"..."
Hearing Pan Ling's request, Qin Yiyan was speechless for a long while.
She had realized that ever since staying with Xu Shi, her native language had become silence.
She had thought she and Pan Ling had been getting along pretty well, yet the girl just had to pull something like this to disgust her, didn't she?
Seriously, she was no better than her black-hearted master!
She had thought they could empathize with each other, but who would've thought she too...!
Still, Pan Ling had genuinely piqued her interest. If things stopped here, Qin Yiyan probably would not be able to sleep tonight.
So after weighing it for a moment, she could only bring over two desserts and say through gritted teeth, "Please enjoy, Miss Pan."
Serving her Saintess was one thing. Serving others was not her forte—though she was Xu Shi's maid in name, he had been so busy these past few days that he barely had time to tease her.
"Mhm, thanks, Sister Qin."
Pan Ling did not stand on ceremony. She accepted the dessert, took a sip, and let out a satisfied sound.
Only after savoring the dessert did she begin leisurely telling Qin Yiyan about the Heavenly Principle.
This was the first time the red-haired silly girl had heard the complete truth. Before this, she had only heard scattered fragments. It had been enough to stir her suspicions and make her think, but not enough to piece together a complete story.
Yet the more she listened, the colder her limbs became. If what Pan Ling said was true, did that mean her more than twenty years of life had been nothing more than a chess piece casually moved around by someone else?!
Especially since her position as a chess piece was particularly delicate—her most loyal Your