"Natsume. ”

"I'm here. ”

"Why did you say yes? Do you really like me?"

It's no wonder that Gu Ming thinks too much, but it's really Natsume's attitude that he usually shows on weekdays is always calm and indifferent, and he treats everyone equally. He obeyed Gu Ming Dijue's orders only because he sent people to the fence, and Gu Ming Dijue happened to be the leader of the Earth Spirit Temple. Although Natsume is indeed very good to her, but is that really like? Does Natsume really love her? She did teach Natsume to care for her colleagues in the Earth Spirit Temple, so how can you make sure that Natsume cares about her most because she has the highest authority in the Earth Spirit Temple?

In the final analysis, Gu Ming Dijue is still not confident. In her opinion, Natsume is too dazzling, he has helped Lian Lian gradually return to normal, and he can defeat all the ghosts including Xingxiong Yuyi alone, and he has countless wonderful spells, and he has never even shown his full strength so far. Gu Ming did save his life at the beginning, but how could a strong man like him really die so easily? Even the surface of the ground was like his own back garden, and the Earth Spirit Hall had no bargaining chips to keep Natsume, but was relying on Natsume's power. If he wanted to, everything in the Earth Spirit Hall and even the old hell could be plundered and played by him, and the strong were respected, especially in the world of monsters.

But he didn't, he was always at ease in the Earth Spirit Temple, and he cowered together with them on this abandoned barren land, driving for the Earth Spirit Temple.

"If you want to repay me for saving you, you don't have to. ”

Gu Ming stared at Natsume's face, she raised her right hand as if she wanted to touch that face, but hesitated to withdraw her fingertips, as if there was an invisible barrier in front of the two, making her unable to enter.

"You've almost cured the crush, and that's enough. There is no reason to restrain you, and it shouldn't be your shackles, you can already break out of your own sky. ”

She was silent for a moment, almost choking up as she uttered the words.

"You...... Free. ”

Natsume sighed.

He sighed as normally as any human with normal emotional intelligence, which was no less strenuous than the Olympic Games for the facial muscles of the paralyzed poker face.

He crouched down so that Gu Ming could look at him. Then the young man stretched out his left hand and grabbed Gu Mingdijue's right hand, which was hanging down before he had time to take it back, and gently held it in his palm.

"Look at me, Sense. ”

The teary-eyed youkai girl was shocked, she wiped her tears with the sleeve of her left hand, and then obediently met Natsume's eyes.

This is the first time that Natsume has directly called the name of Komei Jiju, instead of adding that insincere "adult", so serious, so gentle.

"I'll answer your questions one by one. ”

"You asked me why I promised you, because your original words were 'Please have dealings with me,' and I accepted the command, and that's it. ”

"So, really, it's just because that's my order?"

Gu Ming's conjecture seems to be becoming a reality.

"Nope. ”

But Natsume shook his head.

"You've been getting one thing wrong all along, Sense. No one has ever been able to dictate me to do anything, I do something just because I want to, and no one can force me to do what I don't want to do. It's just that my mind was not complete in the early days, and I needed to get goals from the outside world, which gave you the illusion that I was a machine that received orders. No, I am a human being, flesh and blood, a person with emotions of my own. I accept your command, not because it is an order, but because it is 'your' command. ”

"I will take any order from you, as long as it is your order. ”

Ko Ming Jijue dodged Natsume's gaze slightly, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she didn't know if she was crying or some other reason.

"As for you asking me if I really like you, I don't know. I don't know what the definition of 'like' is, and I can't pinpoint the exact qualities from those samples, but I find something in common: caring, and possession. ”

Natsume pondered for a moment, as if organizing the language.

"I'm sure I care about you, probably because of your teachings at first, but then it comes from my heart. I care about you the most in the Earth Spirit Temple, not because you are the head of the Earth Spirit Temple, but because you attract me the most, your every move, every smile is attracting my attention, making me want to look at you all the time. ”

Gu Ming Dijue lowered her head, she didn't want to be too jealous, but she thought for a moment, and decided to ask, after all, this was also a favor for her sister.

"What about Love?"

"There is some kind of deep connection with me, which is slightly weaker than being one-hearted, but it is not far from it. I trust in love as I trust myself, and I think I should have the same perception as me, and it's a wonderful feeling, tough and warm, and it makes us know that there is always another partner behind us who supports us, but it's not love...... I think. ”

Natsume is really honest, answering all questions, and not hiding anything. Gu Ming Jijue decided to go back and ask about Lian Lian again, it's not that she doesn't trust Natsume, she just wants to know if Lian Lian also sees Natsume like this, if so, it's the best.

"To get back to the original topic, the other half of what constitutes love is possession, as for whether I have such thoughts about you...... I think there should be. ”

Natsume's expression was calm, and he was a little embarrassed.

"I guess you can stay with me all the time, or I can stay with you all the time. I want my life to be with you until I die, I am willing to trade the rest of my life for the rest of yours, I know it's not fair under the premise that I am human, so I will look for ways to transform myself into a youkai, or try to sublimate my life form, I am willing to pay for you, and I want to get the same reward. You are the best reward. ”

He stretched out his right hand and gently took Gu Ming Dijue's left hand, but Gu Ming Dijue did not resist.

"You say I'm free? I've always been free. I was not confined to the Earth Spirit Temple, I chose to stay in the Earth Spirit Temple. You are not my shackles, but my treasures, my only family...... with a lover. ”

Gu Ming felt and muttered quietly: "You don't have a small appetite......"

"The lover specifically refers to you. ”

Natsume's face does not change color.

"So did you promise me? If it wasn't formal enough, I'll repeat it now. ”

Natsume knelt on one knee and looked calmly and seriously into Komei's eyes.

"Please marry me. ”

"You've said that......" Gu Ming Dijue's gaze dodged around, and finally he whispered as shyly:

"Well, I agreed. ”

Natsume took Komeijiju's hand, and he pressed the girl's two index fingers against the corners of his mouth, pushing them to the sides and pulling out a joyful smile.

"One day, I'll put a real smile on my face for you. ”