Saving Tang Ya or Controlling Tang Ya!

In Lin Ciyan's view, gaining control of Tang Ya might prove to be a very useful spare piece in the situation to come.

He stepped out from the shadows of the trees.

Tang Ya had been about to turn and leave when she sensed a figure suddenly standing before her.

The girl jerked her head up. First, she saw the hem of a moon-white robe, then that face which had shone so brilliantly at Star Luo Square.

Lin Ciyan.

Her entire body froze, and the bundle in her hands nearly slipped free.

When they had first met on Sea God Island, she had only thought of him as Bei Bei's childhood companion.

Now, everyone on the continent knew who he was...

Lin Ciyan—the one who had crushed the Sun Moon Team and stunned countless people; the owner of the Holy Radiance Qilin; the captain of Shrek's championship team in this tournament.

Those eyes that always seemed to carry a trace of laziness were now quietly watching her.

Tang Ya's lips moved as several possible opening lines flashed through her mind.

Polite pleasantries? She was not qualified.

Casual greetings? They would seem too false.

Trying to act familiar? He owed her nothing.

She rejected every option before it could leave her mouth. It felt as though something had lodged in her throat, leaving her unable to utter a single word.

Lin Ciyan's reflection filled those bright eyes of hers. Panic and guilt swirled in the depths of her pupils, impossible to conceal.

"Really... it's been a long time." Lin Ciyan's voice was neither loud nor soft, his tone as casual as if he were asking what she had eaten that day.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

Tang Ya instinctively tried to hide the bundle behind her back, but halfway through