It was still that woman, and still that car that took us out.
Yuan Jiang and I got out of the car. Without saying a word or even looking at us, the woman drove away.
"That woman sure had personality!" Yuan Jiang said.
I glanced at him. "How did she compare to your wife?"
He rolled his eyes. "There's something wrong with that question. Do you really think they're comparable? Besides, didn't you know exactly what my wedding was about? I only wanted to test her, but she never took me seriously at all. As for her... sigh, forget it. The more I say, the more tears there'll be. Other than feeling like I owed her, like I'd let her down, there really wasn't anything between us."
I could tell he was lying. Aside from guilt, he probably still had feelings for that woman.
He could lie, but his eyes could not.
He sighed. "I'm not someone who can stay put. If she stayed with me, she'd inevitably live in constant fear. With someone like me, who knew when I might die? If she stayed with me, there was bound to be no future for us. Of course, if I could fulfill my wish, maybe then I could give her a better life. But in the Void Realm, who could say whether that day would ever come? So before I came to Terrifying Ridge, I made things clear to her. I gave her freedom. Fine, she could go on living her own life. Maybe a muddleheaded life like that would be simpler and happier, wouldn't it?"
I found myself unable to refute him. Still, I thought he had done nothing wrong. It was the manly thing to do.
He was right. He truly was a dangerous man.
Someone with ambition