Chapter 174 I've Always Been

"I'll just come out and say it then..."

The woman clenched her teeth, "The one I like is you. Haven't you felt it?"

This confession completely dumbfounded Su Wen.

He had truly not anticipated such an abrupt declaration of love.

Only now did his wooden head start to respond.

He realized that the sincere invitation she had made to come and join her was not from the heart, but an offer to become her kept man...

Was this what being a wealthy patroness was all about?

If it had been the Su Wen of before, he might have already agreed, for who wouldn't like a life with ample food and drinks, and the love of a rich woman?

But the Su Wen of now seemed to have found his own purpose in life, and he decisively rejected Zhu Mengyao.

"I'm sorry, I don't really like this kind of arrangement... You are Zhu Qi's sister, and I couldn't possibly do something like that, no matter what. If you would like, we can be friends, though," he said.

"Be friends?"