The Affairs of the World Are Hard to Explain (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Chen Zeqing, 66)

On the way back, Yan Fu let down his defenses and allowed the bitter wind to batter him.

Jiang Wang truly had no idea what to say. All he could do was accompany him and "let the wind batter him."

At such high speeds, if you didn't shield yourself, the wind rushing head-on struck like a sharp blade, like a heavy hammer. It was agony to endure.

Looking at it closely, there really was no way to decide who was right or wrong in Yan Fu's engagement.

The Yan Family and the Liu Family had indeed been betrothed first.

But to say the Yan Family had turned cold and heartless would be too harsh.

After the old master of the Liu Family died unexpectedly, it was the Yan Family who stepped in to help, barely stabilizing the family's position.

After Liu Shentong was killed, with the Fufeng Liu Clan's future gone, it was still Yan Ping who came forward to apply pressure, forcing the Tian Family, one of the top aristocratic clans, to pay a greater price.

The Yan Family had truly decided to break off the engagement when Liu Xuanhu proved unequal to the task and the branch of the family headed by Liu Yingqi could no longer uphold the family name, making a transfer of the heirship imminent.

It was only natural.

The already declining Liu Clan was no longer a match for the Yan Family's standing. How could the Yan Family let its legitimate heir marry a woman from a collateral branch of the Liu Clan?

Earl Xuanhuai Liu Yingqi had clung desperately to the Yan Family and refused to let go. Perhaps he had ended up like this because he truly had no other choice. His elderly father had died, the son he had been proud