"Is it because of Medusa?"
After noticing that something was off with Xiao Yi Xian, Yan Lin went to ask Qing Lin, who had spent the entire day with her. From what Qing Lin told him, Yan Lin finally realized what was going on.
"Wait, she cares this much, which means... she has feelings for me, her master... What a rebellious disciple!"
Inwardly cursing, Yan Lin wore a radiant smile.
Wasn't this exactly what he wanted?
Why keep such a wonderful disciple he had raised if she wasn't going to make a move on her master, only to let someone else have her?
Hehe, he wasn't having that!
Yan Lin never made a losing deal!
With the answer in his heart, Yan Lin did not immediately go looking for Xiao Yi Xian. Instead, he specifically prepared some food she liked before heading straight to her chambers and taking her up onto the palace roof to talk.
"Medusa... she's proud, powerful, beautiful, and seductive... She's an incredibly charming woman. I think there aren't many men in this world who wouldn't be moved upon seeing her."
Under Yan Lin's careful lead, Xiao Yi Xian finally opened up and asked what she had wanted to ask.
"Then, Master... do you like her too?"
Xiao Yi Xian's voice remained calm and as pleasant as ever. Yet Yan Lin could still hear a trace of nervousness, probing, and anticipation in her tone.
He turned and glanced at Xiao Yi Xian, then smiled, clasped his hands behind his head, and lay down to look up at the moon. Under her expectant gaze, Yan Lin slowly described how he felt about Medusa.
"At first, my marriage alliance with Medusa was a union forced upon us by the fate of our clans."
"Actually, I could tell that Medusa