Level Up in Earth Evolution

"Wait, wait, Miss Lyla, please don't cry again. Here, I will give you more cookies," Li Wei shouted with a scared look as he watched Lyla's eyes filled with tears again.

"Mhm, I am not crying; it's just that I can't help it knowing I am a widow now," Lyla stated, taking cookies from him and wiping her tears in pain.

She then started to munch on cookies silently, ignoring Li Wei, whose mouth was twitching.

'Damn, she is taking me as dead. Wait a minute, I am not even her husband. What a manipulative talking,' Li Wei cursed in his mind and looked at Lyla, who was eating cookies albeit wiping her tears from time to time.

"Miss Lyla, are you okay? Do you know you haven't even married yet, so you can't become a widow?" Li Wei inquired with a worried face, wondering if she became stupid.

Watching his look, Lyla wrinkled her nose.

"Li Wei, I am not stupid, so stop looking at me like that," she shouted with a pout and continued with a sad expression.

"Li Wei, if I can't marry you, I will be labelled as a widow and defective woman because of my family rules. Also, I will not be allowed to engage in any kind of relationship with the opposite sex in future," she explained as she munched on cookies with a sad face and turned towards him.

"I know I am at fault here, but if you won't marry me, I can't escape from being labelled as a widow forever," she added, tears forming in her eyes again.

Watching her like this, Li Wei sighed with a troubled face.

He really wanted to say something about her family rules, but he didn't know anything about them. Because of this, he decided to refrain from commenting as it might have an opposite effect.

But it didn't mean he will agree.

"Miss Lyla, I am sorry, but I won't marry you," he replied, shaking his head.

He did feel troubled that her life might change because of his reply, but he didn't want to make Li Xin and Li Yin upset.

Not to mention the situation wasn't something worse.

"Miss Lyla, as long as you don't let your family know about this accident, nothing will happen," he said, assuring her.

In response, Lyla nodded with a sad smile.

"I know this, but because of teachings from my family, I feel uncomfortable and violated after having left like this," she muttered, hugging her knees with a broken expression as tears once again started to fall from her eyes.

Watching her like this, Li Wei felt guilty and moved his hand to pat her head.

"Miss Lyla, there is no need for you to feel violated like this. I don't want to marry you because I have my reasons, not because I hate you or don't like you," he explained in a gentle tone as he ruffled her sky-blue hair to console her.

Hearing him, Lyla calmed down a little and glanced at him with doubt.

"Do you really not hate me? I am causing you so much trouble," she inquired as tears kept falling from her face.

Watching her like this, Li Wei sighed inwardly and decided to use his weapon.

"Miss Lyla, how could I hate a beautiful woman like you?" he replied with a soft smile as he wiped her tears with a napkin.

While hearing him, Lyla became stunned, and her face blushed like a tomato.

"Li Wei, watch what you are saying," she shouted angrily with a glare.

But Li Wei ignored her and started to ruffle her hair again.

"Miss Lyla, you are really beautiful. Also, a beautiful woman like you must eat cookies," he stated with a smile and stuffed a cookie in her mouth.

"Mhmm," Lyla wanted to say something, but her mouth became sealed with a cookie, and she didn't have any choice but to eat it while glaring at him.

However, Li Wei didn't care and continued to feed her as she kept eating unwillingly(?).

'Good thing my sweet talk worked, or it would be really hard to calm her down,' Li Wei thought with relief as he saw Lyla not crying anymore.

When Lyla, who finished eating the last cookie, wrinkled her nose at him.

"Li Wei, stop treating me like a child. I am 24 years old, you know," she muttered with a pout as Li Wei kept ruffling her hair.

"Haha, isn't it a happy thing to get treated like this?" Li Wei chuckled at her, and after ruffling a few more times, he took his hand back.

"Are you feeling okay now?" he inquired, watching no more tears in her eyes.

"Mhmm, thanks to you, I am okay now," Lyla replied with a faint blush and a cute pout.

Hearing her, Li Wei nodded and got on the main topic.

"Miss Lyla, why did you come to my house at this time?" he inquired, pretending to be ignorant.

While hearing him, Lyla made a serious face and gazed into his eyes.

"Li Wei, are you the one who is helping Priestess Irene to hide herself?" she inquired but with a soft tone, making Li Wei stunned.

However, he hurriedly recovered and answered.

"Miss Lyla, what are you talking about? Why would Priestess Irene hide herself?" he asked, putting on a puzzled face.

Watching him like this, Lyla frowned a little.

'Is it really not him? Then how does he know I like cookies, something even my companions didn't know about except Priestess Irene?' she thought, looking at Li Wei with doubt.

"Li Wei, if you are really hiding Priestess Irene, then you will be in trouble because in a few hours high-level paladins from the capital city will be coming here to search for Priestess Irene."

"Unlike us, they have a lot of abilities and skills that can track a person from miles away, and if you really get caught up in this, you will face a lot of trouble," she warned him with a stern look.

Hearing her, Li Wei felt weird that she was being nice to him, but he felt grateful for this information and ignored the weird feeling.

"Miss Lyla, you don't need to worry about me. I am not hiding Priestess Irene, so I won't get into trouble," he assured her.

"Okay, I am relieved to hear this," Lyla nodded, dropping the subject. However, she still held a doubt that it was Li Wei and kept staring at him curiously.

"Please don't stare at me like this," Li Wei requested as he felt goosebumps from her gaze.

"Umm, if you don't want me to stare at you, then give me cookies," Lyla replied, asking for cookies with a cute expression.

Li Wei couldn't help but become speechless at her; however, he fulfilled her wish, giving her enough cookies to eat for a while.

"Li Wei, how do you know that I like cookies?" Irene asked suddenly with a curious expression as she munched on the cookies cutely.

While hearing her, Li Wei became stiff with fear.

'Damn, can't you eat peacefully?' he cursed in his mind and answered her.

"Haha, Miss Lyla, how could I know what you like? I just made a guess because everyone in my house likes them," he replied, making an excuse.

"So, it was a guess?" Lyla nodded, looking at him with deep expression before munching on her cookies again.

When Li Wei's communication tool suddenly rang and when he saw the message he became stunned.

"Huh, who is Ava?" he muttered as he saw a message with a few words.

Ava: Are you done yet?

That was all written there, making him puzzled when Lyla who was beside him curiously looked at the message.

"It's Ava, my companion," she explained and resumed with her eating as if it had nothing to do with her.

Li Wei became speechless at her reaction, but he didn't care and sent a message to Ava and Li Xin that they were done talking.

It wasn't even a few seconds passed when two doors opened simultaneously with everyone inside them coming out.

"Miss Lyla, are you okay?" Ava inquired as she came beside her, only to see her eating cookies.

"I am alright, Ava. You don't need to worry," Lyla replied and hurriedly stored the remaining cookies in her item box with a blush.

Watching her like this, Ava felt weird, but she didn't care as Lyla wasn't crying anymore.

"Li Wei, I will take my leave then," Lyla announced, standing up.

"Miss Lyla, please take care. Also, there is no need to worry too much about what happened," Li Wei replied, assuring her once again.

"Mhmm, I will keep it in mind," Lyla nodded and took her leave with her companions, who were still puzzled about the situation.

However, before Lyla left, she didn't forget to give a deep look at Irene, who was standing there with Li Xin and others after changing her appearance.