In that instant, Kang Shi felt as though his blood had frozen.
The night wind battered him, chilling him so badly he wanted to shiver.
He said, "Ning Tu Nan!"
Ning Yan's courtesy name was Tu Nan. Her given name meant an ordinary sparrow, but her courtesy name came from the Kunpeng in The Free and Easy Wanderer: "It bears the blue sky on its back, and nothing can hinder or stop it; only then does it set out for the south."
She had received that courtesy name after marrying Yan An.
"What's wrong?" Ning Yan gently soothed her daughter until the girl stopped crying and smiled again. Only then did she hear Kang Shi call her by both her given name and courtesy name. She turned to him, her expression calm. "Keep your voice down."
Their daughter was more lively and cheerful around family.
If a stranger was present, she became reserved and timid.
To their little girl, Kang Shi was merely a male elder she got along with fairly well, nowhere near as familiar as family. His tone just now had also carried a hint of sternness, and he worried it might frighten her. Only then did Kang Shi realize there was a child present.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his shock.
He asked, "What's the story with your Literary Heart Sigil?"
Even the finest counterfeits on the market could only imitate the shape, never the spirit. A Literary Heart Sigil was formed from literary energy; its material and texture were unusual, and its distinctive fluctuations of literary energy made it extremely difficult to fake. Ning Yan was also proud and disdainful of deceiving herself.
So—
Her Literary Heart Sigil was genuine.
The last time he saw her, she had been an ordinary person!
In barely ten