Mist gathered in her violet-gold eyes, crystalline droplets slowly wetting them.
"What do you mean by that?"
The sudden turn of events startled Lu Yunxiao, and his tone softened considerably.
"You wronged me!"
Zi Yan looked straight at Lu Yunxiao, on the verge of tears.
She could face any challenge without fear, but she could not accept even the slightest suspicion from Lu Yunxiao.
He could scold her, he could hit her, but he absolutely could not wrong her.
It was true that she had acted on her own initiative, but it was absolutely not because she did not respect Lu Yunxiao.
On the contrary, Lu Yunxiao had always been the most important person in her heart.
She cherished Lu Yunxiao more than anything.
"Did I?"
The corner of Lu Yunxiao's mouth twitched as he spoke.
"You did. You wronged me."
"When did I ever do that?"
"Don't you know whether I had such thoughts?"
"I really don't."
Lu Yunxiao curled his lip.
Ever since this girl had grown up, she had been acting as if she had completely let herself loose.
He truly could no longer grasp what was going through her mind as precisely as before.
"No, you do know. You're pretending to be confused when you know perfectly well."
"Yes, I did this without your consent."
"But that wasn't because I didn't respect you."
"I just don't want you to leave me."
"I can't bear to part with you."
Tears streamed down like summer rain, coming without warning.
Zi Yan's sudden tears left Lu Yunxiao utterly bewildered.
If this girl had stubbornly confronted him head-on, he would not have panicked. At worst, they could have fought it out.
But once those tears started falling, he was at a complete loss.
This girl did not seem like someone