"Can you tell me about your past with her?"
Cheng Miaohan's beautiful eyes were filled with a longing to understand, even tinged with a bit of melancholy.
Lin Mo glanced at her, nodded, and began to narrate:
"I met her on a rainy night."
"At that time, my family had fallen on hard times, and I couldn't cultivate, which led to countless scornful looks and mocking comments from others."
"Just when I was on the verge of despair, I met her. It was she who gave me the conviction to keep going, and when I faced a fatal setback, she didn't hesitate to lend a helping hand and offered me all her warmth."
At this point, Lin Mo lit a cigarette and took a deep drag, "I actually let her down quite a lot."
"Two years ago, I said goodbye to her to become stronger, and for a whole year, I traversed mountains and dangerous terrains."
"I went through numerous life-and-death situations, but fortunately, after a year, I successfully transformed."
"Before I returned, she had been waiting for me all along, and even when I came back and found her, she didn't have a single word of complaint."
After hearing all this, Cheng Miaohan was filled with myriad thoughts, and she finally understood why Lin Mo loved that girl named Xia Mengdie so much.
If it were her, she probably wouldn't have been able to do it, right?
Exhaling a ring of smoke, Lin Mo said earnestly,
"Miaohan, I'm telling you this because I truly consider you a friend, and I think you should be very clear about what I mean. In this lifetime, I only want to love her fully. Apart from her, I don't want to be involved with any other woman."
"You're very outstanding too, and you're sure to meet someone who's very suitable for you. I believe that person will love you dearly in the future, it's just that you haven't met that person yet."
Lin Mo spoke to Cheng Miaohan with sincerity and wasn't overly cold.
Other men, faced with so many beautiful women, might have lost control a long time ago.
But for Lin Mo, all he wanted to do now was to properly protect the woman he loved the most.
Cheng Miaohan's beautiful eyes were brimming with tears:
"Lin Mo, but I really like you so much, can't you give me a chance?"
"I never imagined I could like someone so much, from my initial dislike of you to the memories and shadows of you that keep lingering in my mind."
Lin Mo was left slightly speechless, not knowing what to say.
For a man to possess such a captivating charm might be a good thing.
But to Lin Mo, it was an exceedingly troublesome matter.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Mo looked at Cheng Miaohan with utmost seriousness and said in a deep voice,
"Miaohan, I'm sorry, I can't give you that opportunity. In my heart, there is only her."
Hearing this, Cheng Miaohan let out a wry laugh,
"I understand. From now on, I will keep my distance, and I won't disturb your lives."
"It's me, Cheng Miaohan, who isn't worthy of you. I will hide all my memories of you deep inside my heart until the day I completely forget."
With that, Cheng Miaohan ran off, almost crying.
Watching this scene, Lin Mo felt a deep pang of sorrow in his heart; if it weren't for him, Cheng Miaohan might not have ended up so miserable.
Clenching his fist, Lin Mo slammed a punch into the trunk of a tree, instantly shattering it to pieces.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Mo then turned and walked toward the dormitory.
Cheng Miaohan cried heartbreakingly, her beautiful face almost completely wet with tears:
"Lin Mo, do I not even deserve to like you?"
"Cheng Miaohan, what are you doing? Acting so lowly, do you want to be the other woman?"
Looking up at the night sky, Cheng Miaohan wiped away her tears and choked out:
"Lin Mo, I will keep you hidden in the depths of my heart, but no one can replace you, and no one can take you away from there."
As soon as Cheng Miaohan finished speaking, she saw a few young men with beer bottles starting to surround her.
The youths, with leering smiles:
"Yo, such a delicate little chick, daring to walk this road alone so late at night?"
"It seems that Lady Luck isn't treating us badly, sending such a beautiful girl our way."
Cheng Miaohan's face immediately filled with panic as she stepped back three or four paces:
"What... what do you want to do?"
But suddenly, she backed into a solid shoulder.
She turned around instinctively and saw a familiar face:
"Lin Mo? Were you... were you following me?"
Lin Mo nodded: "It's late. Did you think I would let you go back alone?"
Hearing this, a wave of warmth and emotion surged in Cheng Miaohan's heart.
Lin Mo glanced coldly at the young men: "Aren't you going to scram?"
The leader of the youths was about to get angry, but another youth beside him quickly held him back:
"Brother Leopard, look at that guy... Doesn't he look like the one Mr. Nan told us not to mess with?"
The leader rubbed his eyes subconsciously and took a closer look at Lin Mo.
The next second, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he knelt down with a thud:
"Mr. Lin, please spare my life..."
Seeing this, the young men behind him, already scared silly, also knelt down in succession.
Lin Mo frowned slightly and said indifferently: "Get lost quickly."
At these words, the youths, as if pardoned, sobered up quite a bit and scrambled away from there.
Afterward, Lin Mo personally escorted Cheng Miaohan to her dormitory building.
Seeing Cheng Miaohan trembling slightly from the cold, Lin Mo couldn't bear it and raised his hand to send another warm flow into her body.
Cheng Miaohan's beautiful eyes flickered with surprise; she might not have known the first time, but she was very clear the second: "Thank you..."
"No need to be polite with me, go back and rest. Don't think too much, sweet dreams."
As soon as Lin Mo finished speaking, Cheng Miaohan grabbed his arm, her eyes very serious:
"Lin Mo, liking you is my right, and this right, I will keep it, not giving up."
After saying that, Cheng Miaohan ran into the dormitory.
Lin Mo couldn't help but sigh. He didn't know if he should maintain his usual detachment or continue to let Cheng Miaohan be his friend.
Sometimes, being too charming is really not a good thing!
Early the next morning, as soon as he got to his class, someone told Lin Mo to go to the principal's office.
Lin Mo didn't think much of it and went directly to the principal's office.
"Please, come in... Mr. Lin, come in!"
Ma Bo was very polite to Lin Mo.
Lin Mo walked in and didn't sit down but asked: "What did you want to see me for?"
Ma Bo took a deep breath and said seriously:
"To be frank, I would like to request that Mr. Lin participate in this Green List Tournament."
(The update is late, but I still say the same thing, at least four updates every day. I won't promise five updates anymore, but at least four, focusing on stability.)