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How could this be.
"I understand your thoughts. Being devoted is naturally not wrong." Zhu Pingniang laughed: "Alright, don't let me delay your dinner preparations. I'll leave now. Wen Li is still waiting for me."
"Mm." Although Xu Chang'an felt Zhu Pingniang was a bit strange, Zhu Pingniang rarely acted normally, so he didn't think much of it and returned to the kitchen to continue his tasks.
——
After Xu Chang'an left, Zhu Pingniang quickly walked away until she reached the window. The dim lights above finally made her stop and sigh softly.
Her face turned even more bitter, with a hint of the helplessness of a mature woman.
How contradictory—me.
It's precisely because she knows the terrifying devotion of the young man in front of her that she feels moved.
Could it be that she is like the women written about in books, who like the idea of older women with younger men?
But no, in her eyes, the one who could stir her desires would be Li Zhibai.
