"Could you repeat that , kiddo ?", the man cleared his throat before he asked the girl.

Rong Xinghe sighed and hugged her brother before repeating her words ,"I love Yuan , Bro Al."

Zhi Al became silent after he heard the girl's words again. By the tone of her voice , she wasn't joking about this. But just what had happened for her to realize her feelings for that man all of a sudden ?!

Rong Xinghe separated from the frozen man and looked at him earnestly. For her , Zhi Al wasn't just her brother. He was her friend as well. Naturally , she was more comfortable with him when it came to things like this. But his reaction was unexpected. For a man as talkative as him , silence was definitely not expected.

"Brother ? At least , say something..."

Zhi Al was still in a daze as he just didn't knew what to say to the girl. He had actually thought that it would happen at least one more year later. He hadn't seen this coming so soon. It was only after Rong Xinghe held onto his hand tightly did the man broke out of his trance.

Zhi Al pinched the s.p.a.ce between his brows ,"When did you realize ? And why do you think he is the right one ?"

Rong Xinghe smiled dreamily and quickly climbed onto the hood of her car ,"He is really a sweet man , brother. I don't know when I started to develop feelings for him but I told him about that on his birthday few weeks ago. He always respects my opinions , he has never pushed me to accept him and he doesn't expect anything from me in return. Yuan is nothing like Zhou Che. I can sense that he trusts me blindly. I know that he understands me very well.

"Till now , I was still contemplating between giving this relations.h.i.+p a chance or not. But today , he opened up about his past to me. He told me how he had lost his grandparents when he was merely fifteen and how he never received parental love. He told me about his struggles and about his pain.

"Bro Al , I know how difficult it is to reveal your most vulnerable side to someone. I know it more than anyone because I had disclosed my past to him earlier. It requires a lot of courage to do that. When I was telling him about the train incident in Country I , I was reliving that frightening night once again. I could see myself falling from that train and I could see myself crying and screaming on the cold railway tracks for the entire night. That was very painful.

"He did the same today. I knew how tough it was for him to relive his past. He had seen his grandparents getting shot to death. He had seen his parents fighting over money and power. I could tell that those memories were floating in front of his eyes the entire time he was telling me about the incident.

"And that is the transparency I expect in my relations.h.i.+p ! Although it was painful for him , I am glad he didn't kept me in the dark. I am thankful that he trusted me with the darkest truth about his family. If he would've had hided it from me , I might've never forgiven him. The relations.h.i.+ps that stand on the ground of lies and secrets are bound to fall down hard. He knew that I could leave him and that I would want to stay away from his family's narrow mindset , but he still came clean in front of me.

"This made me realize that I was in love with him. I want to take this chance brother. I simply want to feel this love."

Zhi Al was taken aback when Rong Xinghe said that Xi Yuan had actually gone ahead and exposed the biggest secret of his life to the girl. No wonder Rong Xinghe was so touched by him ! After all , she wasn't any different from him. She also had the habit of bottling up her pain just like the man. So she naturally appreciated his honesty.

But this wasn't the concern for the six men. All along , they had no aversion for the man. Their real worry had always been the Xi family elders. Even if they all appeared to be warm and harmonious from the outside , who knew what was going on in the inside ? Especially , since this matter involved Rong Xinghe , they were going to be extremely cautious and observant regarding the Xi family clan.

"Brother , what is it ? You don't like him ? You will not support me in front of other brothers ?", Rong Xinghe looked at the man worriedly. His silence was killing her now !

Zhi Al took a deep breath and ran his hands through his hair as he smiled at the girl hesitantly ,"Of course , I don't dislike him and I will be there for you always. What kind of support do you want ?"

Rong Xinghe's eyes shone when she received her brother's acceptance and jumped down the hood of the car excitedly ,"I love you , Bro Al ! I just want you to tell the other five men about this. Bro Zhi Bo and sis-in-law Ruo Cy are coming back from their honeymoon tomorrow as well. I have to leave for a confidential mission right now. So I won't be back until tomorrow night. Just help me convince the rest of the family about it. Will you please do it for me ?"

Zhi Al kissed the girl's forehead gently as he looked at his angel with warmth in his eyes ,"I will tell them. You focus on your mission and don't worry about all of this. Just be safe."

Rong Xinghe smiled and jumped inside her car.

"One more thing , Bro Al ! Don't tell Yuan about all of this."

"Why ?"

"I want to give him a worthy and grand confession !"

"....."

This d.a.m.ned lady devil in love !