoin the team, you should move back to the dormitory," Mu Xingfeng said while eating.
An Ran nodded. She hadn’t planned to move out anyway. She knew Mu Xingfeng wouldn’t be staying here all the time, and with Xiao Xiao, her best friend, at school, she was reluctant to leave her.