Zi Yan trembled. In her whole life, she had never been this close to a man. She was nervous and lost.

Seeing her panic, Long Chen softly said, “Zi Yan, there are many things that I want to say to you, but I’ve never had a chance. You are meticulously maintaining some kind of distance toward me, so I don’t know how to face you. When we were enemies, you got in my way several times. To tell the truth… it really hurt me.”

“Sorry…” Zi Yan lowered her head. Due to their different philosophies being so contrary, they had not been friends. During the Dragon Slaughtering Convention, she had fought against him. At that time, he had also said some heartless words.

Those words had filled her with pain, but she also knew that she wasn’t the only one in pain.

Long Chen’s grip tightened on her hand. “I’m very curious why I didn’t know myself. When we were enemies, my heart was in constant pain. When you said that you would...