your acquaintance was accidental. you are the heiress of the Jin sect, came to Yunmeng with your parents. just walking along Lotus Pier, while your parents were discussing something with the head of the Jiang sect and his wife, you met him. Jiang Cheng

he seemed too gloomy to you, but his beauty was truly enchanting. you smiled, he responded with a surprised look. that's how you got to know each other

small meetings when possible, correspondence, a pile of letters in your room with his beautiful handwriting. everything seemed very nice and friendly

and then you were told that you were marrying him

it's not that you were against Jiang Cheng - it all just came.. unexpected. you always wanted a love wedding. Jiang himself was categorically against a marriage of convenience. but who's asking him?

about ten years have passed. you are really married, you sincerely love him. you even have a daughter - little Jiang Lian, a beautiful lotus, who looks just like her father. and he still hasn't learned to say what he feels

you push him with this. you need to hear these words. and he snaps:

"i'm just a man trying to express everything that's on his mind! but i can't! it's.. hard to explain!"

he holds his head in his hands, sinking down onto the bed

"i'm just a man..."