Cui Yuanyang did not know if her feelings really were all just a result of her youth and ignorance… Anyway, the more that others said so, including even Zhao Changhe himself, the more unconvinced she felt, and the more she convinced herself that it was genuine affection.4

While naivety and ignorance were indeed quite often associated with people at this age, it should not just be forgotten that there was another word that also corresponded to people at this age: rebelliousness. Back then, when she had sneaked into the mountain stronghold and eventually gone to look for Zhao Changhe, was it not exactly because of such rebellious tendencies?0

After Zhao Changhe left, she thought about him every day. She rejoiced in his feats that flashed in the Tome of Troubled Times, bragging to everyone and saying, “See, my big brother Zhao is amazing!”1

Eventually, all her thoughts seemed to boil down to her liking him.0

However, she did not really know what to do when it came to interacting with the person she liked. She had never felt the urge to kiss someone the way it was described in the stories she had read. At most, she would feel somewhat expectant toward certain things, curious...0