Li Wuyu wouldn’t let the two maidservants touch her, and she finally couldn’t help crying, but she didn’t forget to continue putting on her shoes.
Upon seeing Li Wuyu cry, Wang Youbao felt extremely distressed and wasn’t sure what to do, so he could only repeatedly bow and apologize to Li Wuyu, "Miss Li, I don’t know what I did wrong; just tell me, and I will change everything. As long as you stop crying, I will change everything."
Li Wuyu ignored him and continued putting on her shoes while crying.
Wang Youbao, both anxious and distressed, bowed and apologized again, "I really don’t know where I went wrong to upset you. I just wanted to say that I am aware of your feelings and that I feel the same way towards you."
At his words, Li Wuyu immediately stopped her actions of putting on shoes and stopped crying. She looked up at Wang Youbao with tears in her eyes and asked with a choked voice, "What did you say?"
Only then did Wang Youbao realize he had been too hasty and blurted out his feelings so blatantly. His face immediately turned red, and he was too embarrassed to look at Li Wuyu, so he immediately looked away.
Li Wuyu had never seen Wang Youbao with his face and ears so red. She felt even surer she hadn’t heard wrong. However, she still wasn’t completely certain, so she asked again, "Youbao, what did you just say?"
"This..." Wang Youbao hemmed and hawed for a long while, but still didn’t answer Li Wuyu.
Li Wuyu wasn’t in a hurry, but she pretended to continue putting on her shoes to leave, which immediately made Wang Youbao panic again, and he blurted out, "I have taken a liking to you!"
Finally, having heard these words, Li Wuyu stopped putting on her shoes and looked at Wang Youbao, and then the tears started to fall down plop-plop.
Wang Youbao was again both anxious and distressed, while also feeling deeply helpless. Despite his flushed face and ears, he cautiously asked, "What have I done to upset you now?"
"Pfft." Li Wuyu burst into laughter through her tears. "You haven’t upset me, I am happy."
Wang Youbao’s face and ears turned even redder, as if they were about to bleed. At the same time, he let out a big sigh of relief.
Without needing Wang Youbao to ask her, Li Wuyu took off the shoes she had put on by herself and sat back down on the bed.
Seeing Li Wuyu sit back on the bed, Wang Youbao also sat back down on the round stool, but he wouldn’t look at Li Wuyu. Instead, he looked at the ground. His face and ears were still red.
Li Wuyu had just been too happy to be shy, but now that she sat back on the bed and had calmed down a bit, she too started to feel bashful and her face turned slightly red.
Her Youbao also liked her...
The more she thought about it, the redder Li Wuyu’s face became, until she was as flushed as Wang Youbao.
Both feeling embarrassed, they kept their heads down, one looking at the ground, the other at the bed, and they occasionally stole glances at each other.
By chance, their eyes met in midair while stealing glances at each other, and their faces and ears turned even redder in an instant.
Wang Youbao thought to himself that since he was a man, he couldn’t just keep silent forever, so he cleared his throat and said, "You take care of your injury. Once you are healed, we can properly discuss our matters."
Li Wuyu, who was more impetuous, immediately responded to Wang Youbao’s words, "There’s no need to wait until I’m healed; you can say it now just the same."
Wang Youbao fell silent for a moment before saying, "Alright." He paused, "I am still in mourning, and it’s not appropriate to hold celebratory events in my family. If you’re willing, after my mourning period is over, I will come to your residence to propose."
Li Wuyu immediately said, "I am willing!"
Wang Youbao: "..." Even if you’re happy, can’t you be a little less straightforward?