She curled her lip, "Haven’t you already dissolved our engagement, and yet you still talk of husband and wife?"
Originally intending only to tease him, Huangfu Jue heard her words and felt a tightening in his heart.
"I was just joking!" Seeing his expression change, Gan Yuan hurried to reach out and hold his hand, "I know it was the best choice, I have never blamed you... In fact, I am relieved that I haven’t brought more trouble upon you."
"No!" Huangfu Jue shook his head, "In fact, I should have stuck to my own beliefs."
He had been thinking about this matter for the past few days.
If he had insisted on his decision at that time, giving up the throne, then none of all this would have happened.
"The man I love has never been one to give up easily!" Gan Yuan gripped his hand tightly, "I know it has not been easy for you, but this is not your fault, from the moment I agreed to stay, I had already anticipated such a scenario. Ajue, I have never blamed you for anything, you haven’t done anything wrong. If because of me, bad influence comes to your family, to your country...then, and only then, would I feel guilty for life! This is my fault, I should bear the consequences."
"Stop talking like that!" Huangfu Jue didn’t want to see her self-reproaching demeanor, "Now, come back with me."
"I can’t!" Gan Yuan let go of his hand, "The time is not right yet."
Moses had not yet acknowledged Huangfu Jue, and with her current status, even if she went back with him, she couldn’t change anything; she would still be the murderer unworthy of him!
"Then when is the right time?" Huangfu Jue asked.
Gan Yuan smiled, holding onto his arms, her bright black eyes filled with longing.
"After I win the election."
Running for President was no child’s play; it wasn’t supposed to be that simple.
"Do you not have confidence in me?" Gan Yuan asked.
"Of course not, I just..."
"Are you worried about Moses?"
He did not conceal it, "Yes."
He had thoroughly investigated that man, and he was truly uneasy about leaving her with Moses.
Gan Yuan’s expression grew serious, "This is the debt I owe him, this is the last thing I will do for him."
Huangfu Jue frowned, "If you owe him, let me repay him. Whatever he wants, I can satisfy him, if he wishes to become the President of F Country, I can help him, on the condition that he lets you go free."
Gan Yuan looked at him with a smile in her eyes.
"Ajue, I certainly did not misjudge you!"
A man willing to go to such lengths for a woman, it was enough to prove how deep his love was for her.
The man she had set her sights on had indeed not disappointed her.
And it was precisely because of this, she wanted to repay him with an improved version of herself.
"This favor is a debt that I have incurred, and I will repay it myself." She lifted her face, looking into his eyes, "Once I’m done with this task, we as a family can be together forever, never to be separated again."
Huangfu Jue frowned, unwilling to agree.
Leaving Moses aside, just running for President was not so simple.
With his status, he of course knew very well the difficulty involved; what fair competition, what universal suffrage... all of these were mere illusions.
Only those who truly wield power understand that nothing in this world is ever that simple. Has there ever been a ruler who hasn’t ascended by stepping over the corpses of their adversaries?