After finishing his call with Ye Wuxia, Li Dalong told Ke Xialing, "My girlfriend, Ye Wuxia, is coming to meet us in Wuling City."
Ke Xialing had already heard while Li Dalong was speaking to Ye Wuxia.
When she heard Ye Wuxia's voice, an inexplicable ache welled up in her heart.
Her spirits plummeted to rock bottom, and tears swam in her eyes, but she fought back the tears threatening to fall, refusing to let them spill.
Her flying sword began to wobble a little too. Heartbroken, Ke Xialing unconsciously slowed down, widening the distance between herself and Li Dalong.
At first, Li Dalong had been so absorbed in talking to Ye Wuxia that he had not noticed anything unusual about Ke Xialing.
Only when he told Ke Xialing that Ye Wuxia was coming did he notice her pained expression.
For a moment, he did not know how to face Ke Xialing either and faltered, unable to find any words.
Seeing Li Dalong turn back to speak to her, Ke Xialing suppressed her pain and told him, "I'm fine. I haven't met that elder sister yet. Once she gets here, I'll have to take a good look at her."
"Mm, I'll introduce you two then," Li Dalong said, nodding after a slight hesitation.
After that awkward interlude, neither of them spoke again, and they flew toward Wuling City with their heads down.
Along the way, Li Dalong tried several times to find something to talk about with Ke Xialing, but her mood was so terrible that she had no desire to speak at all.
Her forlorn expression never left her face, and the tears threatening to fall never dried in her eyes. They weighed heavily on Li Dalong's mood as well, filling him with a deep heartache. His feelings were