Rules of the Ball

Not wanting to lead him on or worse still hurt his feelings, Yun Xi thought long and hard before finally opening her mouth to speak, "Eldest Heir, actually the Young Commander and I..."

"Yun Xi..." Before she could finish her sentence, Chen Yichen had guessed what she was about to say, so he interrupted her before she could say any more. "Whatever there is between you and the Young Commander, I don't care. I just want you to be safe; the rest is unimportant to me!"

Perhaps he did not have enough power and ability to compete with the Young Commander now, but that might not be the case in the future.

For so many years, she had been the only girl who had made him want to cherish and love another person. Although he was competing against the Young Commander, who was practically an undefeatable opponent, he was still unwilling to admit defeat just yet.