"Owe him?"
Xiao Huan was even more confused and could not help muttering, "Young miss, you are of noble birth and such exalted status. How could you owe an ordinary mortal anything?"
Ning Hongye did not explain.
She "looked" toward the sky. Her eyes, covered by red silk, seemed capable of piercing the endless void and seeing connections of cause and effect unknown to anyone else.
"Some entanglements cannot be settled in a single lifetime."
"Consider these ten years of my lifespan repayment, on behalf of the Ning family, for a favor the Lu family did us back then."
Xiao Huan only half understood.
Ning Hongye did not dwell on it any longer. She changed the subject, weariness creeping into her voice.
"I only hope... he will heed my advice and not set foot in Longdu for three years."
Those words made Xiao Huan's heart tighten again. "Young miss, is Longdu... really that frightening?"
As far as Xiao Huan knew, with the Ning family's influence, what place in the Dragon Kingdom could possibly be off-limits?
Ning Hongye did not answer directly.
She merely spoke slowly, enunciating each word:
"Longdu is not frightening!"
"What is frightening is that, if he comes, I will have no choice but to kill him."
Boom!
Xiao Huan's mind went completely blank!
Kill him?
Hadn't the young miss just sacrificed ten years of her lifespan to save him?
How could she turn around and want to kill him?
"Wh... why?" Xiao Huan could not help asking.
Ning Hongye did not answer again. She only gave a soft sigh.
"Yue Xiaofei, I hope you heed my warning."
"Otherwise, the next time we meet..."
"You and I will be mortal enemies."
[Ning Hongye is not a villain. There will be no lovers trying to kill each other,