Du Yulin suddenly tapped the table.
"Wang Xian."
"Mm?"
"I've been urging you to leave Azure Dragon Town these past few days, but by now, I'm afraid it's too late to go." Her voice was soft, yet earnest. "If we end up buried here tonight, would you regret it?"
Wang Xian tapped the table as well, as though answering her.
"To be honest, Shopkeeper, before I came to Azure Dragon Town, I had just visited a secret realm."
He lifted his wine cup and took a sip, smacking his lips. "Before that, my eyes were perfectly fine. I only went blind after entering the secret realm."
Du Yulin's hand trembled slightly.
"Believe me, what happened there was a hundred times more dangerous than this. I didn't regret it then, much less now."
His words exploded beside Du Yulin's ears like thunder.
For a moment, she was dumbstruck, staring blankly at the blindfolded youth before her.
Just as she had thought!
She hadn't misjudged him. This fellow truly was no ordinary person.
Who could leave a secret realm alive?
Who could lose both eyes, then calmly remain in Azure Dragon Town from late spring until autumn, quietly working as a waiter?
Who could learn embroidery during such dull and tedious days—and embroider even better than ordinary women?
How could such a monster possibly be the honest, dutiful Wang Xian everyone thought they knew?
"How does the wine I brew taste?" Du Yulin asked, her delicate brows knitting together.
Wang Xian shrugged.
With a smile, he said, "Whether it tastes good isn't for me alone to decide. You should ask the guests who come from north and south—or rather, I've never been picky about wine."
Du Yulin nodded.
Indeed, Wang Xian had never praised her wine, nor had he ever complained about