I stared at him, speechless for a long time. Surprised, utterly surprised. It seemed An Grey Wolf had spent these years not just studying and taking official exams, but also busy blocking my romantic encounters in his spare time.
My heart felt complicated. Should I blame him? If not for his interference, I might have married someone else long ago and been strangers to him by now. I could hardly imagine myself living harmoniously with another person.
Over a decade of knowing each other, he had imperceptibly entered my heart.
I was used to him, just as I was used to crispy sugar cakes, used to round glutinous rice balls, used to my father’s digressions and my mother’s fierce nature, used to waiting sweetly at home every day for someone to come home for dinner. Apart from him, being with anyone else seemed like an abnormal error that needed immediate correction.
An Jin stared at me, probably unnerved by the ever-changing expressions on my face. He clearly didn’t want me to marry someone else, but instead of fighting for me openly, he resorted to underhanded tactics, completely disrespecting my right to know, and I wanted to teach him a lesson to ease my frustration.
I kept a stern face, casting a cold glance at him like a winter wind in the twelfth lunar month. “So that’s how it was. Others aside, but Yan Huo…”
I was about to ask him how he had schemed Yan Huo, who was in Xiliang, into this, but unexpectedly, his face darkened, and he murmured, “I know, I understand.”
“Three years ago, Yan Huo came to Yanfeng and met you. When you were with him, you were completely different.” He seemed to be recalling an unpleasant memory. “You were very compatible. Perhaps no one else was truly in your heart, only him…”
“Do you really love him?” he asked with difficulty and bitterness, and I began to understand.
“Actually, I’m not quite…”
He seemed not to hear me and continued, “If I hadn’t found a way to make him return to the country early, you might have actually been with him. Moreover, I stopped him from communicating with you, completely cutting off your connection.”
I blinked, looking at him, anticipating what he would say next.
