"It feels like someone is watching us."

Selena blinked and observed her surroundings.

Xu Nuo also looked around, then stepped forward to hold Selena’s small hand.

"How could anyone be watching us? We’re not doing anything we shouldn’t be doing."

"Eh? Something we shouldn’t be doing?"

Selena’s attention was immediately caught by Xu Nuo’s words.

"What shouldn’t we do?" she asked curiously, blinking her beautiful big eyes.

Xu Nuo held her hand, watching the warm spring sunshine fall on her youthful, energetic little face, his handsome face approaching.

"Speaking of which, Xingtong, you seem to be an adult now."

"Yes! I’m an adult!"

She said, pointing to the black lace choker around her neck.

"This is a gift from madam for my coming-of-age."

"Hmm." Xu Nuo smiled.

"Since you’re an adult, there’s no question of right or wrong, only whether you want to or not."

"I want to! As long as I’m with Nuo, Xingtong wants it!"

Selena looked up seriously at Xu Nuo. Her simple words made Xu Nuo feel a bit guilty and a bit heartache.

The girl in front of him was perfect, with only the shortcoming of intelligence not matching her age.

But it didn’t matter, with him by her side, she could have an IQ of 200.

He looked at her, lifting his hand to gently cup her cheek, his heart racing as he bent down to kiss her cherry lips.

Hardly had he finished kissing when Selena kissed him back.

He was no longer surprised by this kind of "reciprocal courtesy" from her.

Their time together wasn’t long, and perhaps, Selena still didn’t understand the deeper meaning of love. She only knew she wanted to protect him and be responsible for him.

She only knew that with Xu Nuo, she was happy.

Thinking about these things, Xu Nuo really didn’t know if he was joyful or despondent.

Yet, he couldn’t help but feel a bit lonely.

He looked affectionately at the girl, who smiled goofily at him, and felt his heart soften.

"Xingtong, do you like me?"

He asked, his lingering gaze openly expressing his gentle affection for her.

Selena blinked naively, then nodded vigorously.

"Yes, Xingtong likes Nuo, likes him very much, very much!"

She looked at him, answering earnestly.

Xu Nuo’s eyes flickered with surprise and joy.

Like.

She said she liked him.

A wave of excited emotion surged up, so intense it choked him up.

"Nuo, what’s wrong? Are you going to cry?"

Selena asked, puzzled, her bright eyes blinking as she curved her lips into a smile.

"Nuo, do you like Xingtong? It has to be the kind where you like her very much."

"Very much, very much, Nuo likes Xingtong the most, the most..." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Xu Nuo confessed, suddenly raising his hand to embrace Selena’s shoulders, pulling her into his arms.

Maybe it was because his journey of over twenty years had been too lonely, that holding her at this moment made him feel a sense of fulfillment and joy, as if possessing the whole world.

He never had friends, nor was he willing to make any, regardless of gender.

Perhaps because hatred had occupied too much of his mind over the years, he never let his emotions loose, even though he was once moved by Yan Xinxin.

But after meeting the girl in his arms, everything uncontrollably transformed qualitatively...

"Xingtong, you must be with me for a lifetime, take responsibility for me for a lifetime."

"Hmm!"

"Never leave me, no matter how much pressure the outside world puts on us."

"Hmm!"

Hearing Selena’s firm answer, Xu Nuo felt his eyes warm.

He let go, looking at her still silly smile, yet this time he had no hesitation in bending down to deeply kiss her soft lips...