Ran Zhihan knew how much the boy before him had sacrificed for him, but it was precisely because he was acutely aware of all this that he had no choice but to choose this way. If he let such feelings continue to develop, things would become unmanageable. If he really wished for such events to unfold before his eyes, why would he bother time and again to exhaust his mind in maintaining the relationship with his husband? What he desired was just the most genuine throbbing of his heart.
Chen Gang, too, knew all this very well in his heart; it was merely his own unilateral thoughts. No matter how much he gave in the end, it was still his own wishful thinking.
All of this was never going to change because of someone's sudden appearance, nor disappear because of someone's sudden departure.
