Hearing this simple question, Bei Mingzhi shook his head, still unable to understand. "Since she was unwilling to enter into a family marriage alliance, she should have refused the Nanfeng family from the very beginning. Why go to all this trouble?"
"What do you know, child? You are a man, and she is a woman. Besides, the current family head is not from her branch; she can only barely call him her uncle, so she has no choice in the matter.
Elder Jian gave her an opportunity, and was even willing to clear away her future troubles, yet she hesitated. After all, once she loses the halo of the Dongyan family, she will have to face the arduous path of Cultivation ahead alone. Perhaps she also did not want to pin her future on Young Master Jiao, since favors must eventually be repaid.
Chapter 1881