Her love was that thing he yearned for the most and the thing he was most afraid of. When he started having those nightmares, he wanted to use the opportunity to part way from her. At the time, he ordered Cheng Qingchong to do those three things not only because he was afraid no one would look after her after he was gone, but also, he wanted for them to return to being strangers.
However, he underestimated his attraction toward her, and he overestimated his resistance against her attraction.
The first step led them down a slippery slope to this point of no return. Other than cutting her loose, there was no other option available to him. The secret he discovered five years ago had destined that he could never promise her anything… she could never be a possibility for him.
The bloody tears that sipped through his fingers grew in intensity until his shoulders started to shake.
Tingting, do you know?