Shocking! Five men are in love with the same woman!

Lingyan agreed wholeheartedly, saying, "Yes, at first he must have liked my face, but do you think I could make him give up everything just because of my face? A face can only attract him, but it can't keep him. What truly keeps him is my uniqueness!"

"If he only likes my face, then he doesn't truly love me; he's just infatuated with my appearance. Would he give up all his dignity, pride, and principles for me? Would he willingly spend his life as a secret lover?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muxue replied firmly, "No, absolutely not."

Ling Yan smiled slightly and continued, "So, what he really likes is not my face, but my personality, which is different from all of yours. I never pay attention to rules, and I never confine myself to any restrictions. I only act according to my own heart, and I never care what others say, nor do I pay attention to those stupid rules."

“I just live life to the fullest. I have the freedom, boldness, vibrancy, unruliness, and elegance that he likes. I am unreserved, shameless, and generous. I do whatever I want and never think that this is against the rules or out of place. I don’t care about these things. I do whatever makes me happy.”

"So this is the real reason why He Jingchuan likes me, and this is also how you are naturally. You don't need to change for him at all. He likes you as you are naturally. You're just blinded by your own perspective."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muxue suddenly understood, as if a dream had been broken.

She burst into laughter, tears welling in her eyes.

The laughter carried a hint of self-deprecation and a touch of relief.

Laugh at your own ignorance, laugh at your own stupidity and foolishness.

Haha, it turns out she was wrong all along; she misunderstood him!

Her eight years of hard work seem to have become a joke; it turns out she had been working in the wrong direction.

If she had spent more time with him as her most authentic self, would the outcome have been different?

But it's too late now; the outcome is irreversible.

She's so ridiculous!

These eight years felt like a dream, a one-sided, naive dream she had been living.

Now that the dream is over, it's time for her to wake up too.

Once a fleeting glimpse of beauty, now only youthful dreams remain.

The boy who captivated her at first sight was ultimately not meant to be hers.

All the things she did for him were just wishful thinking; she was only indulging in self-pity.

He didn't ask her to do these things, never made any promises to her, and never explicitly or implicitly suggested anything to her.

From beginning to end, he treated her no differently than any other woman.

So what right does she have to blame him?

She had made so many efforts for him, suffered for him for eight years, and devoted the best years of her life to him.

These lost youths can never be brought back.

But none of this had anything to do with him; it was all her own wishful thinking and her insistence on doing it.

He saved her not because she was special, but simply because he was a general, and his duty was to protect his people.

So whether it's her or anyone else from Da Zhao, he will save them whenever he encounters them.

It wasn't targeting her personally; she wasn't special at all. He treated her the same way he treated anyone else.

She was just one of the millions of people in the Great Zhao he was trying to protect.

It was wishful thinking on her part, it was her stubbornness, it was her refusal to turn back until she hit a wall.

Everything was her fault, and it had nothing to do with anyone else.

At this moment, she finally realized that she was completely wrong and utterly ridiculous.

Lingyan suddenly looked at her and asked, "Ask yourself honestly, do you really like He Jingchuan? Or is it just an obsession, or just that he likes his looks, or just a habit?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muxue immediately exclaimed excitedly, "No, that's impossible! I really like him!"

Lingyan didn't refute her, but continued to ask, "Then imagine if He Jingchuan wasn't good-looking and was actually very ugly, would you still like him? Think about it again, did you like him for the act of saving you or just for his good looks? If he wasn't so ugly, would you still like him just for the act of saving you?"

After thinking about it carefully, Jiang Muxue replied very frankly, "No, I'm very sure I won't. So it's not that I like him because he saved me, nor do I like him as a person. I only like his appearance."

Lingyan smiled and nodded, then asked, "Now imagine if he were disfigured and became an ugly monster, would you still like him as much as before and be unable to let him go?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muxue carefully imagined the scene.

She was certain she wouldn't; she wouldn't like He Jingchuan's ugly appearance.

At that moment, it was as if she suddenly understood something.

It turns out that my long-held obsession was so shallow and so easily shattered.

After thinking it through, she chuckled softly: "So that's how it is. All these years, what I've liked is his appearance, his heroic aura, this young hero, not him as a person. These past eight years, as you said, have just been an obsession."

Only then did her obsession finally dissipate, and she completely let go.

She's really ridiculous.

You think you truly like someone, but in the end, all you like is their face.

She really couldn't see through it at all before.

No wonder.

No wonder she didn't care about He Jingchuan's attitude after exposing herself at the hunting ground that day.

It turned out to be the case.

There were obvious signs all along, but she just couldn't figure it out.

Seeing that she had completely figured it out, Lingyan continued, "Actually, I had already guessed what you were really like. Every time you looked at us while eating, you revealed some clues. And the way you looked when you saved me that day, especially the way you looked when you saved me and the martial arts skills you displayed, were your truest self."

“I used to only have doubts, but from that day on I was certain that the whip would not have killed me, it was just a single lash. But you still took the lash for me without hesitation. So in your heart, you couldn’t bear to see me get hurt, and you would rather expose yourself to protect me.”

"It was from that time that I knew you didn't really like He Jingchuan. Actually, you were also wondering about it back then. I guessed that you were pretending for He Jingchuan, but I didn't expose you because you wanted to keep this secret, so I kept it for you."

"It was from that time that I realized why I have never liked weak, delicate and pretentious women, but why I felt so close to you and wanted to get closer to you as soon as I saw you. It turns out that you are not like the person you are. Even though I thought you were a bit strange when I was with you before, I still want to be with you and be your friend."

“From that day on, I knew that I weighed more in your heart than He Jingchuan. You knew that He Jingchuan would find out if you exposed yourself, but you still saved me without hesitation. This proves that I am more important to you than He Jingchuan. You value me, your friend, more than the person you have loved for eight years.”

“I used to feel like there was a barrier between us, but since that day, I feel like that barrier has completely disappeared. I can finally see you clearly. I liked you even before I could see you clearly, and now that I can see you clearly, I like you even more.”

Jiang Muxue's eyes instantly welled up with tears after hearing this.

The glistening tears welled up in her eyes, as if they might roll down at any moment.

Her heart was filled with emotion, and her gaze was as bright and moving as the twinkling stars in the night sky.

She then took a deep breath and said, "I never imagined that you could see through all of this so clearly. I always thought I was hiding it well, but I didn't expect that you would still find out."

Her voice trembled slightly as she continued, "Saving you that day was almost instinctive; I never considered the consequences. I never imagined you could see so much in it."

Jiang Muxue then raised her head, trying hard not to let her tears fall.

But the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up, revealing a smile tinged with tears: "I thought my pretense would drive you away from me, but I never expected that not only would you not, but you would also understand me so well and protect me. I am so happy."

After she finished speaking, she finally couldn't hold back her tears and they streamed down her face.

But a radiant smile, more beautiful than ever before, bloomed on her face.

It was a genuine, heartfelt smile of happiness, born from being understood and cherished.