Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Dense forests were towering above the roads and a car drove on the narrow road. The black car went smoothly and stealthily in that unpopulated area. 

Luo Lixi looked ahead without saying anything, deep expectations were shown on her little face as she clutched a little bundle of roses. Luo Baiyun drove steadily on the road and then glanced at Luo Lixi. "How far is it? For how long will I have to drive?"

Luo Lixi blinked her eyes and then whispered, "Maybe… 1 hour more?"

Even she wasn't sure. The roads were bumpy and undeveloped, not to say the car wasn't as high-tech as the modern cars. Luo Baiyun shook his head in pity and continued to drive. 

"Father, should we invest in the road construction and transportation industry?" Luo Lixi whispered. She knew the huge potential of these projects. 

"I was thinking the same…" The man nodded. Both of them fell silent and began to make several plans to do in the future. 

Luo Lixi tilted her head and stared at the horizon for a long time. Luo Baiyun was speechless by her odd behaviour. After driving for more than three hours, finally, Luo Lixi saw something in the distance. 

Her eyes lit up as she shouted, "There it is!"

Screech! 

Luo Baiyun was shocked by her sudden outburst. He braked the car and looked at the place where she was pointing at. Luo Baiyun fell silent when he saw the huge wall surrounding the Villa. 

"Whom do you want to meet?" Luo Baiyun asked solemnly. 

However, Luo Lixi didn't reply and continued to stare at that place. After staring for a few minutes, she looked up and stared at him pitifully. 

"What?" The man folded his arms and sneered, "You refused to tell me anything and what do you want me to do?"

Luo Lixi hesitated as she glanced at the Sheng Villa. 'What am I supposed to say? Your son in law lives there and I want you to bring me to him?'

Luo Lixi's mind felt stifled as she pitifully stared at her father. After staying silent for a long time, she finally answered, "A very important person lives there. I want to… just meet him once." 

Luo Baiyun didn't ask further when he saw her reluctant to talk about the matter. 

Why wouldn't she? She is gonna see her little lover~

…

Both of them got out of the car. Luo Baiyun walked ahead while Luo Lixi followed him. In no time, the guards noticed them and looked at their places. 

Before going, Luo Baiyun glanced at her and asked, "Whom do you want to meet? Tell me the name or what am I supposed to do?"

Blue veins would bulge on Luo Baiyun's forehead whenever his eyes would fall on the cutely made bundle of roses in his daughter's hands. 'For which degenerate has she brought this?! '

Luo Baiyun would wonder but he knew she wouldn't answer. 

"I have come to meet little Sheng Ruming." Luo Lixi replied bashfully. 

"..." Luo Baiyun stopped in his place when he saw the blush on her face. 

"Why did you stop?!" Luo Lixi asked anxiously as she glanced at the guards.

"You are acting so weird… Are you going to meet your crush?!" Luo Baiyun asked suspiciously. 

Luo Lixi couldn't stop blushing and her cheeks turned red like a ripe tomato. Luo Baiyun sighed helplessly. 'What will I do with this girl?!'

…

Nonetheless, he regained his pace and with a serious and calm expression, he went ahead. The guards stared at him suspiciously and one of them asked, "Sir, how can I help you?"

"Cough! I have come to see… Sheng Ruming." Luo Baiyun coughed as he said. The guards exchanged glances. 

"The little kid? Or perhaps, do you want to meet his Father, Sheng Haotin?" The guard asked. 

"My daughter wants to… " While saying this, Luo Baiyun turned around, only to see the place beside him was empty. "Ah? Xixi, where did she go?!"

"... There." The guard pointed ahead. When Luo Baiyun turned around, he saw his dear daughter running like a little chick towards a little boy. 

"..." Luo Baiyun was speechless by her behaviour. Slowly, his eyes moved towards the little boy who had stopped at some point and stared at Luo Lixi curiously. 

"Ruming?" After stopping in front of the boy, she called out to confirm. The other person hesitantly nodded his head. 

"Who are you?" The little Sheng Ruming asked as he glanced at Luo Lixi curiously. Then his eyes fell on the bundle of roses in Luo Lixi's hand. 

"I am… Xixi. Ruming, you should remember this name. Got it?" Luo Lixi said seriously. The other person nodded in confusion as he stared at her. 

At his response, she was satisfied. Then, she raised the roses and bashfully said, "For you~"

"..." Sheng Ruming's nanny.

"..." Luo Baiyun. 

Both of them speechlessly watched the weird yet sweet scene. Sheng Ruming gazed at the red flowers and then stared at Luo Lixi. Finally, he spoke out in his crispy voice, "I don't take things from… strangers."

"Ah?!" Luo Lixi's shy smile cracked upon hearing him. Only then she remembered that it was the first of them to see each other. 

She looked up and bowed gracefully at Sheng Ruming's nanny, "Sister, I have something to say to Ruming. Can you leave us alone for a moment?"

"Sister?... Oh, you are calling me?" The old nanny became happy when she was called sister. She turned to Sheng Ruming and murmured, "Young master, I will stand at the entrance. After you are done talking with this little cutie, come to me, okay?"

Sheng Ruming nodded his head obediently. Looking at the quiet and obedient boy, Luo Lixi's heart softened. Luo Baiyun also realized Luo Lixi only wanted to talk with that puny kid. Thus, he retreated with the nanny and stood beside the huge gate of the Sheng Villa. 

…

"Listen carefully. We aren't strangers. You are my husband!" Luo Lixi spoke so gravely that Sheng Ruming gulped down nervously and nodded. 

But then, he suddenly froze and whispered, "What is 'Husband'?"

Luo Lixi lifted her head and asked strangely, "You don't know what this means… Oh, you are a little kid after all..." She nodded her head in understanding. 

"It means… you are mine. I am yours. You understand this, right?" Luo Lixi inquired. Sheng Ruming nodded. Still, baffled, the boy looked at her, wondering if she was crazy. She was a kid but she was scolding him for being a kid. 

"You are mine, I am yours." Sheng Ruming smiled, despite his hazard thoughts he found her cute, grinning cutely he seemed to realise something. Luo Lixi felt she was dazzled by the boy's dazzling smile. She felt shy and then lifted the bundle of roses again. 

"This time… let me pursue you, my love. I will surely make you mine when I become an adult!" Luo Lixi whispered in determination. Sheng Ruming blinked his eyes and then nodded. 

"I also want to become an adult soon. Let's turn big as soon as possible." Sheng Ruming smiled mildly as he received her flowers finally and grabbed them tightly. Luo Lixi felt her heart flutter when he smiled at her. 

At the side, Luo Baiyun felt his heart was aching. If the kid she was giving those roses was an adult, he could have interrogated him but how would he do that to a little child who was so young…

He turned around and faced a tree as if at that time, it was the most interesting thing in the world. His fatherly heart couldn't bear the sight of his daughter running after a little boy when it should be the boy to do that. He couldn't even scold the boy...

Luo Lixi went ahead and hugged Sheng Ruming's waist tightly. In other people's eyes, it looked very cute and adorable. But little did they know the content of the conversation going between the two children.

"Ruming, you have to stay pure for me. You can't let other girls touch you or give you flowers, especially Yan Ruomin." She pouted and glanced at him with her watery cute eyes. 

"Sister Ruomin… but, she has never touched me or given me any flowers." The little boy said in puzzlement. 

"Whatever… stay far away from girls and never let them become your girlfriend or wife. Only I have this right, understand?" Luo Lixi didn't even blink or felt embarrassed when she said that. She slowly brainwashed the little kid and the other person nodded. 

He surely would find this memory a crazy one when he would grow old, a little kid was already claiming him as hers, how sweet~

He felt a kind of sadness when he saw the little girl for the first time. Little Sheng Ruming wanted to take her to his room and hide her but peeking at the adult who was scowling at him, he didn't dare. 

"Alright. I will come to see you on your birthdays and wait for you to come to the Long city." Luo Lixi said excitedly and then gave the little boy a smooch on his cheek. "I love you~" Then, she turned around and ran towards her father with pink cheeks. 

Luo Baiyun stared at Sheng Ruming coldly. Then he turned to Luo Lixi and inquired, "Done?"

"Done!" Luo Lixi replied excitedly. "Let's leave now."

"Don't you want to spend more time here…" The man smirked and then rubbed her head violently. 

"Ah! Father, don't ruin my buns!" Luo Lixi retreated and protected her hair buns and glared at Luo Baiyun with resentment. 

The man picked her up and then started to go towards their car. Luo Lixi waved at Sheng Ruming cheerfully and shouted in her cute voice, "Ruming, you have to wait for me!"

Sheng Ruming waved back and murmured cutely, "I will."