[ABO + sweet romance + mutual devotion!]
From the turmoil in the Western Plains to standing before him ten years later, the precious, gentle child he knew had grown up into someone hot-tempered and domineering, yet still kind.
He worried that rumors might have turned the boy against him over the past ten years. But the boy's eyes reddened with tears. "Father wanted me to live an ordinary life. He wanted me to be safe and happy. But he never told me that if I were happy, someone else would have to bear the weight of Huo Lan. Fu Beili, you knew Father was using you. You knew that no matter how much he cared for you, he had another purpose. So why..."
In that moment, all the dangers of the past, when they had come close to death time and again, had been worth it...
Fu Beili patted his head and said lightly, "Huo Ning, there's no difference between protecting two people and protecting three."
