He gave a bitter smile and muttered to himself, "If I were toying with you, I would be nothing but a beast!"
Although his voice was very low, the space was so confined that Shen Qingyan heard him clearly. She froze for a long time, not knowing what expression could possibly convey her current state of mind. The air around them felt suffocating, and the two remained silent for the rest of the journey. Beyond the oppression, there lingered the remnants of a fractured, ambiguous tension.
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Chapter 96