()°Surprised? Surprised and unexpected?
As she spoke, Wang Xifeng pressed another step closer, nearly leaning against Daiyu. Her phoenix eyes fixed intently on Daiyu's own, which were wide with confusion and panic.
"!!"
Wang Xifeng's behavior naturally made Daiyu's face turn pale. She couldn't help retreating again and again, and if the pillar behind her hadn't already pressed against her waist, she would nearly have stumbled.
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As soon as Wang Xifeng said those words, the warm pavilion fell into utter silence.
In an instant, everyone felt as though a silent thunderclap had exploded in their hearts!
None of them were stupid. They had all understood what Wang Xifeng seemed to mean: the person who had passed the imperial selection and prompted the Immortal Selection Bureau of the Heavenly Court to come make such a grand announcement was none other than Jia Residence's granddaughter—the Lin Daiyu who had arrived looking as frail as a willow in the wind, with the air of someone born in poor health.
So everyone stared, dumbfounded, at the slender figure Wang Xifeng had "interrogated" into retreating again and again. Her face was pale, her frame delicate, and she looked completely at a loss. All of them gazed at her with utter disbelief!
"Sister Lin!"
Tanchun cried out, then abruptly turned around, her bright eyes wide as saucers as she stared at Daiyu.
After all, she and Daiyu were close sisters, and the two of them had the best relationship in all of Rongguo Mansion.
But now, her dear sister had taken the immortal selection exam without saying a word—and apparently even come first, prompting the Immortal Selection Bureau to come congratulate her—while she, her closest friend, hadn't known a thing beforehand?!
So!
She steadied herself, then was finally the first to