Her fingers that were wrapping the gyoza filling in the wrap stopped at once and for a moment, so did her heartbeats. Her head turned, very slowly, as if trying to make sense of Guiren's jarring statement.
"What?"
"He's very fond of food, isn't he?"
Chunhua's blank stare was still locked at him. Guiren hadn't moved, nor turned to face her.
"Because he knows what it's like to be without food for thirteen days straight. Sometimes, he would wake up in the middle of the night extremely starved."
"I…I don't…" her voice quivered as if she was drowning in freezing water, unable to breathe.
"You don't know about it because he didn't tell you. He will never tell you about it. There are some things in his life, Miss. Huang, which he would never share with you. Even if you become his wife in the future, there are some scars he will always keep locked in his heart."
"...But you know."
