Being unable to deceive yourself was a strange feeling.
Only now, when Le Yu looked back, did he realize the true reason he had stayed in Star Engraving Prefecture instead of boarding the train.
He couldn't deceive himself with the lie that Even without White Night, the plan can still succeed, nor could he muddle through with I don't care whether those people live or die.
If Le Yu had been an ordinary person, fear and cowardice would have driven him to run away. But the Ice-Blood Physique forced him to face his purest desires.
He cared about the life and death of the sharp-tongued medical officer Yin Yinyin, big sister An Qian, tool-man Chen Fu, and the others. That was why he had stayed in Star Engraving Prefecture.
Before, Le Yu could still deceive himself with all sorts of reasons. For example, he would one day embark on a journey through secret realms; for example, he didn't even know what it felt like to like someone; for example, he simply lusted after her body... Yet after activating the Ice-Blood Physique, he had completely seen through his innermost thoughts.
Le Yu sat down on the bed, reached out, and tightly hugged the dazed Qing Lan.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa—" Qing Lan made a sound like a kettle boiling, waving her hands helplessly. Her face was as red as a small tomato ready to burst with juice. After a while, she shyly hugged Le Yu back.
"Th-That was so sudden..."
"Love comes like a whirlwind." Le Yu casually quoted a lyric. "I think this is great. The rain has stopped, the sky has cleared, the night has deepened, you like me, and I like you too."
"We can't wait until we're facing life and death to confess. If we did