Shen Tingyu wasn't surprised by her hesitation. "Please, don't," he said with a smile. "You haven't done anything wrong."
He had been the one to insist on the engagement.
He had been foolish, forcing his way into their romantic entanglement and treating their "stopgap" engagement as the only chance he would ever have to be with her openly and honorably.
It even had the air of taking advantage of her vulnerability.
She had only accepted hesitantly after he persuaded her.
And then there was the matter of jumping into the river.
She had a chance at survival, while he faced certain death.
In truth, she had jumped with him. She had nothing to be sorry for.
However, Cui Lingyao shook her head softly at his words, clearly disagreeing.
Shen Tingyu raised an eyebrow, a little surprised. "You feel guilty toward me?"
Cui Lingyao nodded.
'She believed she had been terribly wrong.'
Shen Tingyu fell silent.
