Inside the imperial palace.
Lin Jinyu tightly embraced the man in her arms, feeling the soft warmth of his body.
It was a fear she had never known before.
Ji Nanjue wore a bitter smile at the corner of her mouth, instinctively wanting to stroke Lin Jinyu's hair.
Sensing the movement, Lin Jinyu stepped back slightly and said:
"You still remember how to come back?"
Her expression was somewhat stiff, yet filled with an endless rush of joy at this sudden reunion.
As she looked him over closely, for some reason, her delicate brows furrowed slightly.
The current Ji Nanjue gave her a strange feeling? It was an indescribable gentleness. Although he had always looked this way in the past, something just felt wrong.
He seemed the same, yet more beautiful and soft, with a glowing complexion, tender skin, and an aura somewhat different from before.
It was a presence carved deep into the bones, with that softness buried in the marrow... if he weren't a man, she would have thought—
Lin Jinyu turned her face away, casually pulling the hairpin from her head and letting her dark hair cascade like a waterfall to veil her cheeks. Her voice choked with sobs as all her pent-up grievances burst forth at once:
"I thought you were gone..."
Her voice drifted, as scattered as her hair.
Ji Nanjue did not know what to say. At first, she too had believed she might not make it back this time. Everything had been such a coincidence: the blood-refining grand array happened to be missing one Earthly Fiend …
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