The skinny subordinate was one of those who liked to throw his weight at people. Even if his target did not dare to confront him face to face, they would bear a grudge behind his back!

Several months after the terrible incident, Wang Xiangyun was still depressed as ever, living like a zombie from day to day. Yet, she still had her heart set on Dongfang Ming.

Ever since Wang Xi Xuan broke off his friendship with Dongfang Ming, he rarely smiled and seldom spoke.

"Ming Yan, have you dealt with that issue of yours?" Dongfang Ming spoke to his guard while he was looking through his accounts.

Ming Yan intended to marry Little Tian, but Little Tian had rejected his offer.

She said she would take it as being bitten by a dog and would rather stay by her lady's side forever than consider marrying him!

Ming Yan fumed with rage at her rejection time and time again but there was nothing he could do about it.

"No," Ming Yan sighed.

He would give it one more go, and if Little Tian was still reluctant he would do it by force!

He was but a mere guard, with no special status, but he was not one to take advantage of others and not hold accountability.

It was not the development he expected, but what was done was done, and he would take full responsibility!

Dongfang Ming lay on his chair and continued to interrogate Ming Yan. "So, what's your plan from here? Will you persevere or give up?"

Ming Yan might be his personal bodyguard, but he was also like a brother to Dongfang Ming. The master did not want to see him so upset every day.

Dongfang Ming had a deep impression of Little Tian. After all, she was Wang Xiangyun's personal servant.

Taking Wang Xiangyun out of the picture, Little Tian was quite a nice woman and certainly a good match with Ming Yan.

If his brother (and personal guard) really planned on marrying her, he would not oppose it. He would even prepare a house for them as a wedding gift.

"Master, I'll ask her one last time. If the answer's still the same, I...I'll take her by force! What do you think?" Ming Yan asked his master, his eyebrows furled.

He was not one who would deny his deeds, and she already belonged to him anyway. Even if she refused, he would take her in regardless, and keep her under lock and key!

Ming Yan was stubborn about this, and Dongfang Ming could empathize with him. But his plan did not seem right somehow.

If the husband and wife did not have feelings for each other, there would be no meaning in sharing the same bed.

"Ming Yan, I have no right to speak on this matter. Only you do. But as your brother and your master, I advise you to marry a willing bride. Otherwise, the two of you will be just like strangers living together. There's no meaning."

Dongfang Ming did not want his friend to have an unhappy marriage. A lifetime could be neither long nor short, and should not be spent with a random stranger.

That would be tiring!

So, he chose to speak his mind.

Ming Yan frowned when he heard that. His brows tightened, and then relaxed.

He knew that was reasonable, but...

Ming Yan's hatred for Wang Xiangyun increased as his thoughts lingered!

She had doomed the servant for her own personal gain!

He had nothing to lose, but it was Little Tian who suffered.

"I understand." Ming Yan decided to take his master's advice.

It was not because he had to obey his master, but because Dongfang Ming was also like a brother to him, and his suggestion was certainly a sound one.