Even someone as proud as Tantai Bingyun had to admit that Lei Dong was extraordinary. If they hadn't stood on opposing sides, a man like him would indeed have been worthy of winning her heart. Back in Zhao Prefecture, many things hadn't been problems at all, and there had been no conflict between their factions. But once they returned to Kang Prefecture, the divide between their sects and factions had been laid bare.
Lei Dong was going to intercept and kill the people from Vajra Temple. By factional ties, Tantai Bingyun ought to have helped Vajra Temple. But although she and Lei Dong had never been husband and wife in name, they had long since become so in every other sense. They had spent years together, struggling through hardship and moving forward hand in hand. How could she possibly help Vajra Temple oppose Lei Dong?
Lei Dong had considered her feelings and let her remain neutral aboard the Flying Boat. But she could avoid it this time; she couldn't avoid it forever.
After much inner struggle, Tantai Bingyun decided to return to her sect and enter seclusion, never again involving herself in worldly affairs. As for retiring with Lei Dong to spend their lives together on some isolated island or in a secluded valley, she had thought of it before. If Lei Dong were willing, she would gladly go with him to the end. But knowing him as she did, she knew it was impossible.
In this life, the person who understands you best is often your enemy. Tantai Bingyun had long been Lei Dong's enemy, and now she was also a close confidante. Taken together, these things let her see clearly that Lei Dong was an ambitious man. Especially now, with the inheritance of the divine temple in his