Perhaps it was the effect of the Heart-Bonding Gu, but at dawn’s first light, the two of them opened their eyes at the exact same moment.0

It felt as though, in opening their eyes, they were seeing through each other’s gaze, synchronized in the moment. Both blinked in surprise, then smiled at the same time.0

Sisi leaned softly against Zhao Changhe’s chest, her voice barely above a whisper, “Do you think it’s just an illusion because of the Heart-Bonding Gu? I’ve never felt this close to you before…”0

Even during their time hiding by the burial ground, after Yue Hongling had left and the two of them had spent half a month together in shameless intimacy, she had never felt this level of connection. But now, something had shifted, something felt entirely different.0

Zhao Changhe brushed her nose lightly with his finger. “The gu didn’t create the bond, the bond came first. It’s because we already had the bond that the gu could deepen it. Don’t confuse cause and effect.”0

Sisi pouted and leaned closer to whisper in his ear, “Do you want that thing you always used to ask for? A ‘good morning something’?”0

“No thanks,” Zhao Changhe said...0