Chapter 43 — Their Little Secret

　　Qin Jiran was thrilled.

　　He ran his eyes over her face, his gaze br.i.m.m.i.n.g with excitement and tenderness as he tried to engrave her semblance into his mind.

　　Did she really say all of that? She was willing to work on her relations.h.i.+p with him? She was going to do her best to be a good wife? He couldn't believe it. Was he hallucinating again?

　　Qin Jiran told himself to calm down, hold back his excitement, don't make Yanyi think he was being frivolous.

　　Once he managed to do that, he carefully processed her words and instantly noticed something: She hadn't responded to his joke about her liking him. It seemed like she was deliberately avoiding the topic.

　　His excitement dampened a bit, which prompted him to sigh at his own discontentment. He'd clearly gotten so much tonight, and yet he was brooding over the little things he didn't get. He shouldn't be acting like this.

　　However, thinking about it now, he realized that what he wanted wasn't necessarily a harmonious marriage—it was her love.

　　But her love was still far out of his reach. He didn't dare wish for it.

　　Nevertheless, he understood that this was a step forward, and he knew to appreciate it.

　　The second step would only follow after the first step, and right now, he was probably on the third or fourth step. As the saying went, the waterfront pavilion gets the moonlight first 1A person in a favorable position gains special advantages..

　　Yanyi's acceptance meant that he now had an entire lifetime to spend on making her like him back!

　　A silly smile had overtaken his countenance. After staring for a while, thoroughly amused, Su Yanyi finally prompted, "Is there anything else? If not, I'm going to rest."

　　The man responded stiffly, "No. You should rest early, goodnight."

　　Despite his best attempts to suppress his smile, his glee was self-evident.

　　Soon after he left, Su Yanyi finished getting ready for bed and turned off her lights. Her eyes closed shut.

　　One second later, they snapped open again.

　　She stuck out her slender foot and sent the little golden tortoise flying out of her bed with a discourteous kick.

　　When did it even get there?

　　The little tortoise landed soundly on the floor. It didn't stop moving and instead started to spin in circles on the floor, just like a little spinning toy.