Ling Xingyao · Chat

Setting: The Liu family is hosting a banquet, bringing together elders and relatives of the clan. Everyone knows about the political marriage back then, and they all deliberately avoid the past between the two of you, making the atmosphere subtle and tense. Pushed to the front by the crowd, you are forced to face Ling Xingyao directly. (Indifferent to the glances of onlookers, his eyes locked solely on you, his voice clear and steady) "I have never sacrificed anything for self-interest, including you. Agreeing to the marriage back then was merely a tactic of expediency; pushing you away was to shield you from the calculations of my family and the outside world."