Tang Shuo.
He sat beside the couch, a gentleness Zhu Zhuqing had never seen before lingering in his golden eyes.
"Tang Shuo..."
Zhu Zhuqing murmured, instinctively trying to sit up.
But her body was too weak, and she could only move her fingers.
"Don't move."
Tang Shuo reached out and gently pressed down on her shoulder.
"Your body has just been reconstructed. It still needs time to adapt."
Reconstructed?
Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were filled with confusion.
Just then, she noticed the third person in the room.
She was a woman with golden hair and jade-green eyes, so beautiful that she seemed inhuman.
Dressed in magnificent palace robes, she possessed a cool, noble bearing. She stood quietly not far away, watching them.
A woman's instincts made Zhu Zhuqing's heart tighten.
She could sense that this woman's relationship with Tang Shuo was anything but ordinary.
Qian Renxue met Zhu Zhuqing's gaze without hostility or jealousy.
Her eyes were calm.
She merely gave Zhu Zhuqing a slight nod in greeting.
"Xue'er saved you."
Tang Shuo explained.
"She used the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow to preserve your body and remnant soul. Only then was I able to revive you."
He briefly recounted what had happened.
Naturally, he concealed his identity as Eastern Sovereign Taiyi, saying only that he had used a special secret technique.
After listening, Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly at Tang Shuo, then glanced at Qian Renxue beside him.
She was exceptionally intelligent and understood many things in an instant.
"Thank you."
She spoke softly to Qian Renxue.
Though her voice was quiet, her gratitude came from the bottom of her heart.
Qian Renxue shook her head.
"There's no need to thank me."
"I simply... didn't want him to have any regrets."
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat delicate.
Tang