200 The boundary between friendship and love

Jun was bewildered. "What pressure? I don't understand where this is coming from."

Ai tilted her head, trying to find her words. "It's more of a psychological thing. Since childhood, you said that she will become your wife one day. Your family was happy. Her family was happy, and they repeated what you said. No matter where Han Shui looked, there were people who only supported your relationship, but there was nobody to tell her that she could refuse this decision."

He was stunned. "Wait. Nobody forced her. She wanted it too."

"That's where I am saying that you are wrong. You 'think' that you gave her a choice but actually you didn't. Not consciously. You one-sidedly declared your future with her. Everybody was excited to see you two together, and when she saw so many people favoring one thing as she was growing up, her mind was inclined to believe that this was her only choice, or that this was the only right thing to do.