"How did you take so long? I messaged you, but you didn't reply. I didn't even know who else I could contact..."
Jiang Mian's voice was a little rushed, and the worry in her eyes seemed genuine.
She couldn't afford to be careless about the details. To be safe, she'd messaged him at the time he should have gotten up that morning.
Ye Chenyang checked his phone. Sure enough, there were several unread messages.
After all, there was no signal in the Void Realm, and the same went for Sea Defense. The messages had only come through once he'd returned to the city, and he hadn't had a chance to check them.
But... looking at Jiang Mian's expression, Ye Chenyang felt an inexplicable tightness in his chest. For a long while, he couldn't say a word.
Was all of this real, or was she putting on an act for him?
He couldn't tell.
Ye Chenyang knew that if he asked her outright, and she really was [Doom], then given her cautious nature, there could only be one of two outcomes:
She'd run off, or she'd turn against him.
After all, their relationship wasn't close enough yet for either of them to disregard everything else.
Besides, if she'd been deceiving him from beginning to end, then what did all those heartening developments between them mean?
Was it all an elaborate act?
And yet, certain little moments in their daily lives made it hard for him to convince himself.
Her happiness, her unease, and how seriously she'd taken keeping track of the money she owed him...
After all, Jiang Mian was only eighteen this year. No matter how calculating she was, they'd spent enough time together that she couldn't possibly feel nothing... right?
Even if it was just the friendship of ordinary