Unhappy!
Deeply unhappy!
Strictly speaking, Yan Qun'er was only his fellow sect disciple.
They had shared a flirtation once, but had never ended up together. He had no right to interfere in her affairs.
Yet when Liu Yu heard that Yan Qun'er might marry someone, he still instinctively felt deeply unhappy.
It was as though something that originally belonged to him was about to be taken away by someone else. He instinctively recoiled from such an act, even felt hostile toward it.
But after that brief impulse passed, Liu Yu regained his reason and soon understood why.
Since living creatures first came into being, most males had been full of aggression, seeking to mate with more females and produce offspring at the smallest possible cost.
Males desired many mates!
They possessed a bone-deep desire to claim suitable females for themselves, an instinct engraved deep in their blood.
As for males who lacked aggression and possessiveness, they had long since been eliminated through successive rounds of selection.
All living creatures today were descendants of once-superior bloodlines!
That innate aggression and possessiveness, engraved in their blood, had naturally been passed down as well!
Although they had never been intimate, perhaps he had long since regarded Yan Qun'er as his woman in his subconscious. That was why he had instinctively recoiled upon hearing the news.
Crackle.
After Yan Qun'er finished speaking, a long silence settled beside the campfire. Only the occasional crackle of the flames remained.
"..."
Yan Qun'er secretly raised her head, watching Liu Yu's reaction from the corner of her eye.
Although saying it aloud might not change anything, she had still spoken those words as though compelled by some unseen force, hoping he would do something.
In his ink-black eyes,
the light of reason glimmered.
Liu Yu noticed Yan Qun'er