The arrival of Mr. Chen and Liu He had an impact on his peculiar relationship with the twins, but it wasn't all bad.
At least his parents had proposed a solution.
Although the chances of this solution succeeding were minuscule, and it would almost certainly shatter their current harmony, even that slim possibility was enough to make Chen Yuan dread the aftermath.
It forced him to constantly imagine what would happen if he went along with Liu He's decision and chose Ningning.
He imagined being alone with Jiangg Yao, telling her the plan face-to-face... He could just picture her expression. The girl who had always been so sweet and obedient to him might just snap. Slapping him a couple of times was a very real possibility.
To everyone else, it was a stopgap measure, but to Yaoyao, it would be a betrayal. It would mean everything she had entrusted to him would come to nothing.
The bitterness of it all was self-evident.
