588: New Year's Eve (Part 4)

Yixuan seemed to be reminiscing as he chuckled and said, "I had been moved by you for quite some time. But I hadn't realized it myself. Not until you went to Jun City and everything changed when you returned. Third Brother, fourth brother, Fifth Brother, their attitudes towards you shifted, and you began to adapt to being cared for by them. Yet, those attentions—those should have been mine. I had been taking care of you, and without realizing it, you had become very important to me in my heart."

"Important, very important, important enough to surpass everything."

"So I was jealous, anxious, and lost, but at that time I did not understand what these feelings meant, until later... I think I was jealous. I was desperate to claim you, to ensure you belonged only to me."