The meeting at the Sea God Pavilion had just ended, and the evening sun cast its lingering glow over the tree-lined path leading to the Dormitory area. Gu Yue and Tang Wulin walked side by side, the atmosphere between them warm and peaceful. But that peace was soon shattered by a figure that appeared out of nowhere.
"Senior Gu Yue!"
Lan Fozi darted out from somewhere, a bright, innocent smile on her face and a huge bouquet of flowers so vivid they seemed to drip with color in her hands. She planted herself directly in their path. Completely ignoring Tang Wulin, whose expression instantly darkened, she held the bouquet out to Gu Yue and said with sparkling eyes, "Senior Gu Yue, I picked these especially for you! I... I like you!"
Those words exploded like a thunderclap in Tang Wulin's ears. He stopped short, clenching his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. His eyes locked onto Lan Fozi, the fury in them almost spilling out.
Gu Yue looked at the glaring bouquet before her, then at Lan Fozi's innocent expression, as though she had no idea she was trying to break up a couple. At last, Gu Yue's patience ran out completely. Although she knew Lan Fozi was a girl disguised as a boy, and understood that the girl might simply be acting out of admiration and attachment, she felt that if this continued, she really would lose the "pampered little husband" she had only just managed to soothe!
Gu Yue took a deep breath, forcing down her irritation. Rather than accept the bouquet, she raised her hand and swept it aside. A gentle yet irresistible surge of elemental power knocked the flowers to the ground, scattering petals everywhere.
"Have you had enough?" Gu Yue's voice was cold