Su Li opened her mouth, and it took her a long while to regain her composure, "So, if you and Tang Mubai are not related by blood, then what are you still fretting over?"
Tang Nian gave a wry smile, "How can I not fret? If I were with him, do you know how people outside would view us? Even though we are not related by actual blood, people outside would conjecture very unkind things about us. I don't mind, but I can't let others speak ill of him."
"But by thinking solely about him this way, have you considered if this is what he wants? Perhaps, to him, you are more important than those rumors and gossip?" Su Li took her hand and gently rubbed it, saying, "What do you think he has been holding on for all these years? Do you think he hasn't considered these things? Yet he still loves you so much, which shows that he doesn't care about those things."
"He may not mind, but I can't be so selfish."
Su Li suddenly remembered the sentence Tang Mubai had said to her over the phone.
