Chapter 217: Putting the Small Picture into the Pouch

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"Behave, stop fussing." His tone was as though he were cajoling a three-year-old child, but the increasingly tight grip on her wrist betrayed his anxious emotions; he was afraid she would hold on to her own opinions.

Xiao Ruo looked at the wrist he was holding, and her already wavering heart began to sway even more.

He looked at her, his voice gentle, "Ruoruo, I like the real you."

He liked her optimism, her occasional mischief, her sporadic ill intentions, her sporadic self-admiration, and even more, the way she was infatuated with him...

Xiao Ruo blinked, then blinked again, "Brother Fu, did you just say you like me?"

Brother Fu was confessing to her!

"Did I say I didn't like you?" Fu Hanwen gazed at her intensely, his meaning clear without words.

Xiao Ruo's clear, sky-blue eyes sparkled, then dimmed in an instant, "But you never said you liked me either."

You little thing, let's see if you're still going to beat around the bush!