"Huo Yuhao..."
Zhu Yun lay on the bed, muttering the name in a daze.
After Huo Yuhao left, she asked her mother many things about him.
Born to a woman who wasn't even considered a concubine, abused by the entire Duke mansion since childhood, unable to even see his own father, and later even losing his most important mother.
It was truly tragic. Compared to him, her own experiences were nothing.
"But why... why can he be so strong?"
Not only did he not get defeated by setbacks and give up on himself like she did, but he even brought her home when she was lost, bringing her warmth when she needed help the most.
Yet, he was only one year older than her.
Compared to him, she was truly pathetic.
"Woo..."
Zhu Yun buried her face in the pillow, kicking the blanket with her legs.
She had heard before that someone from the Zhu family might be engaged to a child from the Dai family. At that time, she was very resistant to the idea of getting engaged to someone she had never met.
But now, she had no such thoughts at all. Instead, thinking about the possibility of being with that boy filled her heart with a kind of anxious emotion.
She really wanted to talk to him again.
She really wanted to hold his hand again.
She really wanted to see his smiling face again.
Her mind was truly filled with things related to him, making Zhu Yun wonder if she was sick.
"I really want to be Brother Yuhao's bride..."
The words in her heart escaped her lips unconsciously. Zhu Yun was startled and quickly covered her mouth with her small hand in a panic.
Fortunately, no one heard her muttering to herself, and her wildly beating heart finally calmed down a little.
"Miss, it's time to leave!"
Hearing the servant calling her from outside, Zhu Yun took a deep breath and walked out of the room.
Today was the day to test the compatibility of their martial souls, and it was also the day she would see Huo Yuhao again.
Actually, this activity should have taken place on the day Zhu Yun's martial soul awakened, but because there was still some time before the fourth young master of the Dai family, Dai Luoli, awakened his martial soul, they waited a few more months for him.
Today, they would test the compatibility with both Huo Yuhao and Dai Luoli.
Zhu Yun sat in the carriage nervously, her heart completely filled with excitement, anticipation, anxiety, and expectation. Even the words of her usually most respected mother went in one ear and out the other, failing to register in her mind.
As a result, when she got out of the carriage and saw Huo Yuhao again, her mind went blank, and she didn't know what to say.
She only knew that she couldn't take her eyes off him.
The three children were led together by the adults from both sides to attempt the fusion.
When she held Huo Yuhao's hand again after a week, Zhu Yun's heart was in her throat. She couldn't accept an answer other than the one she hoped for.
Fortunately, heaven didn't play a joke on her this time. As black and white light rose under the witness of countless people, gasps of surprise came from the surrounding crowd.
She and Huo Yuhao successfully fused their martial souls.
According to the rules, she would become his fiancée.
"Let me say this first."
"?"
During the engagement banquet, Huo Yuhao found an opportunity to quietly lead Zhu Yun out of the hall and said to her seriously:
"Compared to Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, my background is very humble. If you are with me, it will be difficult not only to find happiness in the future, but there will even be life-threatening danger. So I hope you consider it carefully. If you are unwilling, I will go tell Dai Hao to cancel this engagement..."
He also knew that his chances of success were slim, so he wanted Zhu Yun to think carefully before deciding.
However, by the end, he couldn't continue speaking.
Because he saw that Zhu Yun's eyes were filled with tears.
"Woo, woo woo..."
"Wh-what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did I say something wrong?"
Huo Yuhao was just a child at that time, and he immediately panicked when he saw a girl's tears.
Zhu Yun's eyes were sparkling with tears. She kept wiping her tears, but the more she wiped, the more there were.
"Woo... You, why would you say something like that... I, I was so looking forward to being with you, but you're thinking of breaking off the engagement!"
"I..."
"Don't leave me!"
Before Huo Yuhao could speak, Zhu Yun suddenly threw herself into his arms and shouted loudly:
"I don't understand all that stuff, about legitimate or illegitimate, about martial soul fusion. All I know is that a few days ago you found me and brought me home! Didn't you promise to save me then? Why don't you want me now! Am I really that disliked?!"
After saying that, she buried her head in Huo Yuhao's chest and burst into tears.
"I'm sorry..."
Only at this moment did Huo Yuhao realize that he had said the wrong thing. He apologized in a low voice and reached out to hug the girl in his arms.
"I won't say things like that again. Please don't cry anymore, I'm really sorry."
Zhu Yun stopped crying and asked with teary eyes:
"Woo, woo woo... How, how will you prove it?"
"How do you want me to prove it?"
"Woo..."
Zhu Yun raised her head, looked at Huo Yuhao with her red eyes for a moment, and said:
"I heard that kissing is a sign of love. Can you love me?"
"Ah? This..."
"You can't?"
"Uh..."
Huo Yuhao couldn't stand Zhu Yun's pleading gaze and finally surrendered, abandoning his defenses.
"J-just this once, okay?"
Saying that, he gently bent down.
......
Zhu Yun didn't need to recall what happened after that.
She became his fiancée and has supported him all the way to today.
She didn't know what he intended to do after leaving the Duke mansion, but she believed that he would never do anything meaningless.
Since that was the case, she just needed to trust him and wait for him to come.
Thinking this, Zhu Yun closed her eyes and licked her lips.
For her, this was a kind of mental suggestion.
As long as she licked her lips, she could recall the unforgettable sweet touch and feeling from the night of the engagement banquet, which could effectively relieve her mental fatigue.
It was like old wine that had been sealed for many years, the more she savored it, the more mellow it became.
Unfortunately, as they grew older and understood more things, Huo Yuhao never did anything similar again.
Although she knew this was a sign of him cherishing her, sometimes she actually wished he was a little more beastly.
"Really, Brother Hao is an idiot."
She muttered to herself in a low voice.
Unexpectedly, her muttered words received a response.
"As soon as I get back, I hear someone speaking ill of me. I think the person calling me an idiot is the real idiot, why didn't you hand over that letter?"
Only then did Zhu Yun realize that Huo Yuhao had appeared in front of her at some point, standing with his arms crossed, glaring at her with a dark expression.
"Ah..."
Zhu Yun stared at Huo Yuhao in front of her blankly, unable to react for a moment.
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow.
"What's your answer? You know you have to be punished for doing something wrong, right?"
"...Please be gentle."
"Why are you turning your butt towards me! And why do you have such an expectant look!"
Huo Yuhao couldn't take it anymore.
After half a holiday, his fiancée was still as quirky as ever.