Fearing his erratic temperament—terrified of how he could hold her in the palm of his hand one second, only to throw her into the basement the next—Shen Weilan choked out through a sob, tears pooling in her eyes, threatening to spill over at any moment: "I'll apologize, just let me go."
Huo Junxiao took in every nuance of Shen Weilan's expression. Watching her grievances, resentment, and anger over having to compromise, while desperately holding back the tears that threatened to fall at any second, his heart gave a fierce, inexplicable wrench. Fragments of images began to stir in the back of his mind. He started to step forward, but Shen Weilan instinctively took two steps back.
"Where is Jiang Xinyao? I'll apologize, I'll apologize to her right now. I don't want to stay here another second," Shen Weilan said urgently, looking straight into Huo Junxiao's eyes.
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