Chapter 309: 309

Chapter 309: I Love You, and That Makes Everything Worth It

Si Mobai held his breath as his heart began thumping wildly in his chest . He looked expectantly at Feng Tianlan, waiting to hear whatever she was about to say .

Feng Tianlan pursed her lips determinedly, then raised her eyes . Their gazes met directly . She said, “Stop liking me and wasting your time and energy on me . I do not wish to owe you any more favors . ”

She was indebted enough to Si Mobai . Only counting the three times that he had pulled her out of a major crisis, this was already more than she could ever possibly repay .

Si Mobai’s breath hitched, and he balled his hands into a tight fist . With great restraint, he forced down his overwhelming anger, which was about to explode . The last thing he wanted was to scare her again .

Feng Tianlan watched him take one step toward her, then another . She instinctively fell back but caught herself almost immediately . Unfearingly, she looked up straight into his eyes . Even if he were to fly into a rage right then and there, she would still refuse him .

“You owe me so much that you can’t ever repay me . You might as well owe me more . ” Si Mobai stopped directly in front of her . The thought of making her repay him had never crossed his mind . She belonged to him, so it was only natural that he would help her .

“But I don’t like you . No matter how much you do for me, it will never be worth it . ” Once bitten, twice shy . All Feng Tianlan felt in regards to love was fear . Also, their situation at present did not give her permission to talk about relationships .

Si Mobai lowered his head slightly, closing in on Feng Tianlan, and observed a slight blush gradually spreading across her cheeks . He answered, “You once said that nothing is a waste if the other party is loyal . We can use that very same logic to describe us . I love you, and that makes everything worth it . ”

His warm, heated breath wafted across her face, and Feng Tianlan’s breathing quickened . Her small face soon turned red, as if she could physically feel her heartbeat speeding up . This was a feeling she’d never experienced before, even when she was with Jiang Ying .

“Furthermore, not liking me now doesn’t mean that you won’t like me forever . ” Si Mobai couldn’t resist pinching her cheeks when he saw her pink flush . “If I gave up simply because you turned me down once, I would be unworthy of your affection . ”

Feng Tianlan leaned back, putting some distance between them . “But it’ll take a long, long time . I may honestly never fall for you . That’s why it is really not worth it . ”

“You’re such a blockhead . I didn’t fall for you just so that you would return my feelings . ” Si Mobai chuckled to see that Feng Tianlan had leaned back so far so that she was almost curled up a prawn . He pulled her back to him by her slender waist and made her rest against his chest . “All you need to do is to accept everything I give you without any reservations or guilt . Learn to enjoy how well I am treating you, for this is what you deserve . ”

Feng Tianlan’s eyes widened in surprise . Si Mobai said this with such earnestness that she began to waver . Could his words be true? Was he doing all of this without needing her to reciprocate his feelings?

“My love for you is the greatest reason . Enjoy it until the day that you open your heart . When you are finally ready to acknowledge how you truly feel deep down . ” Si Mobai placed a fluttering, light kiss on her cheek and tucked a few rogue strands of hair behind her ear . “The harder something is to obtain, the more precious it is, and the more one cherishes it . ”

Feng Tianlan blinked, seemingly convinced . It was as if the fierce, scary Si Mobai who’d threatened her that day had been an entirely different man .

“Of course, the requirement is that you can only be mine . Either you fall in love with me and me alone, or that you fall in love with no one . ” One look was it took for Si Mobai to see through her thoughts . He hugged her tightly and planted a chaste kiss on her red lips . Then, he swallowed the rest of his sentence before it could roll out of his lips so that he would not scare her again .

If she dared to flirt with other men, he would kill those men, no matter what it took .

Feng Tianlan pushed him away and glared at him with wide eyes . As expected, this man had flipped in a second . When forcing her to accept his goodwill, he was overbearing and adamant—he would never take no for an answer . She had not forgotten how scary he was just a few days ago . Terrifying as a demon .

Si Mobai loosened his grip . With great longing, he caressed her lips and murmured, “Rest well . ” He needed to return for a quick shower . A kiss from her was all it took to arouse him .