Arranged marriages were a cliché trope that Jiang Xinli had seen countless times in the movies and TV shows of her past life.
Xue Xi pursed her lips in thought. "Definitely not. If that were the case, my cousin would have been unable to hold back and would have told you long ago."
'He wouldn't be clinging to you like this now, trying to win your favor every day...'
Fearing that Jiang Xinli would misunderstand, Xue Xi quickly added:
"But, Xinli, I can guarantee that his desire to follow and protect you is his own personal wish. It has nothing to do with some contract from the previous generation."
Even Xue Xi's own willingness to tell Jiang Xinli this much was largely because Xue Qianxun liked her.
"Mm," Jiang Xinli said, lost in thought. "Have you ever met my parents?"
"I have, but I was very young then, so I don't have much of an impression. I just remember feeling that they were a very gentle and loving couple."
Jiang Xinli: "But my mother, it seems she had many—"
