"Oscar, I know you've done so much for me, but do you know the torment inside my heart? I keep telling myself to wait until the competition is over to break the truth to you, so it won't affect your cultivation. But deep down, I don't want to tell you because I don't want to leave you. I don't want to leave the first man I ever liked in my life. Do you understand?"
If Oscar had any hesitation before, it melted away as he listened to Ning Rongrong's plaintive, sob-filled voice.
Seeing the tears streaming down Ning Rongrong's face and listening to her share her feelings, Oscar realized for the first time that all his efforts hadn't been in vain. This was the first heart-to-heart they had ever had, and Oscar's gaze grew tender.
"Then why do you say we can't be together?" His voice grew calmer as he asked the question that puzzled his heart.
