"It was me. I didn't care if I had to use a sneak attack; I just wanted to beat you. Then I could pursue Xi Meng again," Tong Yue said, forcing a bitter smile.
"Are you stupid?" Yuanen Fengyu couldn't help but say.
"When you're stuck in a rut, doesn't it make you foolish?" Tong Yue didn't retort. "If you want to beat me up again, go ahead. Even I want to beat myself up."
His feelings were now incredibly complex. When he found out that the person he had cherished and silently watched over for so many years had never been with anyone else, and even had his child, his darling daughter, his emotions were indescribable...
Ecstasy overwhelmed everything else, followed by an unparalleled, intense guilt. He deeply regretted, if only he could have been more proactive, if only he hadn't felt so inferior, if only... perhaps happiness had been within his reach all along.
