On February 19, EXO’s Chen wrote a letter to fans following the announcement of his engagement and fiancée’s pregnancy last month.

He wrote:

Hello. This is Chen.

After worrying a lot about how I should express my feelings, it’s taken me until now to write to EXO-L.

I’m worried that I might hurt you through poor wording, but I want to first off apologize to everyone who has waited for all that time. I also want to express my apologies to EXO-L who must have been very surprised and taken aback by my sudden news.

When I first wrote that letter, it was my first time too experiencing such a thing, so I worried a lot about what I should say to EXO-L who’ve been together with me. Still, I wrote a letter because I thought that I needed to personally tell all of you first… however, my unintentionally lacking and poor wording caused disappointment and hurt, and seeing you experience that made my heart ache as well.

I don’t know if my feelings will be conveyed well, but I’m sincerely grateful for the love that you’ve given me and I’m more aware than anyone else that I am who I am now because of that love.

I want to apologize again for expressing my apologies to you so late. Also, I will show you how I’m continuing to try hard. Thank you.