"Think carefully, whether it was the Ivy River from before or the Ivy River now, has she ever forced you to do something you didn't like?"
"No." Edwin Blake replied, "But even if she forced me, I wouldn't agree, you know that, I'm very stubborn too."
"Yes, I know, but Ivy River has left you now, so you have to endure all of this. Whether it was the Ivy of the past or now, even though there was no love, she never forced you to do something you didn't like."
Adrian continued to patiently explain, "One's hobbies are important. I don't like chasing fame and fortune. Whether it's something that costs five or fifty dollars, you can still eat it. But Rita Goldsmith is not like that."
"Back then, we had nothing, went abroad directly, and I didn't have any money. The only valuable thing I had was the watch your grandmother gave me, which I later pawned for living expenses. You probably don't know all this."
