Before pushing open his door, she must have spent a long time composing her emotions and expression.
After parting as they had, they should never have met again as though nothing had happened.
When Pei Ye opened the door and saw that face, his entire body seemed to freeze, something suddenly clenching his heart. He still remembered her circumstances when they parted, and that left him almost unable to muster even a forced smile.
She should have been in the same state. This was no longer a time when she could comfort herself after a setback and put on a smile again. They had truly parted; however many times they returned to it in dreams, longing could only be suppressed, and suppression would only bring pain.
It was only because she now bore something heavier.
Pei Ye did not know what she intended to do. Perhaps she had contacted Heavenly Mountain and planned to petition the Immortal Platform once she had the evidence; perhaps she would continue investigating in the Prefectural City, even if the other side truly could cover the sky with one hand. In any case, she had always been that tenacious.
Whatever the case, she would not let him see the slightest sign.
So she appeared relaxed and happy, and to conceal this, she concealed the hurt of their separation along with it.
The Feather-Tied Book was in her bag. She knew what he had experienced in recent days, and how glorious he was now. She would never reveal the burden on her shoulders to him.
This was no longer the time for vows sworn by seas and mountains. Their promise to be honest with each other had been suspended.
The girl had always drawn those distinctions clearly.
But what could she possibly do? Jade Feather had