In this moment, he understood everything.
All that had transpired during this time—it was all because of this...
Yet he never imagined she would be Xuanyuan Muyue, the daughter of the Yan Emperor and Phoenix Empress...
"I'm sorry. I never expected Mother's actions would place such immense pressure on Big Brother Xiao. I'm the one who owes him an apology," she said guiltily.
She knew that if she hadn't been so clueless about how to handle this, Mother wouldn't have tested him. Without that test, he wouldn't have faced this pressure and these choices. Ultimately, it was her fault. Everything he was enduring now stemmed from her.
Xiao Junyan watched her, his expression shifting from initial shock, disbelief, and shame to eventual calm. He drew a deep breath, exhaled heavily, and then smiled inexplicably.
