Chapter 132 - Mutual Feelings

Han Qingshan looked at Jiang Yingyue and tenderness flashed in his eyes. He could not help but feel that she was somewhat ditzy, and he reached out his hand to caress her head, but she retreated from his grasp, her eyes slightly red.

"Tell me first!" she demanded, and Han Qingshan could only shake his head in defeat.

"Has anyone ever told you that you are quite slow sometimes?" he asked her, his words causing Jiang Yingyue to frown. Why was she slow?

Han Qingshan could feel her puzzlement, and he sighed. She was indeed slow.

"Come with me," he said and went into the sitting room. Jiang Yingyue followed, her heart was beating rapidly, and she was nervous.

Still, she followed him into the sitting room and slowly sat down next to him, wondering if he would give her an answer or keep her hanging.

"You asked me if I like you," Han Qingshan started, "I want to ask you the same question, do you like me?"

Hearing the question, Jiang Yingyue's face flushed red, and she was unable to control the tremor that ran through her body. If she did not like him, would she have asked such a question?

Still, she was not willing to be the first to answer, so she calmed her nerves, twisted her hands in her lap, and said curtly, "I asked first, so you answer first."

Hearing her answer, Han Qingshan once again chuckled as he suddenly reached out and dragged her into his embrace. He gently stroked her hair and planted a kiss on the top of her head.

"Do you think I would touch you like I do if I did not like you? Do you really think I am some scumbag who just wants to use you?"

Jiang Yingyue's eyebrows furrowed as she tried to decipher whether or not this meant that he loved her, but after thinking about it, he was indeed not such a person.

So that could only mean one thing.

Thinking like this, her heart skipped a beat and almost broke out of her chest. She no longer dared to look at him, her face was as red as a tomato, and she was incredibly bashful.

Although she had asked this question, now that she had the answer, she was not sure what to do with it. Were they a pair? What was their relationship? Lovers? Were they in a romantic relationship? Sugar daddy?

No matter how she thought about it, she was uncomfortable. She wanted them to be boyfriend and girlfriend. To be in a purely romantic relationship, not one where it was an exchange of benefits or the like, but was he going to agree to this?

Was she even fit to be his girlfriend? She was from a poor background, and her last nine years had been lived with a fake ID. Was it not too scandalous to become the girlfriend of the number one desired young man in the entire country?

Han Qingshan looked at Jiang Yingyue and saw her nervousness. He sensed that she was not feeling confident, and he cupped her cheek with his hand as he placed a gentle peck on her lips.

"Don't overthink, I already know that you like me, just like I like you," he said. "So, in the end, why don't we make it official? Be my woman, and I will protect you. Be mine, and I swear to never turn my back to you, to never let you down, and to never disappoint you. If I betray you, I will gladly let you chop me into pieces. I will only have you in my eyes, so have faith in me."

Jiang Yingyue's eyes turned teary as she listened to Han Qingshan and without overthinking, she hooked her arms around his neck and buried her face in his naked chest, her tears streaming down her cheeks.

Han Qingshan felt the fire in his body being ignited, but he held back as he just hugged her to his chest, allowing her to vent all her worries and fears.

She kept crying for a full half hour before her tears finally stopped and she almost fell asleep from exhaustion.

Han Qingshan was feeling how his heart was filled at that moment. Although he felt pain from seeing her cry, he knew that he would make it so that, in the future, she'd not shed tears. So he allowed her to vent her emotions this time.

When the tears hung from her eyelashes, he leaned forward and captured them with his lips, kissing away the trails of tears on her face.

"You're my girlfriend now, and I'll be only yours," Han Qingshan whispered to her with a tender voice filled with affection. "Be proud of being yourself, and don't be scared of anything, I will look after you and protect you."

Jiang Yingyue nodded her head, and her eyelashes fluttered as she looked into the eyes of Han Qingshan. Boundless love was displayed in these eyes, and Han Qingshan's own eyes widened in shock. Never before had he seen such a meaningful gaze from her, and although he had seen many people being infatuated with him, this was the first time he felt that it was terrific to be looked at with so much love.

"Don't look at me like that, I can't hold back," he said with a hoarse voice as he leaned in and captured her lips with his own, sealing any protest or defense that Jiang Yingyue might have had.