Happiness had come a little too suddenly.
This.
We'd won three in a row?
Letting them take four before chasing back six wasn't just a dream!
"Yu!"
"Yu!"
"Yu!"
Once again, the deafening cries of "Yu" echoed through the Demon army!
But Yu acted as though she hadn't heard them at all. She strolled into the Demon army and stood beside Xue Ji.
Xue Ji said nothing either. She merely watched Jiang Lin, who was holding Leng Bingqing by the wrist and leading her step by step back into the city.
"Little Lin."
Pulled back onto the city wall and standing before Jiang Lin, Leng Bingqing lowered her head like a little girl who had done something wrong.
"If it had been a normal duel, you might not necessarily have lost to her, Bing Qing." Jiang Lin held Leng Bingqing's little hand. "The main responsibility lies with me."
"No, I—" Before Leng Bingqing could finish, Jiang Lin pressed a finger to her little mouth. "For the time being, don't go down to fight, Bing Qing. Leave everything to me."
"But, Little Lin, I want to—"
Leng Bingqing's voice abruptly cut off.
She still wanted to stay by Jiang Lin's side, but she also knew her current condition.
If she insisted on staying with Little Lin, she would only distract him and make him spend too much effort looking after her.
"Alright, don't frown. Girls don't look good if they frown too much." Jiang Lin smiled as he smoothed out the furrow between Leng Bingqing's brows. "Didn't I say it before? Whether you win or lose, Bing Qing, I'll give you a reward."
With that, Jiang Lin took a ring from his Storage Bag and gently slipped it onto the girl's tender jade-like ring finger.
"Bing Qing, in my hometown, when