They would have wanted the patriarch to arrive at once, but by then, it was already too late.
"Young Master Lin Feng, what are you doing here?" Ye Jian asked, clearly surprised by his sudden appearance.
Her original plan had been simple, which was to quietly find a way out of the marriage her family was so eager to force upon her.
She had once loved Fang Yuan, but that was many years ago, back when she was young and only eighteen.
Now, having lived for over a century, much had changed.
Her understanding of the world had deepened, and with it, her feelings had long since faded.
She was no longer that naïve girl from the past.
In her honest opinion, Lin Feng was far more exceptional than Fang Yuan… a man of greater value in every sense.
That alone was reason enough for her refusal to give up on him, even if he was an especially difficult prize to win.
