After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 409: The Little Match Girl

Chapter 409: Chapter 409: The Little Match Girl

"I like you being genuine!"

If someone else said this, Qin Chu would think they were being pretentious.

When they really can’t find anything to praise about her, they say she’s simple and genuine.

But Lue Xizhou looked at her as if being genuine and real were rare qualities in this world, making her unique and one in a million.

"You must think I’m bluffing, right?"

Lue Xizhou looked into Qin Chu’s eyes, "You think I could easily compliment your beauty, your personality, your coolness, and your style; things one can see at a glance, yet I chose to say something as vague as ’genuine’."

Qin Chu’s gaze paused slightly.

Lue Xizhou laughed, "Qin Chu, I can confidently say, I understand you better than anyone else, do you believe it?"

"No!"

Qin Chu spoke decisively.

But her heart was pounding wildly.

On the one hand, she felt that Lue Xizhou was flirting with her again.

On the other hand, she felt he was telling the truth.

But as soon as the latter thought appeared, Qin Chu denied it.

Lue Xizhou understands her better than anyone?

What a joke.

Counting from the first time she met Lue Xizhou at the Hot Spring Villa with Lizi, they’ve only known each other for half a year.

Even when he gifted her a racing car, she didn’t have his phone number or WeChat by then.

They’ve only been closer in the past few months.

What does he understand about her?

"I knew you wouldn’t believe it. Alright, let me analyze it for you..."

Lue Xizhou sat cross-legged and looked at Qin Chu, "You’re cold, you’re cool, simply because you don’t know how to face a world full of hostility toward you. You always feel that everyone around you could smile at you one second and turn on you the next, pointing at you saying, ’Do you know who this is? The Qin family’s illegitimate child!’"

Qin Chu’s expression changed slightly.

Lue Xizhou said seriously, "You think of yourself as a cactus, covered in spines, so people don’t dare to approach you, and you won’t get hurt, right? But Qin Chu, in my eyes, you’re like the little girl selling matches under the bridge."

"In the snow, people rush by, and only you, almost frozen, walk alone on the unfamiliar streets. You dream that someone will approach you, buy your matches, and then light a bonfire to warm you up together."

Qin Chu looked at Lue Xizhou in a daze, moving her mouth to argue.

But didn’t know what she could say.

Lue Xizhou took a deep breath and moved a step closer to Qin Chu, "Qin Chu, I’m sure I am the one who can warm you up. Do you want to... come into my arms?"

???

Qin Chu froze.

Isn’t a normal person supposed to say, ’Do you want to hold my hand’?

Come into your arms?

"Lue Xizhou, are you sure you’re not being a rogue?"

Qin Chu glared at him.

Her ears started to heat up.

Her heart, already pounding, was vibrating to the point where her eardrums seemed to hurt.

"If I said this to every pretty woman, then I would indeed be a rogue. But Qin Chu, I’m saying this only to you, and for a lifetime. This isn’t being a rogue, it’s called... honesty!"

Lue Xizhou raised his chin slightly, "Come on, give me a definite answer, are you coming or not!"

"Not coming!"

Qin Chu refused emphatically.

The air had a brief silence.

Just when Qin Chu thought Lue Xizhou would be embarrassed and leave.

He might even point at her and say, "Qin Chu, you’re just being ungrateful."

Lue Xizhou moved one step closer.

The distance between them was already only a meter.

With his movement, Qin Chu almost felt her knee touch his.

Wet and slippery.

Uncomfortably indescribable.

Lue Xizhou’s sweat scent filled her nostrils.

Yet, it wasn’t unpleasant.

Even so, this was the closest Qin Chu had ever been to the opposite sex in her past 26 years.

Subconsciously trying to move back.

However, her back was against the boxing ring’s railings.

There was no room to retreat.

"Qin Chu, I know what you’re thinking."

He reached out to pat Qin Chu’s face, signaling her to look up at him.

Lue Xizhou said in a deep voice, "You’re going to say that even if you do have feelings for me, and agree to be my girlfriend, we won’t last in the future, right?"

Qin Chu looked up.

Lue Xizhou continued, "How long can a relationship last, right? It ultimately leads to marriage. My surname, it determines that my marriage can’t be at my discretion. My parents, the Lue Family, won’t let me marry an illegitimate child."

With every sentence Lue Xizhou spoke.

Qin Chu’s face turned paler and paler.

By the time Lue Xizhou finished, Qin Chu’s face had almost no color.

Lue Xizhou suddenly laughed, "How about it? Wasn’t I right?"

Seeing Qin Chu not speaking, knowing she was truly angry.

Lue Xizhou supported himself with one hand and scooted over to sit beside Qin Chu.

Shoulder to shoulder.

The sweat scent in the nose was even more apparent.

Yet, Qin Chu felt, it wasn’t at all unpleasant.

"Do you know why it’s only you?"

Lue Xizhou turned his head to ask Qin Chu.

Looking back, the man’s face, flushed from vigorous exercise, gradually calmed down.

It seemed like in the blink of an eye, he turned back into that handsome, dashing man with a rebellious look.

But at this moment, there was none of that past arrogance and unruly demeanor.

Qin Chu strangely felt a trace of restlessness and insecurity in him.

As if she had caught his weakness, a smile appeared on Qin Chu’s face, "Lue Xizhou, are you... nervous?"

Whether it was Lue Xizhou or Fu Yanci.

Men like them wouldn’t get nervous in business settings.

They would be even less so in front of women.

Fu Yanci because of his cold, aloof temperament, women approaching him would freeze in place with just one look from him, not daring to step forward.

There’s no need to play up to women, so Uncle Fu isn’t nervous.

Lue Xizhou, on the other hand, is proficient and at ease.

Like he said, he understands her.

Lue Xizhou was modest.

What he understands is women.

To travel through a sea of flowers, leaving no leaf untracked, describes men like him.

In the crowd of women, he maneuvers as if a fish in water.

Would he be nervous?

Qin Chu found it a bit amusing.

Then saw Lue Xizhou nod candidly, "Yes, I’m nervous. Qin Chu, when you confess to the man you like, aren’t you nervous?"

Her heart sank.

Qin Chu’s breath also stalled.

She just blankly looked at Lue Xizhou.

Con...confession?

Her heart hadn’t even started beating.

Lue Xizhou said, "In the business world, I have to act calm, as if nothing happened while chaos unfolds. At social gatherings, I have to act. When I return home, I have to act. Pretending to be the competent Mr. Lue who can handle everything, to reassure shareholders, partners, my family, to... reassure everyone. So, I act! But Qin Chu..."

Lue Xizhou looked seriously at Qin Chu, "I never put on an act in front of you. You make me feel that no matter how much I act outside, how exhausted I am, in front of you, I’m just myself."

"Qin Chu, do you want to trust yourself once, and also trust me once?"

Trust... trust yourself?

Qin Chu was stunned.

Lue Xizhou’s eyes curved with a smile, the fox-like charm even more apparent, "You’ve long had feelings for me, just too stubborn to admit it. Qin Chu, wasn’t I right?"

???

"You, don’t you say such nonsense! I’m not, I didn’t..." did!

Nervous to the point of stuttering.

For some reason, there was a sense of danger spreading.

Qin Chu instinctively wanted to retreat.

Before she could step back, Lue Xizhou’s handsome face suddenly moved closer.