Chapter 10 Can I take care of you?
Qiao Susu got goosebumps all over her body, gently brushed his hand away and changed the subject.

"How long will it take for Luka to come back? I want to leave."

Of course, Libery couldn't let her stay and wait for Luka, so she was carried onto the flying ship. He took her to the busiest commercial district, and Libery ordered the entire large area to be cleared. After everyone had left, he took her in for a walk. He first picked out more than a dozen sets of clothes for her, and then he said she had to buy matching shoes.

When trying on shoes, Libery knelt on the ground almost the entire time, helping her put on each pair one by one, and even gave a detailed comparative analysis.

"This pair makes your skin look whiter, even though our Su Su is already very white. Buy it."

"This pair looks nice, but it's not very comfortable to wear. It's good only for occasional wear. Buy it."

"This pair is suitable for outdoor wear and goes perfectly with the skirt. Buy it."

"You like this pair? Buy it."

After buying shoes, Libery said that they should match several styles of accessories. He wanted to take her to buy jewelry, but Qiao Suisui was too embarrassed to let him continue to pay the bill, so she took him to have tea on the pretext of being tired, and this time she would treat him. Although Qiao Suisui's star coin account was bound to Luka's, she hypnotized herself that as long as the sincerity and gratitude were conveyed, it would be fine.

The tea place is decorated in a unique style, as if you are in the Amazon jungle. There are also some male orcs in animal form working around.

"Sui Sui." Libery smiled gently and looked at her seriously. "Can I take care of you?"

"Ash, you've done so much for me."

"No, I want to be your spouse."

"Ding—" "Bang—"

Su Su accidentally knocked over the teacup, and Libery immediately stood up to wipe the tea stains off her skirt.

"Sorry, Ash, I..."

"Sui Sui," Libery smiled and squeezed her slightly flustered hand, "You don't have to ever feel sorry for me."

She stared at Libery, feeling that he seemed to have something to say, but between breaths, he seemed to swallow his words.

"I will submit the application, but I just wanted to let you know first. No matter what you choose, don't feel burdened by it."

"Why do you suddenly want to be my spouse?" She was puzzled, as the distance between them was often far and sometimes close.

"Because I like you."

"What do you like about me?"

Liberi hadn't thought about this. He thought she was very good and compatible with him. She wasn't as spoiled as other females. When he learned today that she was pregnant with Luka's child, he felt a mixture of anger, jealousy, emotion, and surprise. He rarely lost his temper like today, and no female in the past could make him have emotional fluctuations like her.

The most important thing was that Libery looked at her belly.

It's very flat there, are there really little cubs in there?

He also wanted her to have his child.
Libery didn't want to put the pressure on her so early, so he subconsciously used the same tricks he had used to coax other females.

"Because you are so beautiful, I fell in love with you the first time I saw you."

She should have agreed so that she could use the system. But when Qiao Suisui heard the word "beautiful", she was caught off guard.

"It's because I'm a female and I have reproductive capabilities," she interrupted.

Libery was stunned. Although he didn't understand what was wrong with this reason, he saw that her expression was not good, so he immediately changed the topic and said, "I don't know how to say it, but I really want to take care of you. Seeing you happy will make me happy too. I..."

"Ash, you just like my features, not me. Sorry, I don't want a mate yet."

She said this quickly, stood up, and walked out, ignoring Libery who was standing there in a daze.

Her steps became faster and faster, and a voice kept emerging from her mind. - Sui Sui, this is your uncle Wang's son, come on, call him brother.

——Qiao Suisui, how is your relationship with Uncle Wang's son going? His family is a contractor, and the conditions are very good. Look, your Uncle Wang has solved your brother's school problems.

- Little girl, don't be ungrateful for what you have. I tell you, girls should get married early to continue the family line. Do you think our family got its money from the wind? You don't need money to go to college?

——Sui Sui, be good. I have accepted the betrothal gift. Your brother is in need of money right now. You won’t object, right?

——Sui Sui, I have raised you for so many years, you have to be valuable.

She covered her ears, and the more she tried to hold back her tears, the more they flowed.

In her life, she had no experience of being loved simply because of her beauty. Instead, because of her beauty, she was excluded and isolated in school, harassed and bullied by male classmates, and was targeted early on to be sold for a high price in the name of marriage. When she was a child, if she got a little close to a boy, the neighbors would tell her mother about it, and then she would be humiliated and punished.

The physical injuries no longer hurt once she got used to them, but those humiliating words would suddenly pop up at the moment when she thought she could be happy, becoming an indelible curse.

You can only gain love by being useful to others.

You have to give to your family to gain love.

You have to be diligent, sensible, well-behaved and have good grades to gain love.

You must run hard and never stop for a moment, otherwise you will be left behind by others. Only excellence can earn love.

Being beautiful is a disaster for her.

But Libery said that he liked her because of her disasters.

If I like her because she is pretty, what if she is no longer pretty one day?

If I like her now because I want to take care of her, what about a year from now? Ten years from now?

There was no one she could rely on except herself.

Qiao Susu was tired from running, so she walked to a fountain and squatted down. She hugged her knees, using the sound of the flowing water to cover up her suppressed crying.

She wiped away her tears as they flowed, and repeated them over and over again.

Suddenly, she saw a shadow cast on the ground.

She looked up in a daze and saw Luka standing in front of her without her noticing.

The two men, one tall and one short, one standing and one squatting, looked at each other silently.

Tears fell from the corners of her eyes as she raised her head. She stared blankly at the bruises on Luka's eyes and cheeks, and forgot to be sad for a moment.

Suddenly, she felt a heavy smell on her head, and a faint scent of tobacco mixed with the clear smell of mountain spring water enveloped her.

Luka gently draped the military jacket in his hand over her head. The jacket, which originally fitted her, seemed particularly large on her petite body and covered her completely.

"This way no one will see you, cry."

Sui Sui was stunned, hugged herself, grabbed the corner of her coat, and cried more unrestrainedly.

She knew that if she really let herself cry, the sadness would not last that long. The emotions that would have passed if she had held them back were no longer controllable because of the warm concern.

Luka had been standing there, hearing her weak sobs, crying so cautiously, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He exhaled a breath of turbid air, habitually wanted to take a cigarette, but then he remembered that she was pregnant, so he threw the whole box of cigarettes into the fountain.

She heard a "bang" and looked up. She didn't know what he had thrown in. She asked in a muffled voice, "What are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)