Shen Jin heard Yun Xiaoran's wavering words, which still refused to admit anything.
Her reddened eyes had recovered a little after Yun Xiaoran comforted her, but now they dimmed again.
Yun Xiaoran was hardly heartless, especially when his wife felt so hurt that she was about to cry again.
But if Shen Cong had seen this scene, he might have scrambled up to take his emergency heart medication.
His precious daughter, whom he cherished so dearly that he feared hurting her if he held her and melting her if he kept her in his mouth, had cried almost as many times in these past two days as she had in an entire year.
Yun Xiaoran cleared his throat and said:
"Too much has happened these past two days. It's all been too messy and complicated, and besides, I'm not ready to marry someone yet."
[A whirlwind marriage to the National Goddess]
It sounded so wonderful, and Yun Xiaoran really could feel that Shen Jin was constantly changing.
Nothing happened overnight, whether it was dating or anything else. If someone knew exactly how to handle romance and set boundaries with the opposite sex...
Yun Xiaoran wouldn't believe they hadn't had some practice.
Shen Jin sat on the sofa with reddened eyes and her head bowed. But then she remembered something, rallied herself, and looked at Yun Xiaoran as she asked timidly:
"Then will you leave me and live apart from me?"
With an almost pleading look in her eyes, Shen Jin stared straight at Yun Xiaoran.
The wisps of hair brushing her cheeks made her look utterly fragile and delicate.
It made Yun Xiaoran feel like some heartless scumbag.
"Well..."
Yun Xiaoran considered it for a moment. All he'd originally wanted was to find an ordinary person and lead a peaceful,