"You… were too impulsive."
Sun Yuzhi stood in the shadows of the corridor behind Chen Sheng, her voice low and laced with an indescribable mix of emotions.
Chen Sheng had decisively rejected the Nie Family's marriage alliance for her. How could her heart not be moved?
The feeling of being chosen so resolutely was like a warm current flowing through her heart.
But what followed was a heavy sense of worry and a touch of ineffable bitterness. She was unwilling, and could not bear, to become a stumbling block on his path to greatness.
Chen Sheng had already made a mortal enemy of the Vast Sea Sect and held a grudge against the Golden Spring Temple.
Although his official position in the court offered a layer of protection, the Nie Family had operated in Yunzhou for hundreds of years. Their roots ran deep, and their influence was vast and intricate.
