"It's more than that, which is why it's so hard." Gu Ning patted Alex's back and said, "I have a responsibility."
Alex tried hard to understand what she meant. "If you don't like a certain male, then it's not your responsibility. They should be responsible for their own actions toward you." He paused, then added, "Including me."
Hearing this, Gu Ning finally realized they weren't on the same page.
She pulled away from Alex's embrace, cupped his face in her hands, and said patiently, "My love... is a responsibility."
Her words struck a chord with Alex, stirring a strange flutter in his heart.
Gu Ning told Alex a story.
When she was little, she found a weak puppy and brought it home. She secretly kept it in a corner outside the courtyard, building it a little doghouse out of bricks and sharing her own meals with it every day.
But that house wasn't just her home. Or rather, it wasn't her home at all.
