Lu Zhengyu's excitement faded. He squeezed out a stiff smile as he held down his frustration.
"Don't be afraid of Lu Zhanbei. I will protect you! Don't forget about our grand wedding."
Yu Yun avoided his eyes, and her soft sigh carried uncompromising resolution.
"I don't want to marry you. I just want to be free. It's been so many years, just let me go."
She begged for his life not because she loved him but to repay her sins.
"Let you go? Keep dreaming! Yu Yun, I'll keep you by my side even if you were dead! Don't ever dream of getting away!"
Lu Zhengyu raised his voice, his hands locked onto her shoulders like a beast with no sanity.
Yu Yun didn't resist his grasp as a drop of tear glided down her cheek.
She was tired of such a lifeless life.
Knowing that Lu Zhengyu had been hurting others just to stay with her, she felt suffocated!
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