"Zexiao..." Jian Anning looked at him steadily. She didn't know why, but the last time she was bullied by Situ Xuan and leaned on him, it was a form of comfort and emotional release. This time... it felt like understanding, like respect, something more touching than being cherished or doted on!
She was first an independent woman, and only then his lover. This doesn't mean she doesn't love him; it means that while loving him, she cannot lose her principles.
This feeling of being respected and understood was like the ancient metaphor of "tall mountains and flowing waters," a soulmate connection, and to have found one was enough.
Only she knew how many of his principles and taboos Yu Zexiao had to break to say such things? He truly loved her, which is why he unconditionally believed in her, right?
