Yu Huixin tugged at the corner of her sleeve, struggling to suppress her racing heart. She herself was not entirely sure when she had begun to fall for this man. Was it that day at the lakeside pavilion, when Yang Fan had looked at her with pity and whispered, "It must have been hard"? Was it that night during the alliance meeting, when she felt the exhilaration of meeting her match and the mutual respect they shared? Or perhaps it was something else...
Was it the way he had patiently guided her cultivation day after day? Or his generosity in sharing rare pills that helped her break through to the Spirit Wandering Great Realm? Yu Huixin couldn't be certain, but each of these moments, each fluttering of her heart, seemed to have drawn her in until she was hopelessly, uncontrollably sinking deeper into her feelings.
Following the example of heroines in storybooks, she had tried playing various personas, foolishly hoping to catch the eye of the man she loved. She had never expected, however, that in his eyes, her most authentic self was the most captivating of all.
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