"Oh, right, don't try using violence~ Otherwise, I can't guarantee that nothing will happen to him."
Kiana spoke lightly, as though she were discussing the weather. Once she finished, she lowered her head again, deftly working her silver fork across the plate as she focused on the caramel-drizzled pudding, as if those unsettling words had merely been an offhand remark about something ordinary.
Gu Yuena's fingers, resting on the table, quietly tightened. Her exquisite face remained calm, but a faint ripple passed through her eyes.
After a moment of silence, she picked up her glass and took a sip, trying to suppress the turmoil in her heart. Then she asked softly, "I'm curious. Why did you choose Fusheng? Is there something special about him?"
Kiana was lifting a large piece of chocolate mousse to her mouth. Hearing that, she said through a mouthful of dessert, "You got it wrong. It wasn't that I chose him. He just happened to be chosen by me."
Not that she had chosen him, but that he had happened to be chosen?
Gu Yuena paused slightly, her brows drawing together as she carefully considered the meaning behind those words.
The implication seemed to be that Nan Fusheng had not initially caught Kiana's attention. Rather, some chance event had led to her choosing him?
What kind of opportunity could that have been?
Gu Yuena's thoughts drifted involuntarily into the past as memories related to Nan Fusheng began surfacing in her mind.
Back when she was young, before she had split into Gu Yue and Na'er, she had spent a brief period of time with Nan Fusheng.
At the time, Nan Fusheng had merely been a child with meager cultivation. His talent could only be considered mediocre among his peers. He possessed neither exceptional Soul Power talent