Tap, tap, tap...
A silver moon hung above the Capital City. The long street lay silent, with only a lovely figure in blue hurrying headlong along it, as though a flower thief were chasing her.
After running out of Skywater Bridge, Luo Ning slowed a little and glanced back at the deserted alley entrance.
The little scoundrel hadn't followed. That woman had probably dragged him inside already...
The little scoundrel had been drugged. He definitely wouldn't hold out; that woman would devour him, bones and all...
But if she went back to keep fighting over him, the little scoundrel would definitely come ruin her instead...
Better leave first. He'd had no choice, anyway. It wasn't unforgivable...
She shouldn't go blundering around and lose herself in the bargain...
Luo Ning gazed back at the street corner for a moment, clenched her pearly teeth, and turned to leave. But the instant she rounded the corner into an alley, she ran straight into a warm embrace.
Thump-
"Ah!"
Startled, Luo Ning hurried several steps away and gripped the flexible sword at her waist.
A man with a tall, martial bearing stood in the dark alley, walking toward her with his arms spread.
"Heroine Luo, easy. It's me..."
Shing-
Luo Ning hadn't been agitated before, but at that familiar voice, her delicate shoulders jolted. As though she'd seen a harbinger of disaster, she drew her sword and pointed it at the little scoundrel, like an innocent swordswoman encountering a flower thief.
"You... don't come any closer!"
Ye Jingtang paid no heed to the blade right before him. He walked forward until its tip touched his chest.
?!
Looking into the little scoundrel's burning eyes, Luo Ning's lashes trembled. Clearly flustered, she didn't dare actually stab him and could only retreat step by step until