Now that the noise around her had finally died down, Yao Wan lightly furrowed her delicate brows and unconsciously gave a soft snort.
At last, it was quiet around her ears—
"..."
Amid the wordless silence, Yao Wan could not help turning her head to look at Xiao Yan.
For some reason, when they were around outsiders, she could still maintain their usual tacit understanding and communication. But now that they were alone, that particularly awkward feeling in her heart surged back up.
It was as though it had unknowingly seized the high ground of her emotions.
"..."
Yao Wan folded her arms and looked at Xiao Yan, silent for a time.
But seeing that Xiao Yan apparently had nothing to say either, she gently shook her head. She knew she could not keep wallowing like this.
After all, Progenitor Lord had returned. As long as the resurrection went smoothly, they would truly have gained a foothold in the Great Thousand World...
"...Let's go. Find somewhere safe, think things through properly, and make some plans for now."
"I don't think there's any rush."
Xiao Yan spoke, making Yao Wan subconsciously purse her lips. Her mind grew even more unsettled. "Wan'er... there's something I want to say to you."
He had truly made her wait a long time for those words...
Yao Wan tried hard to calm herself, but she clearly could not quite control it.
"Hah..."
She instinctively took a deep breath, trying to settle the heart that had begun pounding fiercely without her noticing. Beneath the white hair that had gradually turned black again, her long, thick lashes, curved upward at the tips, trembled lightly as she struggled to regain her composure.
"Go on... I-I'm listening."
"Lately, I've felt that Wan'er has been acting strangely, especially after we entered