"The human heart is like a ghost, impossible to peer into. You may know a man and his face, but never his heart; you may paint a man or a tiger, but their bones are hard to draw!"
Xiao Chen murmured.
Had his physical body not been extraordinary,
and had the Divine Tortoise Mystic Armor Technique not secretly protected him just then,
at this moment,
he would certainly have suffered far more than these minor injuries!
At first,
he had had a good impression of Zhou Buyu.
He had thought him as gentle and refined as jade.
Who could have imagined
that the man was so sinister!
"Miss Redbrow, what exactly did Zhou Buyu do to you? Why do you hate him so much?" Ke Hei asked.
Ye Hongmei remained silent.
Her pearly teeth, like jade,
bit hard into her red lips!
In her clear, icy eyes,
tears shimmered.
They brimmed with anger, shame, and resentment.
She and Zhou Buyu were both True Disciples of the Yinjia Azure Heaven Sect.
The two had grown up together.
Their bond ran deep.
Ye Hongmei had always regarded Zhou Buyu as an elder brother.
They had been extremely close!
However,
she had never noticed
that, at certain moments, Zhou Buyu's gaze upon her burned with searing heat.
When she was nineteen,
Zhou Buyu finally could no longer contain the feelings he had suppressed for so long.
He confessed his love,
hoping Ye Hongmei would become his Dao companion.
Ye Hongmei was at a loss.
She had always seen Zhou Buyu as an elder brother.
She had never even considered becoming his Dao companion!
Though Zhou Buyu was outstanding,
Ye Hongmei felt no attraction to him.
Perhaps,
many years earlier,
her first impression had already taken root,
and she had come to see Zhou