Now that she'd said it, Xia Ming no longer hid her previous feelings. She began nuzzling Zhi Li's neck, confessing the secret thoughts she had never dared to voice before.
"Zhi Li, you were once a Warrior of our Luoni Tribe. Was there any female in the tribe who didn't want to be your partner? I wanted to be, too, but I knew you were destined to be with Ping Mei. I knew I wasn't that fortunate.
Back then, I desperately suppressed such improper thoughts, and gradually, I even managed to deceive myself.
The truth is, I never wanted you to be my brother at all!
Zhi Li, I'm just going to be brave this one time. If you don't have feelings for me, if you want to wait for a female you like more in the future, then just push me away..."
By the end, Xia Ming's voice grew frantic and was tinged with a sob. She immediately took back her words. "Zhi Li, please don't push me away, okay? I like you. The kind of like where I *really* like you.
