Deep Listening

A faint, delighted smile hung at the corners of Qing Nü's lips, as if she were happy to see an old friend.

Today, she wore a black one-piece dress, its cut just right, showing off her perfect figure to the fullest. Her stockings, also black but faintly translucent against the skin, wrapped tightly around her long, well-proportioned legs. That hazy glimpse, now hidden and now revealed, lent her a touch of sensuality amid her serenity.

Under the warm lights of the corridor, she stood at the doorway like an exquisite scroll painting; no matter which angle one looked from, it made the heart race and the mind wander.

Chen Mobai met her bright, gentle eyes. In that instant, it was as if a warm radiance enveloped them both, making the two whose nerves had been stretched taut feel an unprecedented comfort and relaxation here in Wangwu Cave Heaven, the imperial capital.

"Long time no see."

Qing Nü's gentle voice rang out. Chen Mobai could not help smiling and nodding, inviting her in.

As good friends, though the two called each other every so often, they had very few chances to truly meet in person.

After all, Qing Nü was in the special department that was the Sky Mending Group, with Lin Daoming above her, so she basically could not leave Wangwu Cave Heaven.

As for Chen Mobai, as a Councilor of Opening the Origin Hall, that went without saying even more.

Only when he came to report on his duties every ten years could the two meet in Wangwu Cave Heaven, and at those times Qing Nü would feel glad that the headquarters of the Sky Mending Group was here.

Without this once-every-ten-years anticipation, she did not even know how she would have held on in Wangwu Cave Heaven.

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