Thankfully, he was powerless before her and had surrendered unconditionally. Then again, he probably wouldn't mind dying in her hands.
Xinghe looked at him curiously, wondering what nonsense he was talking about.
Mubai didn't explain but smiled to himself. This made Xinghe even more curious. "What are you smiling about?"
"I'm just happy."
"What are you happy about?" Xinghe suddenly realized that men's hearts are sometimes impossible to read.
"Happy that you didn't reject me…" Mubai leaned in slowly to plant a deep kiss on her lips.
…
Xinghe had been waiting for the Lin family to counter the pressure put on them.
Just as everyone thought the Lin family was going to die off, something incredible happened. On Shen Ru's boating trip, she accidentally fell into the ocean and almost drowned.