Ye Jinghong had originally wanted to stay and keep me company. She was afraid I might be in danger.
After all, she had always felt that someone was watching us from the shadows.
She also suspected that person was very likely the one from underground, the one who had once fought Ximen Wuwang.
We had no idea whether someone like that was friend or foe.
If he suddenly attacked me, there would be no way to guard against it.
But I still made Ye Jinghong go back and rest.
No one could stay by my side forever. Even Ying Gou might not be able to do that, because I needed my own private space too.
Though Ye Jinghong was reluctant, she could not withstand my insistence. In the end, after reminding me to be careful, she reluctantly returned to her room.
After Ye Jinghong left, I looked around the room, now empty except for me. "Come out."
I trusted that we had not been mistaken. That guy should have been somewhere in this room.
Yet he did not reveal himself.
I said again, "Since you came, you must have something you want to say to me. There's no one else in the room now, so come out."
Just then, someone suddenly appeared in the corner beside the bed.
It was as if he had been standing there all along, completely motionless.
He was tall, probably close to seven feet. He was far taller than I was. I was a typical southerner, so standing before someone like him made for a rather comical sight.
He looked vastly different from an ordinary person, yet judging from his hair, skin, and eye color, he was unmistakably Eastern.
His most striking feature was his ears. They were larger than normal, and his earlobes were