Yingzi(3)

"Ah, those two? They're my partners, Meixiu and Chu Liuxiang." Yuan explained.

"Partner… so you're breeding them?" she spoke calmly. The weird phrasing and her calm tone sent shivers down Yuan's spine.

He cleared his throat and explained, "While some humans enter a relationship with the determination and intent of having children, not everyone wants children. We became partners because we love each other."

"What is love?"

"It's an emotion we feel towards someone we want to be with forever—someone you really like. For example, you like to eat food, right? Love is basically several times more intense than that."

"Hm. I still don't understand."

Yuan pondered for a moment before asking her, "How do you feel about me? What emotions do I invoke from you?"

Yingzi stared at his handsome face in silence.