Come on, Lingling, Give Me a Smile

Bang!

When the wooden door to the man's room was violently shoved open, a dazed girl covered in bloodstains staggered into his room—and into his world.

"They... they..." The badly wounded girl murmured blankly, staggering a few steps forward. Then an icy chill suddenly spread through her body. The Asura Law invaded her blood energy, instantly draining all her strength. With a thud, that divine body capable of shattering steel became as frail as an ordinary girl. Her strength drained away, and she collapsed to her knees beside the man's legs.

"I called for them, but... not one of them... not one of them came." The Blood Mark Girl lay limp on the floor, supporting herself with both hands, her voice weak and choked with sobs.

"I..." The distraught girl seemed to want to say something, but a warm, large hand suddenly brushed gently across her face, passing over the wounds on her cheek before slowly lifting her stunning yet shattered face.

The blood-red light outside the window fell from behind the man, casting the entire room in a warmth that was both comforting and strange.

Within the room lit by faint scarlet light, the girl sat limply on her knees while the man, who had been writing at his desk, slowly turned around. He stopped what he was doing and raised her face. In the crimson daylight, the man's black eyes slowly met the girl's blue-red eyes.

The girl looked up at the man. A horrifying bloodstain slashed directly across her right eye, leaving a wound that could never heal. Above that scar, her once-blue eye had become entirely blood-red. Her Blood Eyes were dim, and her blood pupil was shattered.

The man lowered his gaze to the lost girl with shattered eyes. A gentle radiance surfaced in his