Xue Ye was momentarily stunned, then laughed out loud, slowly revealing the truth behind the past events, "My cousin was engaged to a man with a very bad character and a history of domestic violence. She wanted to escape from this, and as a ruthless person, she knew I was the future Sect Leader of the Xue Family, so she set her sights on me. She drugged me, and then... it just naturally led to us having relations. She even found some loudmouths to catch us 'in the act', and the incident blew up..."
Mu Mian's mouth formed an O in surprise; she had never expected such an outcome.
"Didn't you even try to explain?"
"Explain?" He laughed at her naivety. "In this society, it's only ever men who force themselves on women; where have you heard of women doing that to men? By explaining, I would just come off as petty. It's a fact that I slept with her; what else is there to explain?"
