Was this love?
That was what Qian Renyue wondered to herself.
Guang Ling's words left her momentarily dazed.
Was she the one in Guang Ling's heart?
The thought filled Qian Renyue with genuine surprise.
She had never imagined that Guang Ling would like her.
Nor had she ever imagined she could win his affection.
She had always thought Guang Ling merely saw her as a granddaughter.
But looking back on everything that had happened, Qian Renyue suddenly realized just how different Guang Ling was from her other grandfathers.
They doted on her too, bought her things she liked, and accompanied her in doing things she enjoyed. Yet when she looked beneath the surface, it seemed Guang Ling alone approached everything from her perspective.
Her smooth sailing at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qian Renxue's willingness not to make things difficult for her-none of that could possibly have been mere good luck.
And the Ice Crystal Phoenix, the Ice Lotus Right Arm Soul Bone-Guang Ling had found all of those for her.
The person who had always stayed by her side was Guang Ling, and Guang Ling alone.
"Once you put on that mask, you will be drawn to your destined partner, and you will see them."
The words of the young mask seller in Greenwood Town still rang in her ears. After giving Guang Ling his mask, Qian Renyue had secretly put on her own one night. That night, she had seen Guang Ling standing above Guang Ling Hall, dressed in white robes and wearing his mask, seemingly about to go somewhere. Qian Renyue had gazed at him, his figure fully revealed beneath the moonlight. Perhaps drawn by that mutual attraction, Guang Ling had instinctively looked toward her room. Qian Renyue had abruptly ducked behind the wall. The night breeze