And at that very moment, the opportunity lay right before him.
What was more, she was his Matriarch, his older sister, his teacher.
But in the end, Lynn did not go any further.
"Get some sleep."
He gently left a kiss between her brows.
"Once you've recovered your strength, I'll take you back to Dark Night City. So many of us are waiting for you to come back and take charge."
She stared blankly at him.
She watched him lie down on his side beside her, that lock of white hair before his closed eyes so clear to her.
He really did not touch her again. It was as though he had turned back into the little brother he had once been, restoring the relationship they had come so close to breaking. Or perhaps he had always been that kind of person. Except when it came to his own Zuo Zuo, he would never force his family to do anything they said they did not want to do.
Even in the face of overwhelming temptation, he could endure it.
She turned onto her side and gazed at Lynn's face, his eyes closed, only inches away. At last, she said softly:
"This isn't right... because I'm your Matriarch, Lynn."
Lynn kept his eyes closed, letting only the faintest sound escape his throat.
"Mm."
The atmosphere around them slowly grew quiet.
She could sense how he had overdrawn his mental power. He had worked so hard to bring her back from the depths of her soul, something an ordinary person could never have done. He had truly put an enormous amount of effort into it.
In truth, she could also sense that impulse deep within his heart, the one that saw her as more than just his Matriarch and older sister.
She