Chapter 265: Am I the woman Senior has liked for many years?
Sure enough, she saw Yuan Chengmo sitting cross-legged reading a book, waiting for her in front of the bookshelf.
She sat down beside Yuan Chengmo, glanced at the book in his hand, and then softly began, "Senior, I have a question I want to ask you."
Yuan Chengmo closed the book, his smiling gaze filled with subtle affection as he silently looked at Munni and slightly nodded, "What is the question?"
Munni turned her head, her expression serious yet earnest, as she gazed into Yuan Chengmo’s beautiful, bright eyes—within them reflected his gentle expression as he looked at her.
She parted her red lips, but the question she wanted to ask was somewhat difficult to voice.
An indecisive emotion spread across her brow, with hesitation and contradiction visible in her expression.
Yuan Chengmo did not urge her, waiting quietly and patiently for her to gather herself and ask her question.
After a while, a tiny voice finally escaped Munni’s throat: "Is it me?"
Her expression was persistent yet careful, determined to get the answer from him.
Yuan Chengmo stared at her, slowly furrowing his attractive brows—despite merely being three simple words, he could see the confusion in her glistening, bright eyes.
Various emotions flickered across his face... surprise, worry, unease, helplessness, relief.
These emotions fell into Munni’s eyes one by one; though she seemed to have already guessed the answer in her heart, she still wanted to hear it from him.
"The woman you’ve liked for many years and even married, is it me?"
There was no other sound around them; her soft voice was exceptionally clear in the quiet library.
The furrowed brows of Yuan Chengmo slowly relaxed, the tension between his brows melting away as a trace of ease and relief crept up to his face.
He nodded gently, a graceful curve slowly appearing at the corner of his thin lips, suddenly like sunlight breaking through the clouds, radiating brilliant light.
"Yes, it’s you."
Yuan Chengmo’s voice was like the smoke lingering in the mountains—gentle and hazy, with those simple three words honestly answering Munni’s question.
Eventually, he pointed in the direction of the exit and said in a low voice, "Let’s go outside and talk."
He braced himself on one hand to stand up, then extended his right hand towards Munni.
Munni, still sitting on the ground, placed her hand in his, and with a gentle pull, he lifted her off the ground and then released her hand to return the book he was holding to the shelf.
Munni walked ahead, Yuan Chengmo following behind her, the two of them leaving the library one after the other and standing in front of a nearby lawn.
"How did you find out?"
Though he was careful to hide his feelings for her, many people around them still saw through it, but fortunately, she was too slow to notice, allowing him to continue secretly loving her with ease.
"Bai Sitong told me."
"I see." He nodded lightly, looking down at the shadows on the ground cast by the two of them, smiling, "I should have told you myself, yet somehow you found out through someone else."
Within his words, there was a hint of self-mockery at his own cowardice and timidity.
Actually, confessing wasn’t all that difficult—he just lacked the courage to do so.
A gentle breeze swept by, moving the towering tree next to the lawn, the leaves rubbing and swaying in the wind, creating a soft rustling sound.
Yuan Chengmo’s words made Munni strangely guilty, as if she had broken a child’s favorite toy, and that feeling was truly unpleasant.