Chapter 125

Feng Zhiwei turned and smiled at Ning Yi, the curve of her lips never reaching her eyes. "Tell me, what is affection? How will death do us part? The Fire Phoenix General threw away glory, wealth, and family for a man, and what did she gain in return? Men are heartless — are they truly worth a woman's burning devotion?"

Ning Yi opened his mouth but all his words remained lodged in his throat. He had known Feng Zhiwei had had a difficult life, but he had never imagined how she had supported her family on her small shoulders all these years. Her constant mask and her ruthless determination, her ruthlessness to self and others — had she cultivated all this in the crucible of misfortune?

Those who had crawled out of the mud would never stop striving.

"Who is a good man, and who is reliable?" Feng Zhiwei's smile burned brightly, her eyes gleaming like a blade. "Are you the right man? Your Highness?"