How Can a Soldier Be So Fair? (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 71

Time passed, and before long the sky had grown dark, and Bi Young returned home as well.

At first glance, the pointless contest of pride between the two men seemed to have ended with Geon as the victor.

Though by publicly declaring that he was living with Yeon Woo, he had seemingly knocked Bi Young down a peg or two, Geon couldn’t shake an uneasy feeling lingering in the back of his mind.

― “There’s simply no chance for someone like Prince Gwang Ho to intrude.”

― “Miss Yeon Woo and I have known each other for ten years already. Do you truly believe you can match that time together?”

― “You’ll realize it soon enough yourself—Yeon Woo will ultimately return to me.”

Bi Young’s words kept echoing in his head.

He had always known that Bi Young and Yeon Woo shared a special bond.

But to Geon, Yeon Woo was the woman he had barely managed to claim as his own—the one and only woman of his—so he couldn’t yield even an inch of her to Bi Young.

― “I’m the one who understands even Yeon Woo’s hidden circumstances—those she never shows openly. I’m also the only person she truly relies on.”

― “She never revealed her true self to you, my lord. And she never will in the future either. She’s simply not the kind of person who readily shows her inner feelings unless she shares an extraordinary level of trust.”

Bi Young seemed to know more about Yeon Woo’s true identity and circumstances than anyone else.

His words implied that, to Yeon Woo, Bi Young was uniquely special—someone Geon could never hope to become—and the thought made Geon’s heart reel.

Bi Young’s attitude had been far too confident to simply ignore.

Whether intentional or not, it left Geon deeply unsettled.

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