The mountain winds crossed the borders, rustling through the fields and hills.
Cui Ji suddenly looked Shen Yinning straight in the eyes and said, "I know the rules of the Capital. Whoever is stronger, gets Shen Madam. How can Shen Madam be so certain that in the future, I won't become powerful enough to claim Shen Madam?"
The usually gentle and composed man revealed, for the first time in front of Shen Yinning, an intense ambition and aggressiveness. At this moment, his gaze bore an uncanny resemblance to that of Lu Ying.
Shen Yinning smirked; her long, curled lashes veiled the ambition mirrored within her eyes.
She said, "The day I found you by the roadside, I saw the pride buried in your bones. Cui Ji, having ambition is admirable, but don't aim it at me. I, Shen Yinning, am not something that can be so easily taken by anyone."
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