But no matter how well he pretended, his heart was trembling! In shock! In pain! In sorrow!
Hearing her relentless and emotionless words, she didn't explicitly say it, but he clearly understood that every word she uttered was directed at him, coldly informing him that she rejected their engagement.
And those words saying they wouldn't marry for ten years were an utter break, clearly expressing that she would never marry him!
She was so resolute, casually severing their future.
At that moment, a heart-piercing pain struck his heart, shattering it into shards soaked in blood.
The pain was unbearable, like hellfire burning in his chest, consuming his soul.
Even amidst such agony, he still didn't understand what he had done wrong, to earn such hatred from her, as though sentenced to the lowest depths of hell, never to rise again.
Ji Lingkong unconsciously clenched the wine glass in his hand, a glint of determination alongside the grief in his eyes.
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