"Speaking of the character Wen Chen..." Ai Mingzhu shifted the topic back to Mu Chen. "Many viewers feel that Wen Chen was in love with Gu An. Emperor Mu, what are your
thoughts on that?"
[Here it comes! The question I've been waiting for!]
[It was a secret crush! What do you mean, "You can compete with me"? You'll never get a wife acting like that!]
[The life of a tsundere.]
[And at the end, he accepted his friend's request. The proud genius prince went to his friend's house to care for his mother and even stroked the piano his friend had played while he was alive. Tsk, tsk, tsk.]
[At the end, when he played "Song of Freedom" in Gu An's room, the piece from their first meeting, I cried my eyes out.]
After a moment of thought, Mu Chen nodded. Under Gu Nian'an's slightly surprised gaze, he slowly said, "Wen Chen was in love with Gu An, from the moment they met."
Ai Mingzhu agreed. "Yes. In my conception of the character, Wen Chen had a vague attraction to Gu An, but he only realized it at the very end. I didn't put that detail into the script, but Emperor Mu still conveyed it in his performance."
[!!! Official confirmation!]
[I knew it! Aaaaaah!]
[Is this the beauty of a tragic ending?]
[You gained your freedom, but you left me behind. From now on, I'll be alone at the summit again.]
Yang Manhua turned to the still-surprised Gu Nian'an and asked with a hint of a smile, "Nian'an, you didn't know?"
Gu Nian'an merely shook his head blankly. He had never felt that Wen Chen was in love with him. In his previous life, he had only regarded him as a good friend, too.
Looking at Mu Chen,