Steam rose off the water in soft ropes, almost obscuring the view of the pool.
"Here," Longzi said, and held out his hand.
While his name and legacy caused many grown men to pee themselves, Sun Longzi had always been the most… shy and reserved of all her guys.
More than Yaozu, he liked to hide in the background, watching, always watching what was going on, and he would never approach Xinying without some sort of reassurance from either her or one of the other men.
That was what made these date nights all that much more special.
Longzi planned everything, down to the last detail. True, he planned it like a war campaign, but that was besides the point. This was his plan, his initiative, and Xinying was all for it.
Taking his offered hand, Xinying smiled up at him brightly.
He led her along the stone path without hurry, one step at a time, the way he did everything. It was like the ground belonged to him and he was commanding it to behave for her.
