Xiao Yan had expected that quite a few people would come looking for him today, but the person outside was someone he had never anticipated.
The visitor wore a simple pale-white dress. Just then, a breeze brushed past, pressing the fabric against her graceful figure and revealing its perfect curves. For some reason, Xiao Yan had the strange feeling that her dress might slip off at any moment. Her face was refined and elegant, though beneath that poised grace lay a trace of barely perceptible pride.
Xiao Yan found the visitor both familiar and unfamiliar.
She was familiar because, for a long time, he had regarded her as his greatest opponent. One important reason he had been able to reach the Dou Emperor realm at the age of twenty was the woman before him—Nalan Yanran.
Xiao Yan had reflected on it before. Without the pressure of the three-year agreement, he certainly would not have headed into the Great Desert after advancing to the Dou Zhe realm, much less encountered the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame. Sometimes, Xiao Yan even felt that he ought to thank Nalan Yanran.
She was unfamiliar because, aside from meeting Nalan Yanran during the annulment and speaking with her then, Xiao Yan had not chosen her as his opponent during the three-year agreement.
Over the past few years, he had not exchanged a word with Nalan Yanran. They could hardly be considered acquaintances.
Seeing Xiao Yan's somewhat bewildered expression, Nalan Yanran softly asked, "May I come in and speak?"
Looking at the elegant, beautiful face before him, Xiao Yan was hearing such a subdued tone from Nalan Yanran for the first time. After all, when she had gone to the Xiao Clan to annul the engagement back then, "aggressive and overbearing" would have suited her perfectly.
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