"Her name was Yu An."
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Li Lian didn't react, she already mentally prepared herself for that answer, so all she could think about now was why Yu An didn't tell her, and whether Xiao Fang knew about this or not.
Knowing that she was talking about Xiao Fang's mother, Li Lian assumed the man in her story was Xiao Fang's father, Xiao Jianhong.
"Master, you said the one you loved at the time was someone you definitely shouldn't have loved. Why's that?"
"Well, for one, Yu An and him were very close, so it felt wrong getting in between them."
"Couldn't you both just marry him?" Li Lian asked.
"Perhaps, but it's a bit more complicated than that. Yu An was the daughter of a Patriarch so there would be complications relating to Xiao Jianhong's heir if we were to both have his kids."
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