"We were friends," Luo Binghe acknowledges, "when we were children. If I have ever had a true friend before this place, I think it must be her."

Marrying her was the only thing he could think to do with how much he loves her. If he thinks on it too deeply, he's going to fall back into brooding over all his failures. "If we've finished with the business between us—would you like to meet Shen Yuan? It would please me to introduce you."