"Cough, cough!"
Qin Feng realized he'd lost his composure and quickly coughed before saying, "Miss Xinyan, you don't need to feel burdened. When you're young, it's never wrong to fall in love with something; when you're mature, it's never wrong to give something up. Just follow your heart!"
"Please show some restraint, Qin Emperor!"
Miss Xinyan continued struggling, then firmly rejected him. "Aotian and I have already pledged ourselves to each other. There's absolutely no chance between us."
"Miss Xinyan, do you truly feel nothing for me?"
Qin Feng stared intently at Miss Xinyan, as though he could see through to her true feelings.
"I..."
Miss Xinyan's heart gave a jolt, and her gaze began to dart away.
Though she had always refused to admit it aloud, in her heart she had to acknowledge that she seemed to have fallen for Qin Feng.
Ding-dong! Congratulations, host, for forcing the beloved of the Son of Heaven into a difficult position. You have received 300,000 Villain Points!
"Another 300,000!"
Qin Feng was delighted. He continued staring at her as he said, "Miss Xinyan, you fell for Long Aotian when he flew into a rage on your behalf. But how do you know I wouldn't set the beacon towers alight for you?"
"No!"
Miss Xinyan cried out at once.
Last time, when Long Aotian had flown into a rage on her behalf, the world had already branded her a femme fatale. If Qin Feng set the beacon towers alight for her too, she really would become a Demoness who brought ruin to the nation.
"Alas!"
Qin Feng had a fine sense of timing. With a sigh, he let her go.
Then he tilted his face up at the moon in the night sky, at a perfect forty-five-degree angle, flawlessly embodying the