Unexpectedly, the moment Lie Yang saw Xie Xiaoyan, her face was already streaked with tears. She looked utterly pitiful as she said, "Lie Yang, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have lied to you. It's just that… I have my own unavoidable hardships! If you don't want to hear my explanation, I'll leave right now. I'm truly sorry for all the trouble I've caused you!"
Lie Yang, who had been seething with rage, felt his hardened heart melt at the sight of her. The fury of being deceived vanished in an instant. He found himself comforting her instead. "Xiaoyan, I… I didn't come to… Ugh!" Not knowing what else to say, Lie Yang slammed his palm onto a massive bluestone boulder beside him. The boulder, as large as a millstone and over a meter thick, was shattered to pieces by the force of his frustrated blow!
