It felt good to be praised by her, but Hongli still couldn't help but ask, "No matter what, Zheng Lin was once engaged to you. How do you feel after hearing this news?"

Meeting his meaningful gaze, Su Yushan wasn't in a hurry to clarify, and slowly asked, "How do you think I would feel?"

Noticing her chin tuck slightly and her eyes holding a hint of reproach, Hongli dared not speak carelessly and cautiously said:

"You shouldn't be...jealous or angry, right?"

When Su Yushan first heard the news, she was overwhelmed with mixed feelings—shock, worry, and helplessness. After all, that was the original owner's sister, and she should also think about Yu Chan's well-being.

“I already have my own life, so Zheng Lin should also have his own happiness. How could I be jealous? If he and Yu Chan are in love, I will naturally give my blessings. I’m just afraid that Yu Chan’s feelings are one-sided. If she suffers grievances but doesn’t dare to speak out, wouldn’t that be a waste of her life?”

Since things had come to this point, Hongli decided not to interfere further. "Let your elder brother find out the truth! If Zheng Lin is willing, then let them get married. If he is not, then Yu Chan should give up."

Regarding her sister's matter, she could only offer suggestions, not make decisions for her. At present, Su Yushan could only pray that everything would develop in a positive direction.

Su Mingfeng was quite surprised when he heard about this. In fact, he could sense that Yu Chan seemed to care about Zheng Lin a lot, but he thought it was just his imagination. He thought that Yu Chan might just treat Zheng Lin as an older brother. He never expected that she would develop feelings for Zheng Lin.

On the way back, he repeatedly confirmed with his sister that Yu Chan still held the same opinion: her heart belonged only to Zheng Lin.

Left with no other option, Su Mingfeng went to Zheng Lin to ask for his opinion.

Zheng Lin was also surprised, "Me and Yu Chan? She's Yu Shan's sister! How could I possibly have feelings for her?"

Those concerns are no problem. Su Mingfeng cuts to the chase, "Regardless of who she is, I just want to ask you one question: After spending so much time together, do you have any other feelings for her?"

To be fair, Yu Chan did treat him very well, and Zheng Lin was very patient with Yu Chan, but all of this stemmed from Yu Shan. Since Yu Shan wasn't here, he naturally had to take care of her family.

"I only consider her Yu Shan's younger sister, and I have no romantic feelings for her!"

Having received a definite answer, Su Mingfeng didn't press the matter further. "Okay, I understand. I will persuade Yu Chan to let it go."

He and Zheng Lin were indeed good brothers, but since it concerned his sister's lifelong happiness, Su Mingfeng had to remain rational.

When he told Yu Chan Zheng Lin's answer, Yu Chan's eyes were unusually calm, without shame, anger or disappointment.

But when he tried to persuade her to rein in her thoughts, she refused, saying, "This is my own business, brother, don't worry about it."

“You are my sister, how could I abandon you? Yu Chan, don’t you understand? Zheng Lin is indeed a good man, but his affection is only for Yu Shan. As for you, it’s just brotherly care.”

"I know, I know everything without you reminding me, but I just like him, and I don't want to give up." Because she understood Zheng Lin's feelings, she wasn't too heartbroken after hearing the answer.

“Yu Chan…” Su Mingfeng wanted to persuade her again, but she refused to listen and ran straight out of the house to find Zheng Lin herself.

Zheng Lin was unwilling to say more, and continued to look down at the account book in his hand. "I have already made everything very clear to Brother Su."

"I know, but I want to tell you that I don't mind."

She had only said one sentence when Zheng Lin interrupted her, "Even if you don't mind, I can't be with you, Yu Chan. You are Yu Shan's sister. I can't do anything to hurt you, do you understand?"

"You've already hurt me! If you don't marry me, who else can I marry?"

This sudden accusation gave Zheng Lin a bad feeling. "What do you mean by that? When have I ever hurt you?"

She didn't want to bring those things up, but Zheng Lin's cold attitude towards her, as if he wanted to sever ties with her, left her with no choice but to tell him.

"A few days ago you were drunk, and I picked a few roses to visit you..."

Reminded by her, Zheng Lin then recalled that he seemed to have hallucinated when he was drunk that day, and dreamed of Yu Shan. He remembered that Yu Shan liked roses very much. In the dream, the woman held a few roses, slowly turned around, her starry eyes sparkling, and smiled gently at him.

He was overcome with emotion, thinking he had returned to the past, that Yu Shan was right beside him, and he couldn't help but kiss her...

When he woke up, he was still savoring the dream, thinking that if it weren't for that incident, he and Yushan would probably be married by now, living a peaceful but warm life, and perhaps they would have a lovely child.

He had always thought it was a dream, a wish that could never be fulfilled. Unexpectedly, Yu Chan described his dream to him today and told him that the woman in his dream was actually her!

In other words, the person he kissed in his passion was actually Yu Chan!

He actually kissed Yu Shan's sister! This was unacceptable to Zheng Lin. "How could this happen? How could it be you?"

His face showed shock and even a hint of rejection. Although Yu Chan knew his thoughts very well, she was still hurt by that expression!

Suppressing the bitterness in her heart, Yu Chan explained awkwardly, "I was also confused at the time, completely stunned. I thought... I thought you had developed feelings for me over time, which is why you kissed me. Later, when you called out my sister's name in a daze, I realized that you had mistaken me for her. I was very scared at the time, so I pushed you away."

In that instant, Zheng Lin's thought was, thank goodness, thank goodness he hadn't done anything more outrageous. But even a kiss was an act that damaged a young woman's reputation, and Zheng Lin felt deeply sorry for her.

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