"Ah Liang, this is fair. If it hadn't been for saving you, and the severe injuries that left me unable to walk, where I recuperated for years in a place isolated from the world, you and I would have married long ago and had many children. Qiao Xia was just an accident. You don't love her; you just want to atone for the mistakes you've made. Yet, she wanted your life. Lu Bai, Chu Lin, and Gu Xiaowu can all attest to this. I did not deceive you."
"Xixi, this has nothing to do with deception."
It's not about deception.
"Then why?" Gu Xixi's face was ghastly pale. "Because of Qiao Xia?"
Mu Liang paused, his gaze deep. Those secret, unspeakable complexities were like a silent net, ensnaring him at the center, obscuring his vision. Qiao Xia, Qiao Xia...
Yes, because of Qiao Xia.
This is an undeniable fact.
"Ah Liang, that woman nearly killed you. The wound on your hand..." Gu Xixi gritted her teeth, "was also because of her, wasn't it?"
