I swear I will take care of you

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  However, Tao Ce still walked to the bedside, squatted down, clumsily helped Pan Xiaoxiao cover the quilt, just got up and squatted again, opened his mouth and said "ah..." without continuing.

  If it were a rich and handsome man in this situation, what would he do next? Would he gently take care of the goddess or take advantage of the momentum to kiss her, then have a passionate love affair and get married privately?

  He has no experience of going to a girl's home at all, and it's still an uncomfortable girl, he completely doesn't know what to do!

  And besides, the goddess just confessed her love, what's their relationship now?

  He just got excited and forgot to respond to the goddess, can this be made up for later?

  Actually, Pan Xiao also felt a bit at a loss, and she didn't understand this kind of thing either. Because Tao Ce came to see her, under the pleasant mood, her stomach no longer hurt, now that Tao Ce stayed here to care for her, she still had a bit of intentionally pretended unease.

  The two people exchanged awkward glances for a while, and then Tao Ce finally spoke up: "Do you need me to help you get a cup of hot water?"

  Pan Xiaoxiao shook her head and then reached out to take a tray with a kettle on the bedside table, pressed a button, and the water in the kettle was automatically heated.

  The pottery book looked at him scolding, it's really hard to serve when encountering a rich woman, even wanting to carefully go over and get a cup of water didn't have the opportunity.

  "Then..." Tao Ce spoke again.

  "Just be with me."

  "Okay."

  “……”

  "Uh-huh."

  “？”

  "I'm so nervous to death." Tao Ce suddenly covered his face, squatted at the bedside, and buried his head in the quilt between Pan Xiao's legs, with his exposed ears bright red.

  Pan Xiaoxiao carefully reached out and touched his red hair, soft and smooth.

  It seems that Pan Xiao's hand has a comforting effect. Tao Ce finally relaxed and looked up at Pan Xiao.

  "Today... after I left, you felt very wronged, didn't you?" Taocai suddenly asked, his heart tightening involuntarily, it was too heartbreaking. Thinking that such a soft girl had been wronged, he couldn't bear it in his heart. Especially since the deepest pain was something he had caused himself, he wanted to slap himself twice.

  "Mm." She nodded and pursed her lips, looking very wronged.

  Tao Ce immediately stood up, reached out and grasped Pan Xiao Xiao's hand, saying very seriously: "Believe me, I won't easily doubt you again in the future, okay?"

  Pan Xiuxiu continued nodding. Looking at Tao Ce's serious expression, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. She was very happy.

  Tao Ce smiled and looked at her. As if he had thought of something, he asked her: "Do you have a blank notebook here? The kind that can be drawn on."

  Hehe, I didn't know what he wanted to do, so after a moment's pause, I found the things he needed. Then, I saw that tall figure sitting cross-legged on the ground stall, handing me a drawing book and pen: "Draw two shapes in this book."

  Smiling and obediently following instructions. Drew a circle on the notebook, then tentatively looked up at Tao Ce, seemingly asking if this was okay.

  "Continue."

  Then drew a triangle. Added some raindrop shapes beside it.

  "Ah, it's indeed a bit difficult to fill in!" Tao Ce took up his brush and studied for half a day before finally starting to write.

  He drew a pattern on the smiling painting book. Using the circles she had drawn before as eyes, and triangles as nose, he quickly drew out an adorable little dog, which was running towards the sun not far away, and those water droplets were its sweat.

  "Actually, many things are imperfect at first, looking dull and uninteresting, but after some embellishment, these things can become rich and colorful. Maybe you wanted to paint tears at first, but I insist on turning them into sweat... Just like us, today's misunderstanding made people feel terrible, almost bursting, but after adjustment, didn't we resolve the misunderstanding? " He said, looking up at her, beaming with a big smile, warming Xiaoxiao's heart.

  "Uh..." She nodded obediently as before.

  He held a pencil and continued to embellish the picture, making it more and more rich.

  "If you have any grievances in the future, just tell me directly, don't keep them bottled up inside, okay?" He said, handing her the painting.

  "Uh-huh."

  She carefully took it, looking at the cute little dog on the screen, and couldn't help but feel great. It can be seen that Tao Ce has learned to scribble, and can actually use a few simple shapes to draw such a lovely picture.

  "Thank you, I like it very much." She held up the painting and smiled at him with a radiant face.

  He was stunned and looked silly again.

  Women in love are always so easily satisfied.

  Tao Ce sat on her bed, somewhat entangled, and asked her: "Now I am in a love rivalry with Fu Tian Yao?"

  When it comes to this matter, Pan Xiao suddenly lowered her head: "I'm not qualified to be with you now."

  "Just like you said before, you two can't break up yet, right?"

  "Yes."

  "So, the person who just confessed to me is still someone else's girlfriend, right?"

  Pan Xiuxiu didn't know how to respond and finally just nodded her head.

  "How much longer do I need to wait?"

  Pan Xiaoxiao hung her head, suddenly feeling very wronged. She had a hard-to-express feeling of bitterness. Obviously, she liked Tao Ce, and Tao Ce also liked her, yet she still had to maintain a romantic relationship with another boy, making Tao Ce suffer. Sometimes she really wanted to firmly express her attitude, but she didn't want to make her father lose face, nor did she want others to point at her father's back and say he was ungrateful and forgot the people who helped him achieve success.

  She just wanted to make things a little more perfect so that she could also relax and let the only ones who would lose face be the Pus.

  She unexpectedly fell in love with Tao Ce at this time, which was a very gorgeous accident that made her start to be confused, start to hesitate, and start to lose her footing.

  She didn't want to miss out on Tao's appointment and also didn't want to give up on her painstakingly planned scheme.

  Taoye saw her difficult expression, stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms. He held her gently and said: "You don't have to be so troubled, I won't force you. If I really like you, this feeling can withstand the test of time. So I'm willing to wait for you, until one day, you can openly and honestly be with me."

  Pan Xiaoxiao nodded and moved in his arms, also wrapping her arms around his waist: "Give me half a year's time, just half a year. Is that okay?"

  The most feared thing about being a lover is that you are painstakingly managing a romance that cannot be exposed to the light of day. You work hard and make sacrifices, but in the end, the person who once swore to love you suddenly turns against you, denying all the emotions between you two. Then they turn their back on you and leave. All the love turns to dust, the most tragic thing is that only one person is left out.

  Among the three of them, Pan Xiaoxiao and Fu Tianyao had no feelings for each other. Fu Tianyao had already eloped with someone else, so it wasn't excessive for Pan Xiaoxiao to be with Tao Ce.

  But in everyone's eyes, Pan Xiaoxiao and Fu Tianyao are still a couple after all, while Tao Ce is, to put it nicely, Pan Xiaoxiao's backup plan. To put it bluntly, she's the third wheel, someone who is despised by others.

  Pang Xiaoxiao, being held by Tao Ce, was so helpless that her nose suddenly turned sour. Her thin lips trembled, and she finally couldn't help but burst into tears. The more Tao Ce comforted her, the more bitterly she cried, until her almost ear-piercing wails completely ruined her usual calm demeanor.

  The pottery was left in a state of utter confusion.

  He was wiping away her tears with a handkerchief while patting her back, and seeing how heartbroken she was, he didn't even want to try to comfort her.

  Such a slender little girl, yet she has taken on so many things, the pressure must be huge, right? From her being splashed with water by Pei Tianyao's sister and still coming out to see him in such a disheveled state, it can be seen that the Pei family is very hostile towards Pan Xiaoxiao, yet she has been enduring it all along.

  And he actually had a tantrum at the moment when Pan Xiaoxiao needed him most, damn it!

  "Go ahead and cry if you want to. It's okay, you're in my arms, I'll be with you. My good little laugh, don't cry too loudly, your throat will be hoarse soon."

  Pan Xiaoxiao wiped away her tears and leaned into Tao Ce's arms, saying: "The people of the Pheasant family have always thought I was too good for them. His sister resented me for meddling in their affairs and breaking off her engagement with her brother. His mother resented me for not smiling enough, not being lively, as if I had lost a loved one. Pei Tianyao has been treating me poorly since childhood..."

  She choked with sobs and told them about their school days in a disjointed manner.

  When they were in school, Pan Xiaoxiao was just Pian Tianyao's little sidekick. On rainy days, Pan Xiaoxiao would give his umbrella to Pian Tianyao, who would accept it with a clear conscience and then leave alone under the umbrella, leaving Pan Xiaoxiao to get rained on all the way home, occasionally checking if Pan Xiaoxiao was following him. One time, Pan Xiaoxiao got a cold from getting rained on, but Pian Tianyao only came over the next evening to complain that Pan Xiaoxiao didn't send someone to deliver his lunch, forcing him to buy it himself. Afterwards, Pan Xiaoxiao would bring two umbrellas on rainy days, but Pian Tianyao would generously lend the other umbrella to someone else, and Pan Xiaoxiao would still get rained on while following Pian Tianyao home. As a child, Pian Tianyao never tired of teasing Pan Xiaoxiao like this.

  Tao Ce covered her mouth after she finished speaking, not intending to let her say anything more. He helped her wipe away her tears and then gently kissed her face, comforting her and telling her to sleep for a while.

  Pan Xiaoxiao listened to his words and agreed as soon as he said them.

  That night, Tao Ce was just a spectator, sitting on the fluffy carpet, propping his face with his hands, quietly watching Pan Xiao's sleeping face.

  She slept very quietly, which was consistent with her appearance. She held the ceramic book in his hand, feeling the temperature of his palm, which made her feel at ease.

  It seemed that the surroundings were too quiet, or perhaps the fragrance of the plants in the house was too sedating. Tao Ce leaned against the bed and fell asleep with his head tilted to one side. When he woke up, he found himself having a glorious case of pillow creases on his face. He walked out with his neck twisted for a few steps before deciding not to let the goddess see him in such a disheveled state, so he directly went out the door and headed to a nearby restaurant to prepare breakfast for the goddess.

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  The power is out today! I'm totally messed up!

  I've discovered something big, I missed a chapter!!!! I still don't know where it's missing!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

  Does everyone feel like there's a plot hole somewhere?