Yan Nanxun's expression was peculiar as he asked, "Do you wish it were true, or not?" Zhao Ranran didn't know how to reply; she desperately wanted to say "I wish it weren't true," but if she said that, Yan Nanxun would immediately know her facade had crumbled. If others discovered her connection with the Flower Thief, even though he was dead and her heart had changed, it wasn't necessary to kill him anymore. However, her reputation would ultimately suffer, and she didn't want to admit it or spread it.
But responding "I wish it were true"... would go against her heart even more. Thus, she was caught in a dilemma and chose not to answer. Yan Nanxun knew Zhao Ranran's mind was chaotic. Indeed, the "one-sided bond" was neither true nor false; it could be either. It all depended on perspective, and whenever he mentioned "one-sided bond," he would vaguely gloss over it, leaving Zhao Ranran to explore it herself.
