Protect the witness

Last Chapter: Reasons for the wedding

As promised the new (14000 words long!) chapter before Christmas. 

I am not necessarily good at writing down complicated things but I hope you will understand what I wanted to say. Especially when it comes to the reasons for the marriage. 

Enough talking! Enjoy the last Chapter!

3rd POV

>FLASHBACK<

Xuan Lu's heart raced when she knocked on her cousin's door. She was currently at the boy's dorm of her university and wanted to finally tell her cousin about her feelings. Yu Chen would graduate in a few days and she didn't want to miss the timing. It was true that they were cousins but their families lived in different cities and once Yu Chen graduated he would go home and they would see each other only at the next family meeting.

That would be a disaster because her mother and his mother were kinds of rivals. There was no reason to be but both wanted to be better than the other. So whenever something happened in their life they would brag about and enjoy the expression of the other. Xuan Lu's mother wasn't like this in the past but since Xuan Lu's aunt, Yu Chen's mother, started to brag about the smallest successes, she turned out like this.

"Yes?" The roommate of Yu Chen opened the door and raised his brows upon seeing Xuan Lu "Yo, Yu Chen. It's for you."

"Who?"

"Your cousin." The roommate answered and let Xuan Lu enter the dorm. For a room occupied by boys, it was pretty clean.

"Lu Lu?" Yu Chen asked surprised and Xuan Lu walked up to him nervously.

"I .... " She stopped and looked at the roommate.

"Got it. I am already gone. By the way, Yu Chen. I will stay at Yan Shen's house tonight so should Cheng Liao ask you where I am, cover for me, 'kay?"

"Isn't Cheng Liao your girlfriend? Who is YanShen?" Yu Chen asked and his roommate rolled his eyes.

"My future girlfriend, idiot! Now shut up and just cover for me. See you tomorrow." With that, he disappeared and the two cousins were alone.

"Is something wrong?" Yu Chen asked as he looked at his nervous little cousin. He was amused by her behavior because since she started attending this university she seemed to act like that in front of him.

"I ... I have to tell you something." Xuan Lu started.

"So? What is it? Come, sit down." He offered but Xuan Lu shook her head.

"No, it's okay." She answered and then took a deep breath. "Yu Chen, I ... I like you. A-and I don't mean like you as a cousin but as a .... l-lover. So... what I want to ask is... well... will you go out with me?" She closed her eyes and waited for an answer. She never confessed to anyone. Her roommate gave her a few tips on what to do but she ignored them. She wanted to confess with her own words even if they sounded naive and idiotic.

She heard a chuckle but didn't dare to open her eyes to check if he made fun of her or not.

"Lu Lu, open your eyes." He said but Xuan Lu shook her head. "Don't you want an answer?"