The banquet had ended, and the moon shone bright among the sparse stars. Hu Xiaotian sat alone in the courtyard, gazing blankly up at the night sky. Visa's light footsteps sounded behind him, and her soft hands covered his eyes from behind.
Hu Xiaotian laughed. "I don't even need to guess who you are!"
Visa pouted her cherry-red lips and took her hands away. "You're no fun!"
Hu Xiaotian took her arm and drew her onto his lap. Visa cupped his face and gazed into his eyes, her beautiful ice-blue eyes glittering with the enchanting light of stars.
Hu Xiaotian smiled. "What? Planning to use the Soul-Seizing Art on me?"
Visa giggled. "The Soul-Seizing Art doesn't work on you. I might as well use a beauty trap!"
Hu Xiaotian smiled and nodded. "You really do know what I'm thinking."
Yet Visa could tell something was troubling him. "Is something on your mind?" she asked softly.
Hu Xiaotian shook his head and avoided her gaze, but Visa held his face between her hands and pressed her forehead against his, fixing her beautiful eyes on him. "Look into my eyes. Do you really want to force me to use the Soul-Seizing Art on you?"
Hu Xiaotian said, "Then tell me what's troubling me."
Visa smiled without answering. She hopped off his lap and backed away a few steps with her hands behind her back, watching him with laughter brimming in her beautiful eyes.
Hu Xiaotian said, "Are you really going to make your move?"
Visa said, "Actually, you don't need to worry about what we think. Qingxuan, Rongxin, and I all support your wedding to the Princess with both hands raised. Shengnan told us about it before she left for the Northern Frontier. You and the Princess went through so many hardships