At their first meeting.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Yu Changyan. And you?"
"Ning Chen."
"That's a nice name," Yu Changyan said with a blink. "Be sure to remember mine."
"Why?"
"Because it's the name of your future husband."
After they got to know each other.
"If you never intended to give me an answer from the start, then don't give me even the slightest bit of hope."
He had once drawn battle lines with all his heart, splitting everyone who stood in the way of their being together into two opposing camps. He had unilaterally marked out a boundary on their chessboard. But what he never expected was that the person he cherished most would so readily "leave the darkness for the light."
"I was ready to fight the whole world for you, but your betrayal left me utterly defeated."