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Su Qiubai took a deep breath and glared with her slightly reddish-brown eyes. "Lin Heng, do you like Su Wanyue?"
"Oh? Why ask that?"
"I'm just curious. If you like her, then don't keep her in suspense. If you don't, then reject her outright. In any case, the person engaged to you is me."
Su Qiubai's last sentence directly exposed her purpose.
Was she trying to squeeze Su Wanyue out from the side?
Or was she trying to force Lin Heng to choose one of the two?
Lin Heng grew interested and sat back in his chair, saying unhurriedly, "So you really want to fulfill the engagement with me now?"
"Not at all!!"
"Since you don't, why ask this kind of question? Let me guess, all right? There are probably two possibilities. Listen and see if I'm right."
Without waiting for her reply, Lin Heng raised one finger.
"The first possibility: the Eastern Continent Star God Temple has entered the competition and wants to build ties with Ten Directions Hall. Whether it's your father or your younger uncle, in short, the clansmen behind you don't want their limelight stolen."
"Mm... 'limelight' isn't quite accurate. It should be that they don't want the Eastern Continent Star God Temple to press down on you by a head. After all, your two halls have been fighting over orthodoxy for many years."
"You were restrained by family coercion and had no choice but to entrust your heart and body to me..."
Hearing this, Su Qiubai's heart went into a daze.
That was right! At the very beginning, she had indeed thought this way. Every time she heard her younger uncle talk about the family's interests, she felt terribly wronged.
She felt she was a sacrifice, with no freedom to speak of.