Chapter 130: Chapter 113: Can We Not Cancel the Engagement?

Jun Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up in an instant.

His molten-gold eyes shimmered with a brilliant light. A faint blush spread across his sharp, handsome features, a telltale sign of his overwhelming excitement.

’Take... take responsibility.’

’Does she mean she wants to marry me and be with me?’

It was like a blessing had fallen from the heavens, leaving Jun Lin Yuan dizzy with happiness.

The handsome man’s hands, hanging at his sides, clenched into tight fists, the veins on their backs bulging. His palms grew damp with a fine layer of sweat from the sheer thrill of it all.

Just as he was about to agree, Yu Lan’s voice cut in.

The beautiful young female looked at Jun Lin Yuan, her expression filled with worry.

"Jun Lin Yuan, let me take you to the hospital."

"How about we go get you checked out?"

"Don’t worry, I’ll take full responsibility. I’ll cover all the medical bills, you don’t have to worry about a thing."

As she spoke, Yu Lan quickly pulled up her mobile banking app, displaying her account balance for Jun Lin Yuan to see, proving she wasn’t bluffing.

’Oh, *that’s* the kind of responsibility she meant.’

A flash of disappointment crossed Jun Lin Yuan’s mind.

Then, his eyes widened, and his heart leaped into his throat.

’No, no, no. This is bad.’

’I absolutely cannot go to the hospital right now.’

’If I go to the hospital, the fact that I’m faking this illness to trick Yu Lan will be completely exposed. What will she think of me then? She’ll definitely hate me.’

Jun Lin Yuan’s hands wrung together nervously.

In the adjacent private room, Huo Zhanting and the others also understood what Yu Lan had meant by "responsibility." The tense atmosphere eased, and they let out a slight sigh of relief.

A flicker of amusement crossed Su Xingye’s eyes. ’Let’s see how Jun Lin Yuan is going to keep up this act now.’

’It’d be best if his true colors were exposed right in front of Lanlan.’

"What’s wrong? Is there a problem?"

Jun Lin Yuan didn’t answer for a long moment.

Yu Lan found this strange and watched him with growing concern.

She watched as Jun Lin Yuan lowered his gaze and took a breath, as if steeling himself for something, before he finally spoke.

"I’m sorry, Lanlan, I can’t go to the hospital."

"This might be a little hard for you to understand, but I’ve had gynophobia since I was a child."

Jun Lin Yuan gave a bitter smile. Seeing the shocked, stunned look on Yu Lan’s face as he dropped this bombshell, he continued,

"It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? In a world where all males are madly in love with females, where protecting females is the number one priority, I’m somehow afflicted with gynophobia."

"Whenever I come into contact with a female, I break out in an uncontrollable rash, I vomit, I get dizzy and nauseous."

"So..."

Jun Lin Yuan’s voice trailed off, filled with despair.

"My parents took me to see all the major hospitals when I was young, but not a single doctor could solve this problem."

"Instead, they’d just look at me with these strange eyes, as if I were some kind of monster. Even my own parents..."

Jun Lin Yuan didn’t continue.

But Yu Lan already understood.

In this world, someone like Jun Lin Yuan, who had gynophobia, was an outcast.

Everyone took pride in getting close to females, yet he was the one person who would get sick just by being near them.

On some of the more isolated planets, a condition like his might be seen as a sign that he was rejected by females, destined never to be liked by them—a being to be abandoned or even sacrificed.

Yu Lan could already imagine all the strange looks Jun Lin Yuan must have endured since childhood.

The thought of a young Jun Lin Yuan being ostracized by all his peers and disliked by his own parents made Yu Lan’s heart ache with sympathy.

It had nothing to do with romantic love.

It was the care and compassion a kind, empathetic person feels for the vulnerable.

At that moment, in the next room, Li Yucheng was so furious he almost laughed.

He cursed out loud.

"Shameless."

"Jun Lin Yuan has absolutely no shame."

’To think he could spin such a lie.’

’Lanlan must be heartbroken for him by now.’

’Is he going to say he’s allergic to all females *except* for Lanlan next?’

Li Yucheng was so angry his chest heaved.

Meanwhile, Yu Lan had already scrambled to her feet, trying to put a little more distance between herself and Jun Lin Yuan.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with concern as she looked at him.

"Are you okay right now, then?"

"I’ll have a server bring in some allergy medicine."

"I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten so close to you just now, and I definitely shouldn’t have suggested going to the hospital."

Yu Lan was now filled with both frustration and regret.

She felt as if she had just stepped on two landmines at once.

Her heart was in turmoil, a mix of anxiety, worry, and remorse.

’What a kind, gentle, beautiful young female.’

’No wonder she could make men like Huo Zhanting and the others bow their heads.’

’I want her so badly, so badly, so badly!’

It was true that Jun Lin Yuan had "gynophobia," but his so-called aversion was merely a disgust for females who could receive special treatment without having to do a thing.

Arrogant and condescending, they used their status as females to humiliate males at will.

How could he ever submit to a female like that?

Only Yu Lan.

Among all the females who feigned gentleness and kindness to win the favor of High-level males, she was so different.

Jun Lin Yuan could see that Yu Lan was genuinely kind, from start to finish. It wasn’t an act.

And this realization made Jun Lin Yuan tremble with excitement.

It was like someone who had walked a lonely path for so long that they’d begun to doubt themselves, to wonder if they were just being fanciful, if they had been wrong all along, if they should just resign themselves to their fate.

And then, a person completely different from every other female he had ever met truly appeared before him.

From this day forward,

everyone else was just a passing cloud. Only the person before him, this beautiful young female, was the harbor for his soul.

Jun Lin Yuan shook his head.

"It’s alright, Lanlan."

At this, a hint of hesitation appeared on the handsome man’s face.

"You probably won’t believe this,"

"Even though I’ve been unable to get close to other females since I was a child—I get sick just from contact with them."

"Somehow, when I’m with you, I don’t have any problems at all."

"I think... you might be my fated female."

"If I can’t be with you, then I can never accept another female in my life."

"About calling off the engagement... can we put that on hold for now? Lanlan, I’m begging you, please give me a chance. Let’s just try, okay? I’ll be so good to you."

As the handsome male spoke, he dropped to one knee before Yu Lan.

He took her right hand and brought it to his thin lips.

A searing, hot kiss was pressed against the back of her delicate, fair hand.

The tall, handsome adult male assumed a posture of submission, tilting his head up to gaze at Yu Lan with focused, ardent, molten-gold eyes.

Stared at with such intensity, Yu Lan couldn’t help but blush.

At the same time, her mind was a tangled mess. She had never expected things to turn out like this.

’I clearly came here to break off the engagement.’

’How did it come to this? All this talk about gynophobia and being my fated female...’

Scheming males, trying to stop a female from leaving, had always been known to resort to any means necessary.