Wang Chen felt guilty.
She took a deep breath. "Gu Yan, why are you so good to me?"
Wang Chen suddenly felt something cool against her neck. Looking down, she saw a purple jade pendant, crystal clear inside, with two faintly visible letters: cy.
The initials of her name and Gu Yan's.
"The master said that once our names were engraved on this pendant, it meant we would be together for a lifetime." Gu Yan lowered his head, looking at her slender neck.
Wang Chen couldn't help laughing. "He was just fooling you. You actually believed that?"
"I did." Gu Yan didn't hesitate at all. "The master also said there's a kind of bond called destiny, written personally by the Matchmaker God. Those couples will be very happy, and we just happen to be a pair he chose himself."
Gu Yan hadn't believed in such things before, either, but this time he did.
Wang Chen felt tears prick her eyes. She looped her arms around his neck and hugged him tenderly.
"I believe it too. The master must be right."
Hearing Wang Chen say that, Gu Yan slowly felt his heart settle.
"Wang Chen, don't worry. I'll treat you well for the rest of my life. You'll have the final say at home."
Wang Chen chuckled. "Silly, I won't bully you."
Gu Yan didn't believe her.
That was simply how things worked in his family. The men were the ones who got bullied.
So even if Wang Chen bullied him, he wouldn't mind.
He was happy to let her.
"I... need to go to sleep." Reluctant as she was, Wang Chen still said it.
It was already getting late, and Uncle Gu and Auntie Gu were both home. It wouldn't look good if the two of them kept clinging to