Evangeline tilted her head and looked at Zion. Suddenly, she asked, "Am I useless in your heart?"
"No."
Zion answered with certainty.
He glanced at Evangeline and said, "You're strong, persistent, and reluctant, so I admire you the most, but everyone has the right to live a wonderful life. You're the woman that I like, so I don't want you to not have any memories on your own when you think back on your past. It's unfair to you, Evangeline. I don't have the right to ask you to give up yourself like this. You're full of energy and very competitive, and you've been the same throughout my childhood."
Hearing Zion's words, Evangeline was shocked.
"Didn't you hate me very much when you were young?"
"Yes, because you were more flamboyant and outstanding than me!"
Zion's answer stunned Evangeline.
"Really?"
"Yes."
Zion said seriously, "When I was young, I was considered the chosen one. Everyone said that I was a genius, but you almost defeated me. To be honest, I was very angry at that time. I even felt that as long as I didn't see you and stay with you, I could forget that I was almost defeated by someone. But behind the scenes, I sped up my time to practice. I was afraid that you would surpass me the next time I saw you. At that time, I would be embarrassed! But your martial arts ability is very strong, so you progressed quickly. It was very difficult for me to keep up with you. So in order to avoid making a fool of myself and failing, I could only follow you. But I remembered your vigorous look throughout my whole childhood."
Hearing Zion's words, Evangeline was stunned.
How could this be?
"So you really liked me at first?"
The corners of Zion's mouth twitched as he said, "Who did you inherited your narcissistic characteristic from?"
"It's none of your business. Just tell me if you've cared about me since the beginning?"
Evangeline desperately wanted to know an answer.
Zion's ears were a little red, but he whispered, "I don't care about you."
"Nonsense! Your ears are all red! Zion, you're not being honest!"
Evangeline was curled up in the passenger seat, and she was smiling brightly.
"It turns out that you've cared about me for a long time, but you've been pretending. Who are you again?"
"Your man."
Evangeline didn't know what to say, but the smile on her face never faded.
She didn't know why she felt so happy all of a sudden.
It was such a pity that she had wasted most of her time chasing after Zion all these years.
If Zion had never taken her feelings seriously and agreed to be with her, her life would have been in vain.
Evangeline put her hands on her knees and looked forward. Suddenly, she said with emotion, "In the past 20 years, I seemed to have lived in vain except for pursuing you."
"Have you figured it out?"
"Yes."
Evangeline nodded.
"Zion, if it's possible, I want to learn martial arts again. I know that it might be a little difficult now because of my body condition, but it doesn't matter. I can open a martial arts school, and I can pass down what I'm good at. What do you think?"
"Okay."
Zion nodded with a smile.
In fact, he didn't care what Evangeline did, but he couldn't bear to see her full of affection for him.
He felt satisfied when he saw how she was acting, but it was unfair to her. And once something happened to him, he couldn't imagine if Evangeline could survive alone.
It had always been Zion's life philosophy to prevent problems before they happened.
While they were talking, Zion had driven the car to the suburbs.
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