Speaking, two rings suddenly appeared in his hand, one of which he slid onto her finger, "For you."
The ring bore his name.
"You put one on me, too."
Gu Lili also took one and put it on him; it bore her name.
"Do you think your father, the Netherworld King, will agree to us getting married?"
"There might be some difficulties, but I will make him agree." He hoped to marry her soon, "Lili, I love you, from the past to now, it’s only ever been you."
"Did I also love you just as much in the past?" she asked.
"Yes." He affirmed confidently, "Once, your greatest love was me, Lili. If only I had found you sooner, then you wouldn’t need to marry Long Yubei. It’s my fault, I came too late. From now on, you can only belong to me. No one else is allowed to covet you, understand?"
Gu Lili’s eyes dimmed for an instant, then quickly shone again as she smiled, "Mhm, you have so many brothers, do you all get along well?"
"Although I have many brothers, each of us has a different surname because we have different mothers and follow our mother’s surname; We’re not full siblings, so I’m not very close with most of them."
"My god, does that mean your dad has thirteen wives?"
"That’s right, my father’s wives could only have one child each, and they can only have another if the child is dead and gone. Regardless of gender, but alas, every single one is a boy."
Gu Lili’s mouth fell open slightly, "Polygamy..."
"Don’t worry, I only want you."
"What are your brothers’ names?"
Su Changzhi replied, "Eldest brother is Hu Yang, second brother Zhang Qin, third brother Xu Mohan, fourth brother Yu Xing, fifth brother Weng Qingming, sixth brother An Zhenchi..."
He pondered for a moment and continued, "Seventh brother Long Chan, eighth brother Su XinXing, I am Ninth, tenth is Shan Langyuan, eleventh Wu Ling, twelfth Mi Xu Jie, thirteenth Sangtian Ye."
Gu Lili quietly memorized the names he gave, "Among those thirteen brothers of yours, who has the best temperament, and who the worst?"
"Among us, the ones with the best temperament are my sixth brother, eleventh brother, and thirteenth brother," Su Changzhi then said. "The worst-tempered are my third brother, seventh brother, and tenth brother."
"Why aren’t you included?"
Su Changzhi lowered his head and told her, "My temperament can be good or bad, I’m not clear myself which category I fall into."
Gu Lili laughed, "I think when you’re cold, you’re truly quite terrifying, but when you’re in a good mood, there’s such a big contrast."
"Don’t make me angry, and I will always be nice to you."
"Then tell me, what should I do to avoid making you angry?"
"Hmm... Don’t have anything to do with Long Yubei, not even the slightest bit. Other than that, I can’t think of anything right now."
"Are you that worried about me rekindling old flames with him?" Gu Lili spoke earnestly, "You’re the Ninth Prince, what’s there to worry about? Since my life is in your hands, if you tell me to go east, I definitely wouldn’t dare to go west."
"It’s because you’ve been married to him before, because you once belonged to him, because you once loved him."
"Knock, knock, knock."
Suddenly, the door was knocked upon.
Gu Lili’s nerves tensed up; in this house, besides herself and Su Changzhi, there was another man.
"Do you want to see him?"
Su Changzhi hummed affirmatively, "Yes, go open the door." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⚑fire.net
His tone left no room for doubt.
Gu Lili had to go to open the door, feeling strangely indescribable.
The door opened, and Long Yubei stood at the entrance.