If Little Fox were still her naive self instead of the daughter of the Blue Fox family's national master, he probably would not have given up and instead put more effort into fighting for their relationship.
However, based on Yan Chen's characteristics, he could only surrender even if he did not want to as the incident had been exposed.
Gu Xijiu glimpsed at Lan Yue and realized that the brat was smiling all the while. Furthermore, his gaze was filled with dominance. It seemed that he was adamant to make Little Fox his, using any method that he could think of.
He was as simple as he looked but a somewhat tricky person. The fact that he revealed Little Fox's true identity today was to seek justice for her. However, it was also because he understood Yan Chen well and knew that he would not compete with him again once the incident went according to his plan.