CHAPTER 227: CHAPTER 227 AGREE TO ALL CONDITIONS

Lin Banxia thought of Lin Shiyi’s smug expression when she left in the afternoon and immediately felt as though she had found a chance to turn the tables.

"I love you, I love you, I love you!" Lin Banxia said it three times in one breath, totally shameless.

Huo Yanting’s dark eyes held no trace of light, his thin lips curved in satisfaction, letting out a faint sigh.

"Go on, name your terms!" He thought to himself that he must be mad. Such a sharp, calculating person as him was now wishing he could pluck the stars from the heavens for this little woman before him.

Lin Banxia once again felt that Huo Yanting was far too good—so warm it brought her peace.

To think that all she needed to say was "I love you" to trade for one condition he would fulfill for her.

No matter how you looked at it, she figured she’d come out ahead.

"First condition: You’re supposed to attend a birthday banquet the day after tomorrow, right? I want you not to go—can you do that?" Lin Banxia thought of the fifty-thousand-dollar bet she’d lose if she failed, and it made her heart ache. She could only plead with Huo Yanting not to attend and give Lin Shiyi the chance to gloat.

Huo Yanting looked surprised. "How do you know I’m going to a birthday banquet the day after tomorrow? Who told you?"

Lin Banxia skipped over the bet entirely and explained the general purpose of Lin Shiyi’s visit today.

Huo Yanting let out a low laugh. "Are you jealous?"

Lin Banxia immediately nodded. "Yes, I’m jealous. Lin Shiyi clearly has feelings for you. If you go, she’ll see you, and then she’ll flaunt it to me. I’ll feel miserable."

"Alright, I promise you, I won’t go to the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow. What’s the second condition?" Huo Yanting truly was a man of his word. Since she had said "I love you" three times, he would certainly fulfill three of her conditions.

Lin Banxia’s little face flushed slightly, feeling as though she was taking advantage of him.

"The second condition: I’d like us to minimize meeting in public places in the future. Even if we do meet, we should pretend to be strangers. Otherwise, I’m afraid your grandfather will blame me. If he becomes angry, I fear I won’t be able to protect the pear garden." Lin Banxia, feeling both helpless and wronged, pleaded with him. She couldn’t help but feel selfish—part of her wanted to love Huo Yanting wholeheartedly, while another part clung to preserving the pear garden.

Huo Yanting’s face darkened again. He fell silent, unwilling to agree.

"I’m truly worried the pear garden might be ruined because of me." Seeing his prolonged silence, Lin Banxia sighed in concern.

Of course, Huo Yanting knew how much this little woman had sacrificed for the pear garden. If it faced threats due to his presence, winning her heart might become even harder.

"Alright, I promise you. I’ll try to avoid seeing you in public places from now on." Huo Yanting compromised. A man who never compromised with anyone or anything found himself repeatedly breaking his own principles for her.

"The third... I haven’t thought about it yet. Can I hold off for now?" Lin Banxia’s lips curved upward. In truth, she had already decided on the third condition, but she didn’t want to say it now, afraid Huo Yanting would scold her for talking nonsense.

The third condition was that three years later, when she passed away, she would ask him to continue protecting this pear garden, keeping it intact forever.

"Alright!" Huo Yanting’s thin lips brushed her cheek inadvertently, though he wanted to kiss her lips again. He feared he wouldn’t be able to stop himself, wanting her even more passionately and deeply.

Having confessed his feelings for her, Huo Yanting wanted to prove himself as a true man—not someone who thought only with his baser instincts.