"How could Gu Zhaoyan be so despicable!" Shen Yuan leaped to his feet, his face alternating between pale and ashen as he panted heavily. "She's deliberately trying to drive a wedge between us!"
"The Eldest Princess has no personal grudge against you. Since you didn't want to be the Imperial Son-in-law, she simply called off the engagement. How on earth does that make her a despicable person trying to drive a wedge between you and me in your eyes?" Lianxin found the distorted face of Shen Yuan before her rather unfamiliar; he was nothing like the young man she had once loved in her heart. "It was your parents who sold me to the brothel, not her!"
The final sentence struck heavy upon Shen Yuan's heart, and he looked at the Lianxin before him in disbelief.
Chapter 25