"Including being together with me?"
"Yes."
"Including us becoming true husband and wife, and you loving me the best you can, having children with me, and keeping me happy for the rest of my life?"
Wen He tilted her head and threw question after question at him. She asked about things like love and happiness but with an out-of-place stone-cold attitude.
Huo Chen hesitated for merely a second before he nodded.
"Yes."
"Hah…"
Wen He chuckled with dripping sarcasm and impassivity.
"You know, the way you nodded just now was just like a man handing out charity. I, on the other hand, am the beggar asking for love."
Before Huo Chen could deny anything, she added, "Perhaps you think the word 'charity' is too extreme. Let me try something else. How about 'sympathy', 'pity', or 'compensation'? Which one do you prefer?"
Huo Chen went pale, shocked by her words.
"Wen He…"
"'Compensation', then. It sounds better."
[1] 温和, which means “gentle”, is pronounced as “Wen He”, just like her name.