"Uh..."
Jing Nan's mood had been fairly good, but the moment she heard Ran Bing's question, the smile vanished from her face.
?
Seeing that her friend seemed somewhat off, Ran Bing asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Jing Nan?"
Away from the noisy crowds, with only the faint sound of the breeze swirling around them, Jing Nan came to the wall at the edge of the street and gazed down at the surface below with a complicated expression.
Only after a moment of silence did she say, "Ran Bing, if that so-called dimensional passage really opens, and you and Captain Mark can also leave this lighthouse, what... would you do?"
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Ran Bing's expression first changed from confusion to deep thought. Then her cheeks began to flush, and she made a shy expression, apparently imagining something indecent.
However, Ran Bing quickly composed herself, cleared her throat, and said:
"Ahem. Since we'll no longer be bound by Extinction Beasts or responsibility, of course I'll wait for Mark to propose, so the two of us can form a family like people in the old world."
"Captain Mark? Propose?" Jing Nan said, slightly surprised. "That can't be possible."
"Why not? It's enough that I know."
Recalling the scene from a few days ago, when Mark had knelt before her with flowers raised in his hand and declared his vows in Dawn Hall, Ran Bing couldn't help feeling a little smug.
Looking at Ran Bing's blissful expression, her face glowing with romantic happiness, Jing Nan couldn't help feeling jealous.
After all, Mark and Ran Bing were mutually devoted, while she and Arthur were more like Arthur was stringing her along. She simply couldn't figure out what Arthur was thinking.
"Um..." Seeing that Jing Nan still looked listless, Ran Bing finally reined in