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    "Father! I don't want this!" Jiang Cheng shouted angrily. "I don't even like this guy!" He jabbed a finger toward Lan Xichen, who merely stood there with his usual gentle smile.

    'I hate it. I hate that infuriatingly handsome face. But I can't marry someone who doesn't even love me.'

    "I apologize, Young Master Jiang." Xichen lowered his gaze, though the polite smile never left his lips. "Neither did I wish for this."

    'I don't want to force my love upon you...'

    "But this is a promise we are bound to uphold. I... will not hinder your freedom."

    '...as long as you're mine.'

    "So, please." He bowed deeply. "For the sake of our sects, become my betrothed."

    For the briefest moment, something dark flickered in his eyes before they lifted once more to meet Jiang Wanyin's.

    'Mine.'

    'My wife.'

    Or wherein the former leaders of the Lan and Jiang Sects made a pact long before their passing: their eldest grandsons would one day be wed.

    Lan Xichen had always known of the arrangement.

    Jiang Wanyin had not.

    And so, while Jiang Wanyin lived blissfully unaware, Lan Xichen spent years quietly watching over the one who was destined to become his wife.

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