When Zhang Lexuan came back to herself, she looked at Mo Yuan beside her and smiled warmly.
"Junior Brother, this is your first time interacting with me, so you don't know me very well. That's why you're worried. But if you spend more time living in the Inner Court, you'll see that I'm absolutely not the kind of person you think I am."
As she spoke, the smile on Zhang Lexuan's face briefly stiffened. A hint of complicated emotion entered her voice.
"As for Beibei... There's no question that he was in the wrong to cheat in the Battle Soul Arena. As his—"
When Zhang Lexuan mentioned her relationship with Beibei, she suddenly hesitated. After a pause, she continued, "As his senior sister, I should be thanking you and Ruoruo for stopping them in time, before they got in too deep and made a serious mistake later on."
"I'm sorry. I was wrong about you, Eldest Senior Sister."
In truth, Mo Yuan had already known the answer before asking. After all, he had read the Original Work and knew Zhang Lexuan's character well. It was hard to find fault with her.
He'd only asked to see what her attitude toward Beibei was now. As for why...
Honestly, Mo Yuan didn't know either. The thought had simply appeared out of nowhere when he saw Zhang Lexuan.
After the topic ended, silence fell. Neither of them seemed inclined to speak again; only the sound of the waves and wind continued.
As they stood there, Mo Yuan caught the faint, delicate fragrance drifting from beside him and began recalling Zhang Lexuan's life as it was recorded in the Original Work.
Half a minute later, his recollections were complete. He could sum up Zhang Lexuan's life in just two words: gratitude and repayment.
Gratitude...