By the time Lin Hao returned, his face was flushed.
He was still dazed.
How could that person say such things so easily!
He had never expected that his first confession of love would happen under such circumstances.
Lin Hao touched his face with both hands, feeling the warmth emanating from it.
He didn't know what kind of feelings he had for Qin Mohan.
But there was one thing he was sure of: when Qin Mohan spoke to him, there was no trace of impatience.
Perhaps even a little excitement?
And shyness?
Ahhhhhhh.
Why was this happening?
Logically, he shouldn't have any romantic feelings for Qin Mohan.
Lin Hao sat on a rock, his mind troubled as he ran his hands through his hair.
He truly couldn't understand it now.
Why would such a perfect person fall for trash like him?
"Stop pulling, or you'll have no hair left."
Just then, a pair of hands grabbed Lin Hao's hair-pulling hands, and a voice spoke with a hint of helplessness.
"I didn't expect my confession would cause you so much distress."
Lin Hao looked up to see Qin Mohan holding his hands, regret etched all over his face.
It was as if he shouldn't have confessed his feelings.
Seeing his beloved look up, a flicker of joy crossed Qin Mohan's eyes before disappearing. He tightly held Lin Hao's hands, brought them to his lips, and gently kissed them.
Filled with tenderness.
He then reluctantly released Lin Hao's hands and ruffled his hair.
"I won't give up. Even if you're troubled now, I will truly wait patiently."
So please don't be upset.
Lin Hao seemed to see a hint of loneliness in Qin Mohan's eyes. On impulse, he raised his hand and placed it on Qin Mohan's.
"I'm not troubled, just a little at a loss. Give me some time to sort out my thoughts."
He said, looking into Qin Mohan's eyes.
Sigh.
Indeed, when it came to matters of the heart, he still didn't know how to handle them.
So he would give the other person and himself some time.
And let himself properly sort out that the previous feeling was not just gratitude for Qin Mohan's company, but that he genuinely had feelings for him.
After all, companionship born of gratitude couldn't last.
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
Qin Mohan visibly brightened after receiving Lin Hao's answer.
He then sat down next to Lin Hao, quietly keeping him company.
Meanwhile, Shi Tian, who had just dealt with the troublesome beings that had returned, saw the two of them sitting so close in the living room.
His eyes, hidden beneath his mask, were about to roll out.
Pretending not to see the duo in the living room, he casually flicked his long hair and prepared to walk past them to find a room to rest in.
"Yo, haven't seen you in years, son. Why are you wearing a mask? Who are you trying to impress, Hu Tu?"
As Shi Tian passed by Lin Hao, Lin Hao turned his head, a teasing glint in his eyes as he looked at his disguised companion.
Lin Hao hadn't recognized him at first. However, the spiritual power within his body had instantly become excited when he attacked that vine.
That's when he guessed.
The leader of the red-haired pirate crew in front of him was someone he knew.
"You've mistaken me."
Upon hearing this, Shi Tian turned around slowly, a fake smile on his face as he looked at the Insect King before him.
"Oh? Then, Hu Tu, I command you to take off your mask."
Seeing that the person before him was still playing coy, Lin Hao didn't say anything else and directly used his spiritual power.
After a few minutes, the person before him finally took off the mask.
And after Lin Hao said that, the red streak in his sea of consciousness disappeared.
The three conditions had been met, and his soul oath to him also vanished.
Now, Lin Hao's sea of consciousness was filled with a vast expanse of black, cautiously coaxing his white spiritual power.
Ever since Qin Mohan had made his intentions clear earlier, his spiritual power had stopped pretending and had been frantically surrounding his spiritual energy. But once it surrounded it, it began to cautiously appease it.
There was no trace of its previous aggressive posture.
The black lines on his hands had also transformed into messy shapes.
One moment they were smiling faces, the next they were expressions of fear.
Seeing this, he felt that the Star Net was child's play compared to this.
Because it could clearly express the user's mood.
Even an artificial intelligence would have to exclaim, "Very advanced!"
When Lin Hao saw Hu Tu's face again, he was completely stunned.
On the face that was originally far too beautiful, there was a black scar that ran across it.
"What happened to you?"
Lin Hao immediately stood up and approached Hu Tu.
As he got closer, he realized that the skinny boy had now transformed into a grown man.
Seeing the person who was worried about him, a hint of helplessness flashed in Hu Tu's eyes.
He lowered his head, looking into Lin Hao's eyes, and said with some frustration, "You gave up on your third chance just like that?"
There were more important choices, but he didn't expect it to be such a simple condition.
Even after reincarnation, he was still a complete fool.
He hadn't become any smarter.
"I asked what happened to your face, and what happened to your home, and why did you become a pirate?"
Lin Hao grabbed Hu Tu's arm, his voice filled with excitement.
The moment he saw Hu Tu, he remembered what he had searched for on the Star Net back then.
The Hu family, one of the great families of the empire, was destroyed in an instant, and the first heir of the Hu family also disappeared that very night.
He had initially thought it was a simple prank, but why had it turned out like this?
"One day, Zhao Jianye came to my house and brought something with him. My home was immediately destroyed, and I survived that disaster."
Hu Tu pried Lin Hao's hand off him and leaned against a wall, speaking.
His voice was indifferent, as if he were talking about someone else's home.
But Lin Hao could still see the disgust and anger in his eyes towards that thing.
"Don't look at me like that, Lin Hao. Do you think I would let you go?"
Hu Tu looked up, saw Lin Hao's gaze, then lowered his head and chuckled. His long hair obscured his eyes.
When he looked up again, his eyes had changed.
They were filled with madness.
"I know you're Zhao Jianye's son. I knew the moment you approached me. So, to prevent me from acting against you in the future, you'd best stay out of my sight."
After saying this, without waiting for Lin Hao's response, he casually put on his mask and leisurely walked towards an empty room.
Lin Hao heard this and his mind went blank.
He knew from the beginning?
Then why hadn't he kept his distance from him at first?
And why had he gone to such dangerous places with him back then?