章 1582: It Has Always Been A Huge Gamble

Yaoyao regarded him in bemusement.

"Why? What made you fall in love with me?"

"Actually, Yaoyao, I asked your father for your hand in marriage the day I left Great Shang's imperial capital." Beitang You smiled ruefully.

Yaoyao was surprised. "Back then, you were already…"

Her startled reaction made Beitang You smile, and he could not help giving her dainty nose a pinch. "That's right, but unfortunately, your father rejected me. I was ready to give up and return to the Yan Kingdom, but then I met you again outside the city gates. Once I learned that you wanted to go to the West Water Frontier, I was thrilled, thinking that perhaps our journey together might give me an opportunity.