384 Not the Real Long Xiulan (2/2)
”Love, tell me what's wrong.” He was starting to feel worried by her increasingly dark expression.
She didn't answer right away.
He didn't force her to tell him. He just continued to embrace her, waiting for her to tell him whatever was bothering her on her own volition. If she told him, great. If not, it was alright. However, he hoped that she would tell him. He wanted them to openly share their feelings with each other.
They remained embracing for a few minutes before Iris spoke again. She looked up at him. Her dark expression was nowhere to be seen. It was completely impassive instead, which bothered him more than her earlier dark expression.
”What if I'm not the same person you thought I was?” she suddenly asked him in a whisper. ”What if I'm not really Long Xiulan? How would you feel? Would you still love me?”
Jin Liwei frowned, completely confused by her questions.
”Never mind. Forget I asked,” she said, lowering her eyes. Then she began to pull away from the embrace.
However, he didn't let her go. He lifted her chin with his fingers, coaxing her to look directly at his eyes.
”Although I don't know why you're suddenly asking me all of these, I want you to know that ever since the beginning, you weren't the person that I thought you were. I fell in love with the woman I met at that hotel lobby, not the Long Xiulan—the Iris Long that I kept on hearing about from other people.”
She once again tightened her arms around him, gazing up at his face.
”I fell in love with the woman who asked me for a million RMB per report, the woman who bit my lips when I first kissed her, the woman I had half a sex with inside my car, the woman who measured my dick with a tape measure during our first night on bed together…”
A giggle escaped from Iris' lips remembering that moment she nonchalantly measured him as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
His expression became gentle as he rubbed her back and stroked her hair. He continued speaking, ”I fell in love with the woman who made me dance in a Zumba class, the woman who made me a father of two precious kittens, the woman who kneed my poor balls and dick because I was being a possessive asshole, the woman who made me eat fruits every day to experiment on the taste of my semen, the woman who—”
”That's enough. I understand,” she whispered, chuckling softly. A lovely smile shone on her face, making her beauty even more breathtaking in his eyes.
However, he still continued. ”I fell in love with the woman who made me the man that I am today. Without you, I would still be the same asshole that I was before. I am a better man now because of you.”
Her eyes filled up, but she didn't let the tears fall. His words touched her deeply, filling her with the warmth of love and happiness. He calmed the doubts and fear inside her.
”So whoever you are or whatever kind of person you were or end up becoming in the future, I am in love with you and you alone. Even if you end up becoming the most evil person in existence, I'll still stay beside you and love you until the end of time,” he told her, his voice serious and sincere.
”Oh, Liwei.”
”Look at me.”
”I am looking at you,” she replied.
”Never doubt my love for you. Even if we die and are reborn into different people, I'll make sure to find you and love you all over again.”
Her heart skipped a beat. ”Really?”
”Yes.”
She took a few deep breaths and asked, ”What if…I wasn't really Long Xiulan in the first place? What if I was somebody else before this? What if…what if I disappear and the real Long Xiulan returns? Would you continue to love Long Xiulan because of this body?”