She was being threatened, wasn't she? Or rather, someone was using him to threaten Lanlan.
They were sweethearts who had known each other since youth, childhood companions whose hearts had long been pledged to one another. Years of shared history had given them an intimate, profound understanding of each other. If Yulan had truly fallen for someone else, given her character, she would never have suffered through the pain of hiding it from him.
They had all underestimated Yulan. She had never lacked the courage to face public scrutiny. Just as she had once dared to declare to the world that she loved only him when their love was at its most intense, she would have possessed the nerve to admit to him and announce to the public if she had fallen for someone else. When she loved someone, she dared to tell the whole world. It was cruel, in a way, but for the one being loved, how enviable that must be.
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