บท 386: Trace of Red

Xia Ling wiped her tears off messily. "Pei Ziheng, I'd rather you not have told me! I'd rather not know that the dead end you made me face in my past life was not a dead end at all! You could have married me! It means that… I could have had my dream wedding after all… then why did I suffer for nothing?"

As she spoke, the tears came gushing.

She covered her face with her hands, unwilling to let him see the mess she now was.

Pei Ziheng held her tight. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He did not know what else to say besides apologizing. The Pei family was a renowned and wealthy household, with rules that had been passed down for generations. The rules specified that any man in the family had to marry a woman of equal standing, and if they did not abide by it, their position in the family would be threatened.

The internal politics of the Pei magnate were far too complicated.