Chapters 273-275

...""

Lian Xinying's eyes darkened as she felt herself trapped in a dead end, unable to find a way out.

She clearly loved him, yet she couldn't be with him. She had answers for his mocking and scorn, but she couldn't clarify because she couldn't be with him.

Because once things were made clear, she might lose what she had now.

Like Xiaocheng.

Even if Yan Ye was still willing to be with her, she couldn't take a step forward because she still had her grandfather.

If she disregarded the hatred her parents carried, it would be a betrayal to her family, and her grandfather would be angered to death by her... the two separated on bad terms.

Lian Xinying walked out of the break room.

Jian Yu was somewhat stunned the moment he saw her.

He didn't know what had happened to her, but her eyes were swollen like that.

"Did something happen at home?" Thinking of her reason for requesting leave today, Jian Yu felt her exhausted look had something to do with it.