After Wayne's persuasion, Song Li finally agreed to change the location of the conversation.
After all, the library is a public place, with people coming and going, and there is no telling when it will capsize. On the other side, due to the existence of Eve, an insider, the piano room on the top floor is no longer safe.
Therefore, the two of them could only act separately.
Once again, through the convenience provided by a bribed dormitory teacher in the dormitory area, the two met in a vacant single lounge.
"It's so hard to find a safe place to talk..."
Wayne was a little tired.
Why on earth could I not think about it in the first place and insist on challenging such a difficult harem script?
I just feel that I have reached this point unknowingly and inexplicably.
And there's no turning back.
——Will you be hacked in the future?
Geli likes her so much, so she shouldn't be able to let him go, right?
Glancing at Geli who was in a very depressed mood next to him, he felt very unsure of himself.
"Sing Li..." He called her in a low voice.
"It seems like we haven't had a truly honest communication for such a long time..."
However, before he could finish his opening remarks, he was severely slapped back by Ge Li.
"That's because you have never communicated with me candidly!" She almost yelled this sentence, and her tears gradually became uncontrollable.
After hearing her accusation, Wayne felt that someone was holding his heart tightly, and for a moment he felt like he couldn't breathe.
--Yes.
Sadly, she wasn't wrong about that.
Communicating openly with someone feels like a non-existent option for you.
Lie, cheat, pretend.
I'm used to it, and I've gained so much this way.
No one knows better than him that once he confesses, all those things will probably leave him.
"Do you really want my honesty?"
Wayne smiled to himself, "No, you don't."
"What you expect is an existence that fits your imagination, but that's not me."
He is not the innocent, harmless, shy and kind-hearted backup brother in the cartoon, with a personality as cute as an angel.
He is an ordinary man who has been educated by modern society and is full of desires and accustomed to pursuing interests.
Precisely because he knew what kind of soul was hidden in this body, he was afraid to show its true appearance.
because……
It's impossible for that me to be liked by anyone.
Just like you don't like lending toys to others, but you still pretend to be generous when they are borrowed.
It’s like being complacent about getting high marks in an exam, but still pretending to be reserved and humbly humble.
As long as it shows what everyone likes, who cares what the face under the mask looks like?
He knew this clearly.
So I feel lonely.
To a certain extent, Chrissy's existence has become the sustenance of his soul.
When she wanted to push herself away time and time again, and even said to herself hesitantly, "Even Wayne, the real me who doesn't appear as Chris, wouldn't be able to like...", Wei En... En just feels happy.
——That would be great.
Exactly what I originally thought.
As long as I like Chris as she is now.
As long as you like the current Wayne.
It has nothing to do with the previous protagonist or the real self.
However, this story that was supposed to have a happy ending went wrong halfway.
"Singing Ceremony..."
Wayne sighed. "Do you know what it meant to me that day when you came to me?"
At that time, he thought Chris really didn't like him.
Having lost his spiritual sustenance in this world, he felt that this time traveling was meaningless.
But Geli brought such a bright touch of color to a dark world, breaking through his armor like a sharp blade, telling him——
There are still people in this world who like you and need you.
Just like when you were standing on the edge of a cliff and wanted to jump down, someone suddenly took your hand and said, "Stay."
If we really want to say who fell in love with whom first, there is no doubt that I did not fall in love with her at the beginning.
But……
From that day on, it was never the same.
"I'm not comparing you to Chris. You are both equally important to me," he said.
"But... besides being fond of her, Chris is also a responsibility to me. I will not and cannot leave her side."
Even if it was just to repay Duke and Duke Elliot for their upbringing, he could not leave Chris alone.
What's more, the mistake she made was just a trivial one.
It's just that he didn't accept his confession on the spot like he was forced into the palace.
As a result, he pushed things step by step into an irreversible situation.
"The Wincher family adopted me in the first place so that I could be by Chris's side to keep her safe." Wayne looked at Song Li, "If Duke Elliot hadn't adopted me, you might not have adopted me at all. Get to know me."
"Would you still like me like that?"
"I'm afraid not..."
Wayne looked into her eyes carefully.
"After all, in your heart, Tasia, as a civilian, is not even qualified to talk to you."
I've noticed this a long time ago.
As an extremely proud heir to the Edgeworth family, Song Li's attitude towards the common people can only be described as "dismissive".
If you are also a legitimate noble, you may not care about this.
But he is not.
In this life, his status as a noble was due to his luck in being adopted, but whether in his previous life or in his heart, he considered himself an ordinary civilian.
It is different from these hereditary nobles.
Geli seemed to be stunned on the spot because of his words.
After a long time, she asked a few words without distinguishing between happiness and anger: "Is this how you think of me?"
"Many times...there is no way to make assumptions in life."
Wayne said.
"Don't you want to hear the truth? Then I'll tell you now."
He listed the situations that might have happened one by one:
"If I hadn't been adopted by Chrissy's parents, you wouldn't have known me and we wouldn't have been together."
"If I hadn't been rejected by Chris first that day and felt discouraged about my relationship with her, we wouldn't be together."
"If you hadn't come to me in the music room that day when I was so lost, we wouldn't be together."
"If you hadn't been soft-hearted and indulgent when I was wandering around, we wouldn't be together."
"if……"
"There are obviously so many possibilities for us not to be together, but now we are still together..."
Wayne smiled weakly, his voice a little lonely.
"If you can continue after overcoming so many difficulties, why not hold on for a little longer?"
"——The 100% truth is, I want them all."
