When canceling the betrothal, the biggest fear was that he would mistakenly think she wanted to cling to the Emperor and sever ties with him, but unexpectedly, he thought so anyway.

Yun Wanyao sighed and defended herself.

"It’s not like that, Prince. Whether you believe it or not, when canceling the betrothal, I never thought about clinging to the Emperor."

She never knew the Emperor liked her, nor did she ever think of having anything with him.

The barrier between them was never about the Emperor, or power and status, but this damned plotline.

Sadly, he would never understand.

"So you’re saying you’re thinking that way now? Yun Wanyao, do you really want to be with my brother?"

He gritted his teeth as he looked at her, his brows tightly knit, eyes cold and sharp, harboring deep rage, his expression menacing and terrifying, as if he wanted to swallow her whole.

Yun Wanyao had never seen him so frightening; she trembled in fear, lowered her head, and shrank into the corner of the carriage, her voice trembling.

"We... we’ve already canceled the betrothal; who I am with is..."

"You dare to mention it?"

Before she could finish, he harshly interrupted her, letting out a cold laugh and bellowing in anger, "Yun Wanyao, I’ll ask you again, why did you cancel the betrothal?"

"Don’t talk about trying to fulfill some nonsense about me and someone else. Who I want to be with doesn’t need your fulfillment."

"Today, if you can’t give me a satisfactory answer, I won’t let you off."

Who does she think she is?

The goddess controlling love?

Is it her place to arrange his feelings?

There’s a saying that you need to understand even in death, and that’s why he was so determined to get an answer, which Yun Wanyao understood.

If she were inexplicably dumped, she might also be frantic, tormented, forever tangled, forever unable to get over it.

But the truth is something she couldn’t tell him.

If she told him that their world was just a book, that he was the protagonist, Su Qianxue was the heroine, and they were destined to be together,

If she clung to him, not only would she bring about her own doom, but also harm many others, surely he would think she had gone mad, right?

After a moment, she came to her senses, deciding to test him with the plot.

"To be honest, Prince, a few days ago, I kept having a dream. In the dream, Su Qianxue’s personality changed overnight..."

"She no longer chased you endlessly and clung to you, but instead snorted disdainfully every time she saw you."

"The change in attitude was so great that you found it unsettling and couldn’t help but start paying attention to her."

"Then you gradually discovered that she was completely different from the Su Family’s legitimate daughter you knew before, even different from all the noble daughters in Haojing."

"She wasn’t as rumored to be ignorant and uneducated; on the contrary, she knew everything, and possessed many unheard-of skills."

"For some unknown reason, she suddenly started approaching you, actively extending an olive branch, you took the bait, and back-and-forth you became closer."

"Afterwards, you two were inseparable, deeply in love, becoming a tale everyone envied."

"And I became a joke in teahouses on marketplace corners."

"Watching your deep affection every day drove me mad with jealousy, losing my sanity."

"In order to win you back, to preserve the betrothal, I used all sorts of despicable means to sabotage you, ultimately meeting a tragic end, rejected by all..."

Having said this, she paused, burying her head in her arms, shrouded in indescribable sadness.

"So, you canceled the betrothal with me, just because of a dream?"

A moment of silence, Mo Yuanhao swallowed and opened his mouth, his voice low and hoarse, filled with disbelief.

He never expected that the reason she unilaterally canceled the betrothal was... a dream?

And how could this dream align so closely with matters concerning him and Su Qianxue?

This was too baffling.

"Yes, it’s because of this dream, but the dream was too real. How could I dare continue being with you, Prince?"

Yun Wanyao lifted her head, her eyes reddened, gazing at him, tears glistening in her eyes.

Without waiting for him to speak, she continued, "I want to know, after hearing this dream, is there not the slightest bit of resonance in the Prince’s heart?"

"Don’t you think that in this dream, many things align closely with you and Su Qianxue?"

"To be honest, Prince, the last time I accurately spoke of your private interactions with Su Qianxue, it wasn’t because our family had someone tailing you, but because I saw it in this dream."

"If our family really had someone watching you, I wouldn’t be foolish enough to blatantly mention it to you, Prince."

Mo Yuanhao was silent.

He couldn’t tolerate sand in his eyes and absolutely wouldn’t allow anyone to secretly surveil him, so after returning that day, he dispatched someone to investigate.

The Hidden Guard kept watch for a long time, but never found anything suspicious near the Prince Manor.

It was quite certain that the Yun Family hadn’t sent anyone to monitor him.

Given that, Yun Wanyao’s knowledge of his and Su Qianxue’s matters seemed strange indeed.

If it was truly a dream...

Why would she dream of these things?

Mo Yuanhao frowned, his heart shrouded in a massive mystery, unable to comprehend.

But he understood one thing: Yun Wanyao’s explanation of the dream, regardless of its truth, could explain her unilaterally ending the betrothal.

Because she dreamed of him and Su Qianxue falling for each other, and she meddled with a bad end, so after waking up and discovering they really had dealings, she wanted to completely avoid this risk. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Yun Wanyao, you can’t decisively abandon the betrothal just because of a dream, abandoning me, how innocent am I?"

"Dreams are false, not to be counted on, why didn’t you explain to me before canceling the betrothal?"

Before this, Mo Yuanhao was determined to ask her for clarification; now that he finally understood, he only felt deep impotence.

His betrothal lost to a dream!

"Is the Prince truly innocent?"

Yun Wanyao was almost amused by his words.

The reason these things hadn’t happened was because of her younger sister’s arrival, because her sister knew the plot, and they could hear her sister’s inner voice, not because he was innocent.

If not for her sister, then all this would be entirely true.

"But the Prince’s private dealings with Su Qianxue aren’t false. If I don’t let go in time, things will develop as I said."

"If I didn’t cancel the betrothal early, would I have to wait until you two fall in love and find me an eyesore, before I obediently remove myself?"

"The Prince says I didn’t explain before canceling, but how could I explain it?"

"Even if I did explain, would the Prince agree to cancel the betrothal?"