In Jiang An'an's aesthetic judgment, the best-looking man in the world was "Little Jiang Under the Maple," the one who had staggered forward with her on his back. Second was her fifth brother, Zhao Rucheng. Everyone else was just everyone else.
The most beautiful woman in the world, meanwhile, was "Cloud-Above Qingyu"—the woman Jiang An'an had guessed must be beautiful back when they were still exchanging letters in Maple Forest City.
Only after meeting her in person did she realize the reality surpassed her imagination. Back then, little An'an of Maple Forest City had possessed far too meager a fantasy of beauty, too meager to give "beauty" any concrete form.
Having inherited the finest features of Lüqiu Zhaolu, once the most beautiful woman in the Jing Kingdom, and the eternal hero Ye Lingxiao, Ye Qingyu's beauty could be called the pinnacle of the age.
The scene of "tearing open the vault of heaven to reveal Cloud City, a celestial maiden treading into the mortal world" had not felt especially profound amid the sorrow of parting at the time. Yet in the years that followed, it became the eternal image of beauty in her heart.
Sister Huang Sheli, whom her brother had repeatedly warned her not to spend too much time playing with, had privately compiled some kind of "Beauty Rankings," which she kept in Ten Thousand Flowers Palace and rarely showed anyone. Sister Qingyu was naturally listed among them, with the title [Immortal Grace].
There was also [Flawless] Ye Lan'er, [Snow Visage] Li Fengyao... To Huang Sheli, they were all "supreme treasures," with no distinction of rank.
But in Jiang An'an's eyes, no beauty could stand alongside Sister Qingyu's.
Only that fleeting glimpse outside Maple Forest City in her childhood gave her a moment's hesitation.
Compared to Sister Qingyu's drifting,