No matter how much Su Yunling wants to spend the rest of his life with the person in front of him, the premise must be that she likes him too.

In the days to come, if she finds someone she likes more, he will also give her a chance to leave.

But there will only be one chance.

After hearing Su Yunling’s words, Gu Zhiqi was silent for a long time, looking down at the hairpin in her hand.

Finally, she put the hairpin away.

"Even if you want it back, I won’t return it to you." With that, she leaned forward toward Su Yunling and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Apart from you, I won’t fall for anyone else."

She has lived for hundreds of years, seen many people, countless of them beautiful, and many with great personalities.

But she had never been moved.

He was an exception.

He would be the only exception.

Feeling her arms around him, Su Yunling’s body stiffened slightly, then he placed the bouquet he was holding to the side, pulled her closer, and hugged her tight, "Mm, I believe you."

Gu Zhiqi: "Liar, if you believed me, you wouldn’t have given me that hairpin."

Su Yunling chuckled, placing his palm on Gu Zhiqi’s back, patting it gently as he patiently explained, "Believing you and fearing you’d regret it are two different things."

"You’re still young now, your thoughts and emotions are still growing, you might regret it in the future."

"I want you to be happy, more than I want to possess you."

"If one day, you regret it, and I keep you tied to me, how could you be happy?"

"So, I’m giving you a chance to regret."

Gu Zhiqi: "..."

She raised her head from Su Yunling’s embrace, looked at him, and asked, "Even if I change my heart, you’ll let me go?"

Su Yunling seriously thought for a few seconds, then nodded, and then said earnestly, "Someone who could make you change your heart must be better than me..."

Before he could finish, Gu Zhiqi covered his mouth with her hand.

"Stop talking."

Su Yunling looked down at her.

"Not a word that I want to hear," Gu Zhiqi whispered, then lowered her hand and wrapped her arms around Su Yunling’s waist again, resting against his chest.

True to his promise, Su Yunling didn’t speak again, just slightly lowered his gaze, looking at her.

Maybe she was too tired, as in less than two minutes, Gu Zhiqi was asleep in Su Yunling’s arms.

Su Yunling gently adjusted his posture to make her more comfortable, then continued to gaze at Gu Zhiqi.

After a while, he lightly stroked Gu Zhiqi’s head and softly murmured, "I will do my best to make sure you never regret it."

She’ll only have one chance to leave, but he’ll give her countless reasons to stay.

**

An hour later, the car arrived at the Yun Family’s house.

Su Yunling glanced at the person in his arms, then at the jade carved flower next to them, and finally at the one sitting in the driver’s seat.

"Yun Miao."

"Yes... ouch~"

Yun Miao had been concentrating on driving the whole time, so he couldn’t really recall what had happened in the car earlier.

As soon as the car stopped, Yun Miao started thinking about the conversation between Su Yunling and Gu Zhiqi, and once Su Yunling spoke, Yun Miao reflexively stood up.

As a result, he bumped his head.

After wincing in pain, Yun Miao glanced at Su Yunling, "Master, what is it?"

"Hold the flowers and come with me inside."

After Su Yunling spoke, he carried Gu Zhiqi out of the car.

Yun Miao: ?

Isn’t it possible to just store the flowers in the storage ring?

Or has the master’s intelligence dropped due to being in love?

Even though he was full of doubts, Yun Miao still responded and then got out of the car holding the flowers.