"Yanli, you can't force feelings. Do you really want him to accept you on the surface, but be unable to respond to you in his heart?"
Su Liuying sighed, if feelings could be forced, there wouldn't be so many lovesick men and women in the world.
"Liuying, why? You're already married to Quan Tianyou, but Runjie still can't let go of you, can he?"
Tan Yanli stared directly into Su Liuying's eyes, not allowing her to evade, "I've always stood silently behind him, watching over him, so why can't he turn around and look at me? Am I inferior to you in some way? Am I so unworthy in his eyes?"
How many times had she caught Lin Runjie looking at Su Liuying with that loving gaze? She wished he would look at her with that same affection. But that never happened, and it likely never would; the way Lin Runjie looked at her was always with the distant eyes of a colleague.
"Yanli, I..."
