"Mm, if I hadn't picked up on it, that really would be a big problem."
Meeting Ye Yizhou's gaze, with its undercurrent of emotion, Yan Qingdu admitted it without hesitation.
"What does that mean?"
Qin Yunzhi glanced from one to the other in confusion and asked quietly.
"It means that if I hadn't picked up on it, I wouldn't understand him well enough. That would be a serious problem on my part."
Yan Qingdu cleared up Qin Yunzhi's confusion.
Qin Yunzhi looked at Yan Qingdu, visibly hesitating to speak, but finally said it anyway. "But you don't seem to understand Zhouzhou all that well either!"
Yan Qingdu: ...
You didn't have to be quite that blunt.
"We registered our marriage after only meeting a few times, and he went abroad before we'd even spent two days together. It's understandable that he doesn't know me. I get it."
Ye Yizhou looked perfectly understanding. He seemed to be rescuing Yan Qingdu from his predicament, but his words carried a hidden meaning.
"Don't blame Qingdu. Blame me for not having what it takes to keep his heart with me."
Ye Yizhou pressed a hand to his chest, his eyes filled with sorrow. Even his voice choked with sadness. "I'm useless."
The instant Ye Yizhou finished speaking, Yan Qingdu felt an intense, burning stare land on him.
Qin Yunzhi glared at Yan Qingdu in displeasure and scolded him in exasperation. "How did I give birth to such a scumbag of a son?"
Yan Qingdu: ...
He couldn't muster a single word in his defense.
"It's my fault. I'll change."
Yan Qingdu didn't evade the issue, and his gaze grew steadily more resolute as he looked at Ye Yizhou.
Ye Yizhou: ?
What was he getting so determined about?
Why did this feel ominous?
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