104 Yesteryears Memories (2/2)

But he knew that this was important.

It wasn't about him.

It wasn't even about Zixi.

It was about Princess and her own feelings and truthfully, he should have seen it a long time in coming.

The question lingered in the air but seeing the hopelessness and raw hurt on the monarch's face made his heart clench painfully. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

”I don't care about what I had to do. I would do it all over again. I don't care that I got hurt or I had to give up my self-esteem. What makes me bleed inside is that everyone lied to me for years.”

Her cheeks turned red as she spoke the words that she had kept in her heart all this while and looked seconds away from hurting into tears.

Meanwhile, Zhou Sheng was flummoxed by her words.

He took a step back as if that would save him from whatever storm was coming and he knew it would be a storm from the well of emotions in Princess's eyes.

He stuttered, ”Wh — What do you mean?”

Su Li looked so sad and subdued as if the earlier words had entirely sapped the entire energy out of her.

Her demeanour was more worrying than her words.

”Explain it to me. I — I don't understand what you are saying. Do you doubt that I knew about it beforehand and didn't tell you?”

Su Li shook her head in denial.

”No, actually, I hadn't even thought of asking you for help when it all happened. I had been preparing to call father for backup but the message went to you.”

Su Li went quite at those words and seemed to be lost in her own thoughts.

Zhou Sheng hated that he couldn't open Su Li's brain to know what she was thinking because he hated this slow back and forth.

Still, he gave her the time she needed to collect her thoughts and tell him her thoughts at her own pace.