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Situ Xuan’s heart was a tumult of emotions. Jian Anning’s recent words clearly meant to tell him—she had decided to be with Yu Zexiao, and he had been struck out of the game!

But damn it, that bastard Yu Zexiao was still following at a respectful distance!

Although he knew that Yu Zexiao had a sharp tongue, he hit the nail right on the head! He indeed had not started anything with Jian Anning, and it was he who had jumped in trying to steal her away!

But still!

It was Yu Zexiao!

He couldn’t believe he was being surpassed by someone like Yu Zexiao, a childish man who had found a loophole! This was utterly unimaginable to him!

And.

Yu Zexiao’s last remark seemed to suggest something—

He had said, "She has been my woman from the very beginning!"

So, did that mean Yu Zexiao got to her first, and that’s why she ended up with Yu Zexiao in the end?

Indeed, such a scenario was unimaginable in today’s United States! Unless the person was a devout believer who strictly adhered to the principle of no premarital sex. Otherwise, isn’t everyone just swapping boyfriends and girlfriends?

Being with someone and spending the night together is pretty much the norm. Even to the extent that if you’re a young man or woman and haven’t "given yourself away" before twenty, you’d definitely be ridiculed as a "despised old virgin!"

The open-mindedness of society has made it so that most men and women don’t mind this issue.

However, having Huaxia Country blood in him, he knew that women here, in comparison to the United States, tend to be more conservative!

Even here, there’s a notion that if I give myself to you, it’s a very sacred, very significant thing.

There are also women who, for this reason, end up with men who aren’t quite right for them.

Yet, he knew Jian Anning had always grown up in Vancouver, so logically, she shouldn’t—be so conservative in her thinking, right?

And—why did his heart feel so uncomfortable when he heard Yu Zexiao "boasting" about having had relations with Jian Anning?

He glanced at Jian Anning, who did not share Situ Xuan’s sentiments; she simply felt—somewhat embarrassed!

Yes, embarrassed!

It was because Yu Zexiao was openly boasting about being with her, especially in front of Ling Yichuan and Situ Xuan, two grown men!

She always felt that such matters were personal; whatever happened between two people in private was fine, but to flaunt it in front of others—she wished she could crawl into a hole!

Especially since she was in the middle of clearing the air with Situ Xuan, and Yu Zexiao was carelessly bragging about their private matters, it was just...

She had been brewing a storm of emotions—guilt toward Situ Xuan, firmness in her feelings for Yu Zexiao, hope for the future, and the effort to start a new life.

But in the face of Yu Zexiao’s buffoonery, she had forgotten it all! Right now, there was only one feeling: she was so annoyed and embarrassed that she was flushed red and wished she could zip up Yu Zexiao’s reckless, foul mouth!

Behind her, Yu Zexiao was oblivious to Jian Anning and Situ Xuan’s thoughts, still arguing with Ling Yichuan: