Twin Trees

"I just——"

His slight moment of hesitation was enough to make her question, "You don't trust me."

"No," his always elegant and composed face became anxious, and his hands involuntarily seized her shoulders tightly, as if fearful she would fly away like a bird from his grasp at any moment, "Yunxi, I didn't mean anything else. I was just concerned because you seemed to eat so little and looked preoccupied. Ziye is a doctor, so I just wanted to ask for his opinion, that's all."

Chang Yunxi felt the strength in his fingertips, her eyebrows knitting gently as she opened her lips, "I don't eat much because I've always had a small appetite, nothing else."

"Are you sure?" he asked, his fingertips brushing across her cheek with immense tenderness.

"I'm sure." The three words came out so firmly from her, as if releasing all her pent-up emotions.

"Then do you love me?" As he struggled to get the words out of his throat, a slight hoarseness was pressing down.