A pot of water that should be boiling, but if you throw in a cooling agent to suppress its boil, in the end, it will only backfire.
"Husband and wife, husband and wife, there should be a wife if there's a husband. Can one alone make a marriage work, or am I supposed to perform a solo act without you?"
This argument was supposed to be between the two of them, but Jiang Muwan always acted as if she were an outsider, which annoyed Gu Jiangnian no end.
"Is it not enough that you play on the stage by yourself, that you must drag me up there too? Why?"
"Because I love you."
A shout of anger echoed in the bedroom, blocking the words Jiang Muwan meant to say next.
[I'm trying to please you, can't you see?]
[Because I love you]
These two phrases lingered in Jiang Muwan's mind, floating and then settling, repeating over and over again, in an endless loop.
She looked at Gu Jiangnian, her eyes filled with disbelief.
