Bai Mowan looked at Xiao Jinxing, her eyes still filled with surprise.
She didn't expect Xiao Jinxing to speak so plainly.
That one explanation really tore apart all the pretenses between them.
She bit her lips tightly, not speaking.
Xiao Jinxing continued candidly, "I won't hide it from you. I don't know if it was because you were the one who once truly gave me warmth, the only one who did so for a very long time. I don't know if this was the reason why I always gave you leeway. Do you remember how many times I left An Ning for you? It's not that my love for you is so deep, nor that I don't love An Ning. I don't understand why I would unconditionally choose to protect you, as if it were a deeply ingrained fate within me that I couldn't change, making me choose you without time to think in critical moments of danger."
Bai Mowan was silent.
Thinking carefully, it was indeed as Xiao Jinxing said.
