"Because I understand now, no matter how long we stay together, even if we are bound forever, this marriage will never be as I wish."
Pei Zhan gazed at the moon in the sky, his voice clear and resolute.
Fu Zhen said, "But didn't you say initially that as long as we were together, you would be satisfied? Are you not satisfied now?"
She wasn't trying to embarrass him with past remarks; it was just that his attitude contradicted his earlier words.
"Exactly." Pei Zhan looked at the crescent moon, "When I saw you return that day, I was overjoyed and didn't hesitate to use some means to make you willingly walk into the trap. On the night of our marriage, I didn't sleep a wink, wholeheartedly believing that your life belonged to me.
"Even when you repeatedly drew a line with me, I didn't mind. I believed that in time, you would see my differences, you would discover that I was no longer the awkward and rigid child you once saw; you would eventually see me as a true man.
