Beibei watched him leave without pressing the topic further. He did it to defuse the tension for Zhang Lexuan, to keep Xuanzi from being displeased with her, and to preserve Shrek's dignity. But his words reached Zhang Lexuan's ears with an entirely different meaning.
*Hah! He knows full well what I'm afraid of. Is this really the man I used to love? Of course. He only cares about his Tang Ya and has never loved me at all. It was all just my own unrequited foolishness from the very beginning.*
Zhang Lexuan laughed bitterly at herself in her heart.
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