In the month since Su Mianmian had awakened, Hong Ling was the person she had spent the most time with aside from Jin Chen.
Whatever news she could not get from Jin Chen, Hong Ling filled in for her.
At the same time, her relationship with Jin Chen had undergone a fundamental change.
If Jin Chen had still been relatively discreet about certain things before she fell unconscious, then in the month following his confession, he had grown increasingly blatant.
By now, practically everyone on Blazing Flame Peak knew that Jin Chen was pursuing her.
And that day, she had only softened her stance a little before Jin Chen began calling himself her fiancé.
Su Mianmian felt as though she was about to explode, but was she angry?
Not really. There was even a tiny, secret sweetness in her heart.
She thought she must be ill...
Su Jiu sat on Su Mianmian's bed, listening to her chatter like a little sparrow about everything that had happened over the past month, and felt that life was peaceful and good.
Sunlight spilled through the window onto the two girls, illuminating their profiles and enveloping them in a warm halo.
Two Qian Ling Birds perched in the Vermilion Fruit Tree outside the window, chirping away on its branches as they shared secrets that belonged to them alone.
Now and then, a warm breeze brushed past, rustling the leaves outside and setting their shadows on the ground swaying endlessly, creating a lovely patchwork of light and shade.
Su Mianmian held on to Su Jiu and talked all the way into the evening.
As the moon rose above the treetops, someone knocked on the door again.
Thinking it was Jin Chen again, Su Mianmian opened the door impatiently. She was just about to speak when