"Ah, perhaps I shouldn't have agreed to that engagement so casually back then." Nalan Jie sighed, watching the departing father and daughter with a melancholy gaze.
Deep down, Nalan Jie understood that Nalan Yanran would likely find it difficult to end up with Xiao Fan. The gap between them was simply too great. If the other party truly came to annul the engagement one day, Nalan Jie could only accept it.
"Master, Father and Grandfather both told me to get on good terms with that Master Xiao!"
Nalan Yanran complained through tears. Though she had once imagined her fiancé as a genius, now that she knew the truth, she felt unwilling to accept it.
"Hm? Tell your master why." Yun Yun looked at the endlessly crying Nalan Yanran and asked.
"Because... because he's my fiancé."
"What!"
Yun Yun suddenly slapped the table and rose to her feet. "Yanran, tell your master everything properly!"
"M-Master, what's gotten into you..." It was the first time Nalan Yanran had seen her master, normally so poised even when drinking tea, display such an intense emotional reaction.
She must be standing up for me. As expected, Master treats me best! Nalan Yanran thought.
"Ahem, Yanran, your master has some history with that brat. This is normal." Yun Yun casually came up with an excuse.
"Hm? That guy really does know Master?" Nalan Yanran had originally thought Xiao Fan was lying to her. She had not expected everything he said to be true.
"Yes, that brat's alchemy skills are extraordinary, and his strength isn't weak either." Yun Yun truly found it hard to believe. Xiao Fan's strength and alchemy had both far surpassed what they once were. But when she thought of the Dragon Emperor beside him, who would one day become a Dou Emperor, it