Very much in love.
The words made Shang Hui pause.
He was very much in love with someone.
So in love, so very in love.
He loved her so much that he thought he could silently guard her for a lifetime, stubbornly wanted to guard her for a lifetime, and longed, so deeply longed, to guard her for his entire life.
Shang Hui took a step forward, embraced her shoulders, and said softly, "Let's go back."
Gu Xi didn't move, just looked up at him quietly, as if waiting for his answer.
"I know that to you, right now I'm just a stand-in. Gu Xi died in my place, and whether I wished for it or not, this is the result we've ended up with."
"But Shang Hui, whether you hate me or want to torment me, if I'm not her, then I'm not her. I can go along with whatever you want to do, but I beg you, please stop suffocating me by watching me like this, please?"
Gu Xi pleaded almost abjectly,
"I won't go to recognize my parents, won't tell them who I am, nor will I tell anyone else."
