Seeing the grand heroine display such a rebellious and unconvinced expression, Qingyu did not deliberately make things difficult for her. After all, he harbored no mortal grudges against her.
Besides, she was burdened with destiny—she was the daughter of fate chosen by the Heavenly Dao. Rather than being her enemy, it was far better to cooperate with her. The daughter of fate could always acquire countless treasures that remained forever out of reach for others. Befriending Mo Xianglan was equivalent to receiving the protection of the Heavenly Dao.
True, he was a villain, but who on earth had ever written a rule stating that a villain could not cooperate with the protagonist? There were even instances of villains and protagonists uniting. Of course, Qingyu did not imagine for a moment that he could ever become romantically entangled with this grand heroine. In the original story, just like all the other female supporting characters, she had never had any contact with the opposite sex, remaining completely aloof right up until the very end. A grand heroine naturally had no romantic entanglements with men.
Chapter 23