Chapter 45 — t.i.tle below

　　"Are you rejecting me?" She really couldn't follow Qin Jiran's train of thought, but she decided to give him an opportunity to explain himself.

　　If it were someone else who dared to talk to her in the manner he had, she definitely wouldn't have reacted with so much patience.

　　Her question left a bitter taste in both the man's mouth and in his heart.

　　Reject Yanyi? Heaven knew how much he wanted her, and how much he wanted to make her his real wife and lover!

　　But he couldn't. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't. Not under these circ.u.mstances. Right now, Yanyi was clearly just trying to fulfill a wife's obligations, and if he agreed, then he would be no different from a beast. He didn't want that.

　　To him, love was more important than marriage; marriage was a formality, a responsibility and an obligation, and even a kind of constraint in many cases. Of course, it was also a testimony of love, but that was obviously not the case for him and Su Yanyi.

　　He was already very satisfied with her willingness to try and be with him. As for the so-called obligations between a husband and a wife, he would never pressure her to fulfill them.

　　"Unless you really love me, you don't have to force yourself to do anything of that!" Qin Jiran couldn't say he didn't want to do it because he did want to do it, but that didn't mean he was going to do it.

　　Su Yanyi was completely caught off-guard by his explanation, because in her mind, men were not this principled. Not to mention, she had practically offered herself to him.

　　Stupid man!

　　Realizing that he had been holding himself back this entire time caused all of her anger to dissipate, and internally, she sighed. If she still insisted on being mad at him after knowing this, then she would be an idiot.

　　Even with her low EQ, Su Yanyi could tell that he was looking out for her. As he said, she still wasn't sure if she loved him or not.