"…"
At this, Yu Wenye fell silent. He took another sip of tea, savored it for a moment, as if tasting both its sweetness and its hint of bitterness, and only after a long while did he lift his eyes to glance at Shang Ruyi and say, "Don't you already know?"
Shang Ruyi said, "I only thought of it… but I truly don't dare hope she'll step forward."
Yu Wenye gave a faint smile. "She will."
When he said this, his tone wasn't exactly firm and unyielding, yet the way he spoke and the look in his eyes were exactly the same as when he had been so certain that Chu Ruoyan would never "poison" him. Shang Ruyi couldn't help asking, "You trust her that much?"
This was also what she had asked that day, but Yu Wenye hadn't had the chance to answer.
Hearing the same question again, Yu Wenye seemed to have a thought stir in his heart. He turned to look at her, then said, "Of course."
"Why?"
