Nanxi was somewhat stunned, "Lu Yinchu, what are you talking about!"
"Lu Yinchu, why don’t you trust me?" She could hear the robust heartbeat of the man, feel the warmth in his embrace, but Nanxi felt wronged and upset!
"I’m sorry!" Lu Yinchu started, holding the soft little body of Nanxi, his heart felt complicated!
"Lu Yinchu, tell me why? Why do you feel insecure? I don’t believe that I’m so irresistible to make Weihuan anxious and insecure, and now you become extremely sensitive... Weihuan certainly has reasons to justify his feelings, but what about you? Are you simply jealous? Or is it something else? Lu Yinchu, I don’t understand!"
Just before, when she observed that Li Weihuan and Lun Ying might have had a romantic involvement, her initial feeling was indeed not discomfort, but shock, disbelief, and worry!
After all, the person involved was Lun Ying, not Yi Mu. If everything turned out to be true, she wondered how Li Weihuan and Lun Ying would handle it?
Especially Lun Ying, her background destined her to be the one getting hurt! But to her surprise, Lu Yinchu would look at her in such a way!
With her eyes sparkling, Nanxi tightly clutched at the man’s collar, leaning onto his chest, filled with sadness.
"Nanxi, I was wrong, please don’t be upset..."
Nanxi remained silent, "Then tell me why? Didn’t you allow me to understand you? How can I understand you if you won’t tell me? Tell me, why do you feel insecure? Why can’t you trust me? Is it because of my past misdeeds or something else? Tell me!"
Lu Yinchu sighed, "Nanxi, it’s not that I feel insecure, but I fear..."
Nanxi looked surprised, "Fear?"
"Yes, Nanxi, you’re still young, so you possess the capriciousness and impulsiveness typical of your age, fickleness and sensitivity. From the time I met you, in these eight years, I’ve grown from twenty-four to thirty-two. Wealth, status, fame... I have them all! Naturally, the temptations I face are great! If it wasn’t for the overwhelming sorrow, so heavy that I can’t breathe, leaving me incapable of considering many things, I wouldn’t necessarily able to resist those temptations, let alone you... I’m afraid, that I’m growing old too fast, and you are so young. I fear the numerous temptations you face; I fear that I might lose you..."
Lu Yinchu sighed, gently ruffled Nanxi’s soft hair, "It’s said that God created man, then took a rib from man to make woman. So, every woman belongs to a man, only one man! This woman becomes the man’s bone of bones, flesh of flesh, with blood relation, inseparable. Without each other, they’re incomplete... I hope, Nanxi, that you are mine, only mine! Without you, I, Lu Yinchu, am incomplete!"
In reality, Nanxi knew that although Lu Yinchu was a man, he was incredibly sensitive. His sensitivity allowed him to see her clearly and conquer her step by step in his own way!
He didn’t use any harsh or coercive tactics. His methods were always gentle. He gave you the right to choose and saw through what you would choose. In front of you, he was difficult to understand, but in front of him, you were transparent!
The Lu Yinchu from before, he understood her so well. Now, Nanxi felt that Lu Yinchu still understood her. The hurtful words he said were probably because he himself was also a wounded person!
He was jealous, envious, because he felt that he was no longer young, at least compared with Nanxi and Li Weihuan, he was no longer young!
The process from innocence to maturity might be difficult, but possible. The transition from maturity to innocence, however, is almost impossible.
So all this while, while she was trying to grow up and fit into his world, all he could do was to allow himself to be immersed in her world, and to adapt to her immersion.
Suddenly feeling a surge of sympathy, Nanxi lifted her head, looked into the slightly tired, dark eyes of the man, and planted a soft kiss on his lips.
"Lu Yinchu, I feel the same. Without you, I would be incomplete too! A man lacking a rib might still look complete, but me, I am screwed. Like a lonely rib wandering around aimlessly, searching for my own slot to fit in, and terribly afraid to settle in some uncomfortable place..."