If You Care So Much, Why Not Marry Her? / Durandal Makes a Pretty Good Helper, Doesn't She?

As long as Xu Qi knew that she was in Xin An's heart, that was enough.

In the end, Xu Qi finally looked toward the female lead who should have come to visit much earlier.

Of course, Xu Qi couldn't act too familiar with Xin An, nor did he have any reason to.

If he had to describe their relationship, they could perhaps only be considered friends.

But... there was, all things considered, something complicated between them.

Seeing Xu Qi, Xin An thought of the reason she had gone abroad. Wasn't it precisely to avoid Xu Qi? She had thought that after arriving in Europe, time would gradually make these things fade from memory. She hadn't expected...

For them to instead become even more deeply etched in her heart.

As for Xu Qi's complicated feelings toward Xin An, they likewise left him unsure of how to begin.

He knew what kind of woman Xin An was. That faint affection of hers—if Xu Qi couldn't sense it, he would have been an idiot—but she also refused to accept the emotional situation around him.

Yet this time, she had been captured by Schicksal for his sake. It was easy to imagine how terrified she must have been.

Fortunately, she hadn't been harmed. Eleanor had perhaps been leaving herself a way out in case she was captured today, so she hadn't done anything to Xin An.

That was also why Xu Qi hadn't used forceful measures against Eleanor.

Compared to him, however, Xin An seemed better able to adjust her state of mind.

She drew a slight breath and put on an indifferent air. "Well, fancy seeing you here. I really didn't expect that even after I came all the way to Europe, I'd still run into you."

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