Bab 168: The First Time I Saw You

He didn't light up his cigarette with the lighter in his hand. After a long while, he slowly removed the cigarette from the corner of his mouth.

"Your simple self-sabotaging statement blocked all I had to say!" He removed the unlit cigarette from his mouth and flicked it in the ashtray. "Lin Nuan, your words sound nice in theory. You say you admire me, but every single condition you listed were so targeted and they clearly marked me off of your list. Every single sentence you said was clearly and personally targeting me."

Fu Huai'an raised his dark eyebrows. His eye bags looked heavy and engraved into his face. His eyes were calm as water, yet they could see through her.

"You used to be the gem of the Lin Family, living a pampered and luxurious life. But you also lived by yourself after leaving them, so I have no right to accuse you of being naive and say you only crave novelty, that the life you imagine yourself living wouldn't last."