After Shi Yen had washed up and changed, fully refreshed, Master Wong stopped her before she left.
"Is there something more I need to know about your relationship with Mr. Yuan?" he asked, arching a brow.
Shi Yen tilted her head, wondering what he meant.
Master Wong sighed. "You haven't spoken to me about him. Is he one of your—"
"Ploys?" she finished the question for him. "No. It's not what you think."
Master Wong smiled grimly. "I'm sorry for making that assumption, Yenni. You're so much like your father. I couldn't help but think that you may be using him to get what you want."
Shi Yen sighed. "It doesn't upset me that'd you think that, Grandmaster. It started like that. I planned to seduce Yuan Shun, make him fall in love with me so I could break his heart and take back what's rightfully mine. I wanted to destroy him," she said coldly. "But…"
"You love him?"
