Tang Shuo simply looked at her quietly, a faint smile in his eyes.
"What? You don't recognize me?"
"Or do you want me to address you as Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Xue Qinghe—or rather, Qian Renxue—took a deep breath.
She forcibly suppressed the tempestuous waves in her heart, trying to restore her usual composure to her voice.
"Tang Shuo, you... how are you here?"
"And how did you know..."
She did not finish her sentence.
Because Tang Shuo had already appeared before her like Gui Mei.
He reached out and gently caressed her cheek.
The masculine, sharply defined face belonging to Xue Qinghe rippled beneath his fingertips.
Light and shadow shifted.
Xue Qinghe's disguise slowly faded away.
A cool, peerlessly beautiful face capable of toppling kingdoms was revealed.
Her long golden hair cascaded down like a waterfall.
Her turquoise eyes resembled the purest gems.
It was Qian Renxue.
"I told you."
Tang Shuo looked at her, his voice gentle.
"I came back."
Qian Renxue's body trembled slightly.
She looked at the man before her as mist welled up in her beautiful turquoise eyes.
All her disguises, all her strength, completely crumbled in that instant.
She suddenly threw herself into Tang Shuo's arms and hugged him tightly, as though she wanted to meld herself into his body.
"You bastard..."
"Do you know... how worried I was about you..."
Her voice was choked with tears, grievance, and the longing she had suppressed for so long.
Tang Shuo gently patted her back, allowing her tears to soak his clothes.
"I know."
"I know it all."
After a long while.
Qian Renxue's emotions gradually calmed.
She raised her head and looked at Tang Shuo through tear-filled eyes.
"How... did you know I was here?"
"And since when did you know my identity?"
That