"X-Xiao Zhan?!" Ya Fei's pupils contracted in an instant, like a startled fawn. She instinctively took a step back. The Image-Recording Jade clenched in her hand slipped from her grasp at the sudden turn of events and fell with a soft pat onto the plush carpet, as if it were the sound of the last shred of hope in her heart shattering. She had never imagined he would appear here so abruptly, without warning, so soon after his wedding! Could he have come to tell her that their relationship was truly over?
"Ya Fei." Xiao Zhan's voice was low and hoarse, like muffled thunder rumbling from the depths of time. A torrent of long-repressed emotion surged beneath it, seemingly ready to burst its banks at any moment. He acted as if he hadn't even noticed the fallen Image-Recording Jade and stepped forward, his stride steady and powerful, instantly closing the already short distance between them. The powerful aura radiating from him was like an invisible net, enveloping Ya Fei and leaving her nowhere to run.
"What... what are you here for?" Ya Fei forced herself to stay calm, trying to make her voice sound as placid as still water. But the faint tremor at the end of her words betrayed her inner tension and unease. Her alluring eyes were now filled with wariness, like a little beast ready to defend itself at any moment. Deep grievance also lay hidden in them, like a child abandoned by the world, along with a trace of buried hope, like a faint glimmer in the darkness—weak, yet still refusing to go out.
"I came to tell you something." Xiao Zhan's gaze burned like a torch, his scorching eyes seeming to pierce every disguise and shoot straight into Ya Fei's evasive eyes. "Queen Medusa, Cai