Pu Chang-jie’s eyes narrowed, his gaze unprecedented in its sharpness, “I never acknowledged you as my fiancée.”
“Fiancée?!” Shang Ke-xin beside him was also stunned.
“No!” Hearing Shang Ke-xin’s tone, Pu Chang-jie nervously turned to look at her, “I never acknowledged it. That was an agreement between her and my grandfather.”
“But you never denied it either, right? Big brother!”
Li Ya-zi’s voice rose an octave, her sharp questioning momentarily rendering Pu Chang-jie speechless.
“Yes… that’s right.”
He had never denied it because he once thought marriage, like his life, was just a part of cultural inheritance.
“Chang-jie, you…”
Shang Ke-xin looked at him in disbelief, her heart experiencing an almost unbearable pain, more shocking than when she first heard the word “fiancée”.
And Pu Chang-jie just lowered his head, unable to say anything. This was not the time to explain or reveal everything, and he had no intention of explaining the situation in such an awkward context, including the fact that his appearance was not actually like this.
His background, his origins, had far too great an influence on him, and similarly, would have a certain degree of influence on the woman he was prepared to protect for a lifetime, and he…
He did not want to tell Ke Xin everything while their emotions were not yet fully settled.
So, after a few seconds of silence, he suddenly looked up, tightly gripped Shang Ke Xin’s hand, held it to his chest, and gazed deeply at her, “Believe me, Ke Xin, I can explain everything about this, tomorrow…”
“No!”
A piercing scream came from Akita Riyako beside them. She could not accept, could not believe that Ying Pu Cang Jie would actually say such words to a woman.
In her understanding, Ying Pu Cang Jie should not be like this. He should be noble and aloof as he was in the past, with a heart that no woman could possess, except for her to approach and serve…
Unexpectedly, he would actually make such a sincere request of a woman… believe him?!
Honk——
Suddenly, a loud horn sounded.
“Miss Akita, don’t back up! Be careful!”
Bai Ting Li’s scream came after Akita Riyako’s shout.
