"What are you talking about? If we are to be happy, then let's be happy together; no one should be left behind." Xi Yan said this to comfort Qin Yucen, though she had actually thought that it might be better to remain alone for the rest of her life. "You've been through so much hardship, and isn't this return all for him? He's also been waiting for you."
After Qin Yucen left, Huo Jingtang firmed up his own thoughts.
What he conveyed to his parents and the Huo Family was that although he and Qin Yucen had separated, he would absolutely never be with another woman. He would rather remain alone for life than compromise. The Huo Family was helpless about Huo Jingtang's stance; over these past three years, the relationship among the family members seemed even colder. He still attended the weekly family dinners, but he hardly spoke. After eating, he would sit for a while and then leave, never staying overnight.
