"I don't hate you. I even explained the ins and outs to make sure you harbored no resentment when the time was right. In fact, to me, the engagement was just a means to an end, close at hand. I thought you had disappeared for so many years, perhaps never to return. As long as I worked hard, one day, Ah Chen would see me. Even if he couldn't, it didn't matter. I would still be his best comrade-in-arms, his most intuitive partner. With marriage as our armor, even if the armor was false, it was still a community of interests. As long as you didn't show up, I felt that such a life wasn't too bad."
Xia Yangyang said, "But I appeared."
