"Hmm, don't you usually have any friends?"
Jiang Mu reluctantly began chatting with Vina, though their conversation did not slow their steps. Vina led the way toward the group they would be joining to head into the Star Dou Forest.
They talked so much along the way. She had not seemed like such a chatterbox.
He really had not expected her to have this much to say.
As for the destruction of the Ironblood Sect, of course he knew about it. He had even sent the Snow Empress there to take revenge alongside Tang Ya.
At his question, Vina lowered her head.
"I do, but..."
Of course she had friends. Aside from the maids around her, there was also Long Aotian.
But then something like that had happened to the Body Sect...
"Alas, perhaps sometimes you just have to leave things to fate. I thought everything would go smoothly."
"Huh? Why are you being so vague and suddenly sighing about life?"
That was Jiang Mu's assessment. He had only asked about friends, yet she had already started lamenting.
"Mm."
Vina bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before finally sighing and speaking.
"Yes. Actually, I'll be honest with you. My imperial father wants me to date you."
"Oh."
"That does sound a little tempting. A princess delivered right to my doorstep."
Jiang Mu put on a lecherous look and eyed her up and down, as though he might start drooling at any moment.
"Stop pretending. I know you don't like me."
Vina merely waved a hand, paying no attention to Jiang Mu's expression because she knew it was an act.
They had spent two months together. For someone of her lofty status as a princess, reading expressions and observing people through little details were basic skills, weren't they?