Love You for the Rest of My Life

Chapter 1166: This is Not Frivolity, but Certainty

He lit a cigarette, his slender fingers skillfully holding it, took a drag, leisurely exhaled a smoke ring, licked his lips, then shifted his gaze towards Bo Chenghe, with a provocatively indifferent smile that was enough to turn the world upside down. He spoke with a magnificent voice, neither pleased nor angry, "Hasn’t anyone told you that it’s very rude to disturb others?"

Bo Chenghe looked at him, speechless for a while before finally speaking, "Do you really like Xuanxuan?"

Hearing this, Nangong Jin lazily curled his lips, tilting his head as he looked at Bo Chenghe, "Like her or not, what’s that to you?"

Bo Chenghe’s eyes slightly hardened, unwilling to back down in the face of Nangong Jin’s provocative words. Instead, he stared straight at him and said seriously, "If you like her, treat her well; if you like her, don’t take her lightly. You might be impatient because you’re older, but don’t forget Xuanxuan is still young.

Nangong Jin, let me tell you something, the girl I’ve protected for twenty years—if you dishonor her, I will stake my life to settle the score with you. Remember that."

At that moment, Di Jinxuan just happened to be about to come out, opening the door just in time to hear Bo Chenghe’s words, leaving her stunned inside the doorway.

Bo Chenghe liked her, didn’t he? But why would he tell everyone else and not her?

Di Jinxuan’s eyes fell into confusion; she stood quietly behind the door, not going out. She wanted to hear Nangong Jin’s response.

Nangong Jin was silent at first, but after a moment he frowned and stared back at Bo Chenghe, "You like her yet don’t even dare to speak up, let alone take action. What’s the point of saying all this to me? What I’m doing isn’t taking her lightly; it’s certainty. I’m certain she’s the only one for me in this lifetime, and no other woman will I touch besides her.

I can’t live without her. If I can’t win her over in one year, I’ll try for two years; if two years aren’t enough, I’ll try for ten; and if ten years still won’t do, I’ll pursue her a lifetime. So, I’m just exercising my rights in advance.

The reason I dare to exercise my rights in advance is that I’m ready to take responsibility for her—for her life, her body, her mood, her happiness or unhappiness, her joy or lack thereof. I’m willing to be responsible for all of it. What about you? Do you dare?"

Speaking thus, Nangong Jin’s peach blossom eyes showed a wild audacity, the challenge unmistakably directed from one man to another. He looked unabashedly at Bo Chenghe, "Maybe my love for her hasn’t lasted as long as yours, but I don’t know what your so-called life-staking protection consists of. Did you flee overseas because of a falling out between the families? Now that Bo Chengxin’s issue is resolved, you’re back?

Bo Chenghe, no disrespect, but you’re either too young, overthinking things, or not behaving like a man. Telling me all this is pointless, because the woman who belongs to me is my responsibility; it has nothing to do with you. I’m actually curious to see what this life-staking protection of yours looks like."

As he spoke, Nangong Jin spread a casual smile and slowly took a gun from the holster at his right side, methodically disengaged the magazine, removed several bullets, leaving just one, then adeptly spun the chamber into place with a flick of his hand.

With a quirk of his brow and an air of unprecedented darkness, his peach blossom eyes reflected a cold glint, like that of an African poisonous snake, nothing like the shameless and flirtatious demeanor from before.