The wind and snow outside the door continued unabated.
Having just regained her lost clarity, Lu Tong felt humiliated at her secret being exposed and, in a moment of anger and shame, turned to leave.
But she was pulled back.
Pei Yunmeng gripped her wrist, the smile and gentleness in his eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by suppressed rage that gradually chilled his expression.
"Why push me away?" he asked.
He had discovered everything— the hidden colorful ribbon and the piece of wood, the deliberately estranged distance. He was always intelligent, and she had revealed her hand during their recent scuffle.
She couldn't deceive him.
A favored son of heaven, pushed away by her time and again. If he had not discovered the truth, she could still make excuses, but once he realized it was intentional, he was naturally angered.
He was entitled to his anger.
