She couldn't finish what she was saying. She was tightly hugged. It made her change her expression in pain. The oxygen in her stomach came out of her mouth.
"Eh? Liang Liang, what happened? Hey say something? You are scaring me!" She wanted to complain that she couldn't breathe because of his tight hug but stopped feeling that his body was shaking.
Mu Lan said nothing and endure his tight hug and pain. She silently hugged him back.
Time passed away.
Mu Liang's heart was sinking when she was talking about his property.
At first, he actually wouldn't mind whether she chose him for his money and glory. But as the days passed by, he became greedy. He didn't like if Mu Lan looked at other men, he didn't like her smiling at other people. It didn't matter who that person was, didn't matter the gender, but the only thing that mattered was him and her.
Now he wanted her to love him for who he was, for his good and bad sides. He wished that she would accept him whole heartedly. He really wished her to love him for who he was, not for his name and fame.
However, when she began to express her feelings for him, his mind went blank. He had a hard time to process that she was talking about herself. She was telling him how she felt when he would love her and cherish her.
Mu Liang wouldn't hug her absent mindedly if his eyes weren't filled with tears. He was just a little embarrassed and didn't want her to see him crying like a child.
It was the first time in his life, there was someone whom he loved dearly, expressed her love for him so verbally like this. He was so overjoyed that he became emotional. If now God told him that he had to die, he might have blindly agreed too.
While hugging her, he promised that he would never hurt her, never make her cry, always cherish her, always make her happy, always do whatever she did, never let her feel down and never let her take away.
This was what he owed her. He owed her for giving him so much happiness in this life time.
When she couldn't take it anymore, Mu Lan said, "Liang Liang, I can't take the pain any longer. Please release me."
Mu Liang realized what he was doing, he immediately let go of her. "Are you hurt?" His voice quivered.
Mu Lan frowned. "My whole body is aching. If you kiss me, the throbbing pain will go away." Her eyes were glittering.
Mu Liang gazed at her deeply and obediently said, "En, I will kiss you right away." Then he deeply kissed her lips.
The sound of kisses and light moans overlapped the birds' chirping that was coming from outside the windows.
After making her breathless, he let her lips go. "I will kiss your wounds too." Before she could catch her breath, he filled her with kisses.
"Lan, remember that, you are mine and mine alone. I won't let anyone have you. Not this lifetime, not in the next lifetime. Even in the next lifetime, you have to love me and only me. *Even if I hurt you or make you cry, even you come to hate me, no matter what, you have to be with me for eternity." Mu Liang's voice was heated and husky.
His warm voice made her tremble in ecstasy. She couldn't even answer him, because he didn't let her to do so. When she opened her mouth, she cried out. Both of them had no idea if it was for pain or pleasure.
Too bad that they couldn't go to the final stage because her body hurt.
Mu Liang kissed the girl who was tiredly leaning on his body. "Heal quickly. I can't wait to love you more."
Mu Lan wanted to ask, "Will I be alive after your love showers on my body?" But she couldn't. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The knock on the door interrupted the lovely atmosphere. Mu Liang frowned and in a low voice said, "Come in."
He already covered Mu Lan's body top to bottom so that other people could not see that face she made during she was asleep. He wasn't ready to show her cuteness to the world yet.
Noel came inside and said, "First young master, I'm sorry to disturb you and Madam Mu. Third young master invited his two friends in the castle without giving us any notice. They came from Saudi Arabia. They are in the living room at this moment. Before Madam Mu took care of all the household duties. Now that she is recovering, I would like to take your order."
Mu Liang frowned. 'Did Chen forget the rules of Mu Household?' However, he didn't talk about it since Mu Chen currently helped them and he was rather upset because of his failiur.
He ordered Noel, "Prepare one guestroom that has two single beds. I will prepare the lunch and dinner menu. Bring me the food menu later. Ask the guests and third young master if they wanted to eat here or out. Prepare food counting how many people are going to eat. If you need to go to the shopping mall, just let me know. I will take care of the budget for now."
Noel bowed and said, "As you wish, first young master. And about Madam Mu's food menu…"
Mu Liang said only one sentence. "I will take care of it."
He meant that he wanted to cook for her.
Noel opened his mouth to say something but his voice didn't come out. According to the new policy, the members of the Mu Family could cook in their private kitchen without servant's help.
He could only say, "….Of course, I will buy the ingredients-"
Who would go against Mu Liang anyway?
Mu Liang interrupted him. "No need. There are plenty of vegetables in the garden and fishes in the lake. They are enough."
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*Mu Liang was trying to say that no matter what he becomes (as he is in the core of underworld), she can't leave him. Even if he makes mistakes, she has to forgive him.
He didn't mean that he would actually hurt her. If he does end up hurting her, no matter what she says, he himself can't forgive himself.