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Zhu Yan was asleep in the topmost point of Yunhuang, feeling that she experienced a very long dream.

In a trance, she was suddenly outside the southern gate of the Jialan Imperial Capital, standing beside an endless Mirror Lake. The surface of the lake was reflecting the moonlight, vast and ethereal, like a world of illusion. As she stared blankly at the water, she suddenly spotted something rising up from the depths and coming towards her – at first, she thought it was a fish, but on a closer examination, it was a human figure.

Was that… a shark?

She was so emotionally distraught that she couldn’t help but take a few steps forward. The train of her dress floated on the surface of the water like a flower in full bloom. The lake was serene and without waves, with a paradoxical and absolute stillness and beauty. Looking from above, it was as if she was standing on a huge mirror, with a strange mirage reflected around her.

Seeing the vision of herself standing there, the apparition under the water stopped for a moment and turned to swim back, its long blue hair waving like satin under the water.

“Yuan!” In that instant, she blurted out, “Is that you?”

In a blur, she actually thought she was seeing Zhi Yuan – the gentle shark who had accompanied her from childhood to today – re-emerging, looking back across the water at the young girl standing in the mirror, with his azure and reassuring eyes, but not approaching further, only turning back and swimming without a word into the depths of the Mirror Lake.

“Yuan… Yuan!” She faltered, desperately wading after him, “Where are you going?”

She slipped off her feet and her entire body sunk. The cold water filled her mouth and nose, making it impossible for her to breathe. She desperately tried to rise to the surface, but it was as if an invisible hand was pushing down on her head, not allowing her to see the light of the day again. Her struggles weakened and she sank to the bottom of the endless water.

“Sister.” Suddenly, someone beside her called out softly.

Who? Her disoriented mind suddenly snapped to attention, and she reluctantly opened her eyes to look.

In the blur, a pair of blue eyes appeared beside her, like stars in a mist. Tiny shadows were swirling underwater, and tiny, thin arms reached out to lift her sinking body.

“Sumo?” She couldn’t help but exclaim out loud, “Is that you?”

The boy didn’t answer, but his eyes held an infinite amount of longing and anxiety.

“Little brat, where have you been? I’ve been so worried!” She tried to grab that tiny hand, but in that instant, everything in the lake turned dark and stormy! The waves that were lashing over her were actually blood-red!

“Sumo!” Zhu Yan shuddered violently and woke up instantly.

When she woke up, her heart was still pounding and she had a brief moment of trance. Once she opened her eyes, all she saw were two pairs of sterile eyes: one pure black like ink, the other radiant like gold, looking down at her from mid-air, both with an inscrutable expression in their eyes.

Is this the temple at the top of the White Tower of Jialan?

The very next moment, Zhu Yan instantly came to her senses, remembering everything that happened earlier, and her face blushed bright red, as if she would have been a thief, grabbing the curtain and covering her naked chest. It was quiet around her, and nobody else was around, so she composed herself and looked around, finding herself leaning on the futon at the base of the divine statue, and the whole temple was so empty that she could almost hear the wind echoing.

Where did he… go? Zhu Yan was startled, and jumped up, scouring the divine hall. However, Shi Ying was no longer there, as if he had never been there.

Cold and panicked, she put on her clothes and rushed out.

Just as she stepped out of the divine temple, Zhu Yan involuntarily remained still – it turns out that the time that had passed since she fell asleep was about five or six hours, and it was already midnight outside. The moon had reached the middle of the sky and the stars were shining brightly, orbiting slowly over the huge Gui Heng, shifting and changing without a sound. And beneath the Gui Heng was sitting silently a man, draped in a soft moonlight, clasping a jade slip in his hand, and gazing in silence at the changing vault.

It turns out… he was here?

For a moment, Zhu Yan’s heart settled and she wanted to call him out, but inexplicably she felt a bit intimidated and actually remained frozen in place for a moment – she had never been afraid of anything since she was a child, but she felt embarrassed to retreat at this moment and simply didn’t know whether to step forward or withdraw.

What was he thinking there all alone? Could… he possibly be regretting it?

Zhu Yan stared at his back from afar, torn for some time, but still did not have the courage to approach him, and turned around in frustration. However, just as the tip of her toes were turning in the opposite direction, a voice suddenly came from behind her, “Where are you going?”

Zhu Yan was startled by this unexpected question, and resisted the urge to run away, standing still and forcing herself to pretend to be calm as she replied, “Back… home!

It’s already midnight and I haven’t returned yet, my father must be furious.”

Still not looking at her, Shi Ying said lightly, “Back to the Red King’s residence?”

“Yes.” She answered timidly, slightly apprehensive, lowering her head and not daring to look at him, not really knowing whether to expect from him to stop her or not.

Shi Ying nodded, “You chose to go back overnight so that your family wouldn’t know you’d been out here today?”

“Yeah… or else I’ll get my legs broken!” She replied, fumbling for a moment, suddenly understanding what he was trying to say and nodding hastily to reassure him, “Don’t worry! I won’t tell anyone about what happened between us… today!”

“Is that so?” Shi Ying changed his expression slightly, grimacing, “You just want to pretend that nothing happened?”

“Huh?” There was a sharpness in his tone that left Zhu Yan’s mouth open for a moment, “No, it wasn’t… but anyway, you don’t have to worry! I… I’ll go back first…”

She was just about to sneak away when Shi Ying turned back haughtily and spoke in a deep voice, “You plan to go back and marry Bai Fenglin just like that?”

“I…” In that moment, she was so stunned by the light in his eyes that she took another step backwards in fright, tripped and bumped her foot on the base of the Gui Heng, falling backwards with an awkward shout.

He instantly appeared beside her and lifted her up with one hand. In fact, with Zhu Yan’s ability, even if she tripped, she would not necessarily fall down, but when he helped her up, she felt her mind going in turmoil and her feet getting weak, so she really collapsed into his arms, and her entire body became soft and sore, not even finding the strength to stand up.

His eyebrows were so close that his breath ruffled her hair, and when she glanced at him, she noticed his long, slender neck and lean collarbone under his collar. Zhu Yan’s ears turned hot, and she felt her heart beating furiously, and all of a sudden, she lost all her strength, and her whole body was shivering faintly.

“What’s wrong?” He thought she was frightened, and said with a grin, “Didn’t you have a lot of audacity yesterday? How dare you in the temple…”

However, halfway through the sentence, he suddenly stopped, and his face blushed lightly.

In that moment, Zhu Yan was so enthralled that she didn’t know where she got the courage to suddenly climb onto his shoulder and abruptly press her lips against his for another kiss!

This time, still caught off guard, he froze in place. But he subconsciously let go of his arms and dropped her to the ground with a thud. Zhu Yan fell on her bottom just as she got her hands on him, and couldn’t help but let out a cry of pain.

In the distance, the Chongming bird cooed, rolling up its four eyes and turning its head away in embarrassment.

“Okay, stop it.” After a few moments of silence, Shi Ying finally managed to compose himself and reached out to pull her up from the ground, speaking in a calm tone, “What do you really want?”

“I… don’t want anything. I… I must have been possessed…” Zhu Yan muttered in a low tone, her face flushing red as she lowered her head, “Anyway, what happened tonight was done all of my own free will… No, no, I asked for it by my own initiative! It’s none of your business.”

“None of my business?” Shi Ying raised an eyebrow, sneering, “How is it none of my business?”

“Don’t worry!” Zhu Yan, who thought he was worried about other things, immediately patted his chest and assured him, “We children of the Desert dare to act, dare to love and dare to hate, we never drag our feet, let alone pester others with our misery.”

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