Subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame

They were people who relied on each other to begin with. Why tally who had helped whom, or how much?

Only by supporting and looking after each other could their bond remain steady and enduring.

Qin Chen gently patted Yun Yun's back and soothed her in a warm voice. "If it can't be done, don't force yourself. Just do your best, and don't put too much pressure on yourself..."

Under Qin Chen's reassurance, Yun Yun slowly set aside her disappointment, and some of the gloom between her brows dissipated.

Something seemed to occur to her, and a gleam flashed through her beautiful eyes. Then a blush rose on her fair cheeks, spreading all the way to her ears, making her look utterly lovely.

"Since you're leaving tomorrow, let me spend one last night prac... practicing the dual cultivation technique with you."

She turned back and fixed her beautiful eyes on the handsome young man before her. By the end of her sentence, her voice had begun to tremble, and even her breathing had quickened.

"Oh?"

Qin Chen paused, then a teasing smile curled his lips. "Yun Yun, you always said you hadn't mastered the dual cultivation technique. So you were lying to me all along... I thought you really weren't interested."

At Qin Chen's teasing, Yun Yun froze. Then she recalled the sounds that had drifted out of his room not long ago, leaving her tossing and turning through the night. The blush around her ears deepened until half her face was vividly flushed, and even her neck turned pink.

"Hmph! If that's what you're going to say, I'll go rest by myself!"

She stamped her delicate foot in its embroidered shoe and huffed in displeasure, then turned to leave. She looked both embarrassed and annoyed, and utterly adorable.

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