Seeing Qian Renxue's expression, Lu Yuan helplessly withdrew his gaze. Women these days really feared nothing more than the world being too peaceful.
Fixing his eyes on Ning Rongrong before him, Lu Yuan could not help reaching out and gently stroking her cheek.
Feeling the warmth of Lu Yuan's palm against her face, Ning Rongrong's heart trembled slightly. Love surged within her, and the way she looked at Lu Yuan carried a trace of complexity.
On one hand, she loved Lu Yuan deeply, down to her very bones. But on the other, Lu Yuan's identity, his deception of her, and the fact that he had angered Ning Fengzhi to the point of coughing up blood all made resentment toward Lu Yuan rise in her heart.
His deception of her, in particular, was something she found even harder to accept.
"Rongrong, you really have grown much smarter." With a hint of gentleness in his eyes, Lu Yuan sighed softly.
If it had been the Ning Rongrong of before, she would never have been able to say those things.
"So what? I was still fooled by you completely."
Ning Rongrong's voice carried a trace of a sob, and mist began gathering in her sapphire-like eyes once more.
"Don't, don't cry!" Seeing that Ning Rongrong was about to cry again, Lu Yuan immediately became anxious. He feared neither heaven nor earth, but he was afraid of seeing his women shed tears.
"Rongrong, I can swear to heaven that I may have deceived everyone in the world, but I truly never intended to deceive you."
"When you approached me, the plan had already begun. For Spirit Hall's grand plan, for the unification of the continent, my identity had to remain secret."
"But aside from my identity, I truly never deceived you about anything."
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