It was strange. At first, Lin Xiao rejected her because he had a reason, it was because he hated that tomboy, he felt that she had a bad temper with an arrogant personality and was hard to get along with. But after getting to know her more, he has gradually come to like her.
So since he didn’t hate that tomboy anymore and his impression of her completely changed, why doesn’t he just give in?
She was clearly devoted and even her father approved of him and wanted to personally bestow marriage, but why wasn’t he willing and wanting to delay it?
The reason he gave was that he had to finish the mission first, get the holy sword, cure sister Ying and then he could give a response to Claire, but that was nonsense!
What does the mission have to do with whether he agrees to Claire or not? It’s not like she wouldn’t like him if he fails the mission, it was two unrelated things!
“Yes, why? There should be a reason…”
Lin Xiao scratched his head and thought about it for a bit and seemed to have an answer.
“If I’m right, then it seems like she’s the first girl that’s chasing after me.”
“Hah? So you’re rejecting her because of that?”
“Yes.”
“Why? Are you crazy, I don’t get how they’re related.”
If Claire was the first girl who chased you, then according to normal logic, wouldn’t you happily agree? Why would it become a reason to refuse her?
“Hm, I don’t know how to explain it… perhaps it’s because of, lack of confidence?”
Although he was confident in everything else, he was useless in this aspect.
Claire was an unique existence within his experiences. There has never been a girl that liked him that much.
He was just a useless otaku, how did a representative king fall for him and wanted to marry him? That was too much for him, so he subconsciously refused.
“But even if you got married, you can still do what you want to do, and ShenDai Ying and I won’t… hm, anyways, it wont be too much of a difference.”
“No, actually, there is.”
“Are you afraid of her scolding you?”
“No, I’m afraid of myself.”
“Yourself?”
“Yes, I’m afraid that I’ll begin to worry about her feelings.”
“Lin Xiao, you…”
After hearing that, Elena stopped and looked at him and was met with a slightly awkward but sincere expression, and she immediately understood his thoughts.
Rather than lacking confidence, it was more like he was demanding too much of himself.
Because Claire was the first girl to chase after him, he didn’t want to fail to live up to her expectations and didn’t want to hurt her, and that’s why he had strict demands for himself.
He believed that if he agreed to Claire, then he had to be responsible for her to the end, and he couldn’t just laze around like before, and couldn’t tease her maid, or spend his time with Sister Ying. Though Claire wouldn’t force them apart, and wouldn’t mind if Lin Xiao took the two of them in, but it would still make him uncomfortable and make him feel indebted to her.
He didn’t want to feel like he owed her and didn’t want to make her disappointed.
Just like he said, as soon as he agrees to Claire, he would begin to worry about her feelings and that worry would become a burden that he wouldn’t be able to bear.
“Puh… so it was like that.”
After thinking it through, Elena broke out into a fit of laughter.
“Hm, laugh if you like, that’s just my true thoughts.”
“Haha, I’m not laughing at you, I just suddenly noticed something interesting.”
“W-what?”
“I suddenly realized that you look like a bad pervert, but you’re actually so innocent, you’re unexpectedly a pure little boy… isn’t that interesting?”
“A little boy? … You!?”
When Elena touched his pain point, his face flushed and couldn’t even squeeze a word out. After seeing that comical; expression, Elena found it even funnier and held her mouth as she laughed.
It has always been Lin Xiao bullying her and making her speechless, so this rare opportunity was like a breath of fresh air to hair. Now she finally understands why he liked teasing her so much!
“But… hehe, don’t feel bad, I don’t hate that side of you, rather, I like it, hehe.”
“Hm… what are you saying?”
“Did you know Lin Xiao? If you were just a pervert, I wouldn’t have put up with you that long, but from the start I believed that you only acted bad on the surface, but you were actually a pure and innocent little boy, that’s why I like… like.. y-yo… cough, n-never mind.”
“… So that’s why? Hm?”
When he heard what she said at the end, his eyes suddenly lit up and when he looked up at Elena’s flushed expression, he understood!
Hehe, since you teased me earlier, it’s my turn now!
“Cough… Elena, since I answered your question, then you should answer one of mine to be fair, right?”
“O-okay… ask away.”
Since Lin Xiao didn’t immediately grasp onto what she said, so Elena though he didn’t heard and was safe.
“Hey Elena, did you fall in love with me?”
“???”
In that instant, it was like Elena was struck by lightning, and her temperature rose even higher than earlier. She never expected this pervert to ask such a shameless question!
“Hey, why aren’t you responding? If you don’t say anything then I’ll take that as a yes.”
“W-what? You damn pervert, d-d-d-d-do you know what you’re saying!?”
“Of course… Elena, you fell in love with me, right?”
“W-w-w-why would I fall in love with a pervert like you? Are you delusional?”
“Just respond yes or no.”
“Of course not!”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Hah?”
“Because you’ve changed a lot recently.”
Lin Xiao found it funny as he looked at Elena, but he still acted seriously as he presented her with the evidence.
“Elena, have you not noticed? You’ve become much gentler recently… even if you still get angry, but you do treat me more gently.”
“???”
Elena was dumbfounded and didn’t understand what he was saying at all. Being more gentle with him… how did she not know about it herself?
“Look, you’re more worried about me than before, you’re more jealous, and you’re even worried about me and another woman, more importantly… when I bully you now, you don’t resist anymore, rather you enjoy it!”
“Shut up! You pervert! Who would enjoy it, the only reason I don’t resist is because, because…”
“Because you love me, and so our physical compatibility has improved, so you don’t resist anymore right?”
“??? Physical compatibility? What are you talking about!? Damn Lin Xiao, if you say anymore nonsense, I’ll… kill you!”
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