Guizhong, who had been staring in a daze, soon began to blush.
"I-I... I still have things to do... I should go..."
Sensing that something was off about the atmosphere, Guizhong chose to flee.
Red all the way to the tips of her ears, Guizhong hurried away as though running for her life.
Morax remained where he was until Guizhong was far away, then turned to leave.
Liyue, Mt. Tianheng.
"Is that so...?" Xiu Yuan asked, taking a small sip of mild tea.
"Yes... I don't know what to do." Morax was at a loss.
He explained everything that had just happened to Xiu Yuan in detail. Whenever he encountered a problem he could not resolve, he always sought out his big brother Xiu Yuan, because he always had an impeccable answer.
Now, this matter with Guizhong had left him troubled once again.
"What do you think?" Xiu Yuan asked in return.
"I... I don't know either."
"Then do you like her?"
"I'm not sure. I've never thought about these things. I've only regarded her as an ally, a friend. I've never considered whether I like her..."
It was not that Morax did not know what liking someone meant. He knew that lovers became partners, formed families, married, and had children. He knew all of that.
But he did not know what that so-called feeling of "liking" someone was actually like, or what counted as "liking" someone and what did not.
Morax did not know, but Xiu Yuan understood perfectly.
As things stood, Morax did not have romantic feelings for Guizhong. At least, he felt no instinctive attraction to her, nothing like love at first sight.
After all, when he first met Guizhong, Morax had intended to kill her and seize her territory.
So, judging by his first impression, Morax