Wang Xinfei forced a smile and mumbled to herself, "I seem... to have no choice."
"No, you do." Ye Hanjun simply said,
"You could choose not to submit to me and opt for suicide. You just can't do it."
"I don't want to die..."
Wang Xinfei lifted her head, her crimson eyes trembling, but still trying to meet his gaze, and softly said:
"Perhaps, what you see of me isn't all there is of me..."
"In the past, I lived obliviously, basking in the glory of my family, oblivious to everything else, revelling in everything that was rightfully mine...";
"But ever since I found out that the purpose of my existence was merely a tool for my family to secure alliances through marriage, I've been angry, lost, depressed, despaired... This cycle continued but in the end, I still managed to muster the courage to participate in the survival trials, trying to change this predetermined outcome through my own efforts..."
