"Gu Yaole?"
At the sight of that delicate, adorable little face, whose beauty even the dirt covering it could not conceal, Hun Changqing froze briefly and exclaimed in surprise. Wasn't this Gu Yaole, the girl he had used a little to approach the Gu Clan's Ancestral Shrine back when he was trapped in the clan?
Gu Yaole still wore a terrified expression. When she had felt something tugging at her ankle while she was pinned down earlier, she had thought she was about to die.
But hearing that familiar voice made her freeze. She opened her eyes and looked at the black-clad figure before her. His familiar voice and build instantly overlapped with the figure in her memories, one she had never been able to forget despite the years that had passed.
"Ch... Changqing... is that you...?"
Gu Yaole still could not quite believe that the terrifying expert who had suppressed everyone present with a wave of his hand and sent the Black Annihilation Army commander fleeing in panic was the Changqing she had gotten along with so well in the Gu Clan. She asked in a timid voice.
Hun Changqing hesitated slightly, but still nodded slowly.
"Wah! Changqing! I was so scared! Sob..."
Seeing Hun Changqing acknowledge it, Gu Yaole threw herself into his arms and burst into tears. She knew they now belonged to opposing camps, and she had no way of knowing whether he still cared about the companionship they had shared in the Gu Clan.
Making such a rash move was extremely dangerous. Yet whether it was the terror of death she had felt while being suppressed or the sight of Hun Changqing again, she simply could not control herself. All she wanted was to pour out her feelings in his arms.
Hun Changqing froze briefly