"Can you still get in touch with Chang Ying?" Jiang Ruyi asked.
Tian Tian's gaze dimmed, and she slowly shook her head. "After Yingying advanced to the Jiang Realm, she spoke less and less, and she didn't really like dealing with people anymore.
Ever since she went on pilgrimage, she hasn't replied whenever I message her."
Seeing the girl's sorrowful little expression, Jiang Ruyi offered a consoling explanation. "After people advance to the Jiang Realm, their temperament changes somewhat."
I won't!
Tian Tian lowered her head and secretly clenched her little fist.
If I advance to the Jiang Realm, I definitely won't change!
I'll still cherish every person on the team like I do now. I'll love every one of you.
Always obedient, the girl rarely had a will of her own. From childhood to adulthood, everything had been arranged for her, and her feelings had never mattered.
Until her second year of high school, when a ray of light shone into her life.
Back then, she had been ruthlessly kicked out of the school's second-ranked top student team.
Such a humiliating incident drew strange looks and mocking gazes from many classmates.
By a twist of fate, she was assigned to try out with Goddess Jiang's team.
The school's top-ranked team.
Tian Tian had prepared herself to be disliked and rejected. She also knew that a team like that was far beyond her reach.
Yet unexpectedly, gentle Sister Ruyi accepted her.
And kept encouraging her.
It was not merely warmth, but respect.
Within that team, Tian Tian discovered that her voice could be heard.
That her feelings mattered.
At the very least, Jiang Ruyi and the others cared about her.
Tian Tian would forever remember the day she joined the team. It had been at the Training Ground on the