A world of ice and snow.
For some reason, Li Dan especially liked the current weather. Weren't people all like this?
They liked summer in winter and winter in summer.
They repeatedly preferred what they had yet to obtain over what they already possessed. Most "people" were probably just like that.
Li Dan was no exception. He longed for winter in summer, then longed for summer in winter.
"Your Highness, let's go!"
Hachishaku-hime had already come up behind him. Li Dan nodded and instinctively glanced at Xuexu. That unconscious glance made Xuexu find Hachishaku-hime's earlier words a little more believable.
Li Dan had not eavesdropped on their final exchange, so he had no idea what the two close monster sisters had discussed.
Sometimes, knowing too much only robbed things of their fun.
The two of them left the mountaintop together.
Xuexu stood at the summit, watching their one large and one small silhouettes recede. Hachishaku-hime's words had stirred something within her, but she had grown accustomed to her day-after-day life.
Habit was one thing, but if someone truly barged into her life, her heart would still flutter.
It was like a shut-in girl who had no boyfriend and was used to staying at home.
Yet she had never stopped fantasizing that heaven might send her a man who liked her, for a love story that broke into her home like a robbery.
After all, it was rare for anyone to like a snow woman—a woman as cold as ice chips.
Li Dan had grabbed Xuexu by the throat and threatened her the moment he arrived. How was that not a home invasion?
Hachishaku-hime had even said that if it felt too burdensome, Xuexu did not have to think of Li Dan as a human. She could treat him as a