Inside the cabin, Xu Qing opened his eyes.0

Yanyan actually wasn’t the first person to have come to visit him. Both Ding Xue and Gu Muqing had been by. Xu Qing had been acting just the same as always, not giving any indication anything was different. If anything, he was a bit quieter than before.0

Upon hearing Yanyan’s voice, he stood, walked out of the cabin, and looked calmly at the girl on the shore.0

Seeing him, her face broke out into a wide, happy smile. At the same time, she leaped gracefully off of the shore toward his dharmaship. All she accomplished, though, was smacking into its defenses. A thump rang out, then she fell back to the shore. Climbing into a sitting position, she looked at Xu Qing with discouraged eyes that welled with tears.6

Gripping her garments tightly, she said, “You don’t like me, Big Bro Xu Qing? Did I do something wrong? Just tell me, I can change....”0

“Cut the act,” Xu Qing said quietly. “What do you want?”9

The tears in her eyes vanished and a sly grin appeared on her face. Sticking her finger in her mouth, she bit it hard enough to draw blood. Something...10