Chapter 50

"Will you touch me once I come of age?"

When the young girl asked this question, her eyes revealed an excessive innocence, her pupils as pure as the stars in the night sky, shining so brightly that Zhou Yanzhou did not dare to look too closely.

How should he put it? The girl was young after all, her thoughts shallow, blurting out her true feelings so straightforwardly without needing deep probing. Zhou Yanzhou feared nothing in this world, yet he dreaded this sincere and earnest heart of hers.

He could neither afford it nor repay it.

Affection was the most useless thing in existence. Anything that could not be measured by material wealth required careful calculation on his part to see if he could afford to give it.

The girl had not yet been pushed to that extent; she did not know that even emotions could be bartered with material things. Whatever was not rightfully hers, she would refuse to take.

He, however, was different. He was a man accustomed to weighing pros and cons, always evaluating feasibility and consequences before taking any action.

Clearly, the girl before