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... d, fearing she would be sad, was willing to act and deceive himself, doesn’t that also mean that she held a place in his heart?
If he truly didn’t care about her at all, he wouldn’t have bothered to disguise it.
In this era, "female virtue" was the standard governing all women’s behavior, and society also told them that if a man was capable and held status, it was impossible for him to have only one woman.
Of course, she couldn’t care less about these things right now. ...
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