Ya Fei handled the guests around her with graceful composure, her restrained smiles cutting off the bores who tried to force a conversation.
But when her gaze swept over the young man at the staircase, her alluring, peach-blossom eyes suddenly trembled. Her steps stopped short, and disbelief filled her eyes.
As the center of attention in the hall, every move Ya Fei made drew everyone's gaze.
When those surrounding Ya Fei saw her looking at a young man with such a rare display of emotion, they all turned hostile eyes on him, their hearts seething with envy, jealousy, and resentment!
Ignoring the gazes that stabbed at him like knives, Ling Feng slowly approached. Looking at Ya Fei, who was staring blankly at him, he grinned and gave her a gentle smile. "What, don't recognize me anymore?"
That gentle voice, with its roguish teasing edge, snapped Ya Fei out of her daze. Tenderness filled her eyes. He hadn't changed. He was still just as he had been before...
With the crisp tapping of her footsteps, Ya Fei slowly walked toward Ling Feng and stopped before him. Her beautiful, peach-blossom eyes gazed deeply at the handsome young man, as though she had a thousand things to say. In the end, she held them back and beamed at him. "You're back."
The words were brief but carried so much, warm and familiar, without the slightest trace of estrangement.
As for Lei Le, whom he had knocked unconscious, Ya Fei didn't even glance at him. She had eyes only for Ling Feng.
Ling Feng smiled gently and gave her a slight nod, meeting her gaze with tenderness in his star-bright eyes. He said nothing. Everything passed between them without words.
Only when a stir rose around them did the two come back to their