Upon hearing that Xiang Yang had no intention of going directly to the Fifth Family to fetch someone, Nan Fenglan felt slightly relieved. A faint smile spilled across her lips, like a flower blooming.
Yet before she could rejoice for long, another thought struck her. Ning Ke was the greatest female constable under heaven and a member of the Divine Constable Gate. Perhaps she was handling affairs at the Divine Constable Gate in Dingzhou right now. Wouldn't Xiang Yang's rush there fulfill his heart's desire? How was this any comfort? It was plainly a knife carving into her heart.
At that thought, the smile on Nan Fenglan's lips froze. Her expression turned terribly ugly, yet there was nothing she could do.
Nan Fenglan was simply too concerned and thus thrown into confusion. She loved Xiang Yang too deeply, loved him to the marrow of her bones, yet could not have him. Thus, she felt an inexplicable sense of panic whenever it came to Xiang Yang.
She feared that once Xiang Yang saw Ning Ke, he would truly harden his heart and cut off even their barely-not-yet-ambiguous relationship. She feared that after seeing Ning Ke, he would be swayed by pillow talk and send her away, never wishing to see her again.
Women in love had such strange trains of thought. In short, she worried over gains and losses. Especially when she knew she and Xiang Yang were impossible, even maintaining their original relationship would have been wonderful.
Xiang Yang knew nothing of Nan Fenglan's thoughts. He took the lead, leading the horse toward the Divine Constable Gate in Xiangzhou, while Huang Shaoxiong and the preoccupied Nan Fenglan followed close behind.
And during the time the three entered the city, the Fifth Family was also discussing matters concerning Xiang Yang.
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