"My goodness, so you're the Moon Sea Pearl I've been looking for!" Mu Bai spread his arms and hugged the Moon Pearl to his chest. "Then what was that deep-blue one your mother gave me before?"
"That was my true body. It's deep blue in the sea and moon-colored beneath the moon. What's wrong with that?"
Mu Bai could not open his Mustard Seed Bag at the moment, but lingering fear filled his heart. It seemed that, from now on, he must never put anything a stranger gave him together with his own treasures. They were all traps.
"Your mother is a Moon Mirage Clam. Even if your surname isn't Seven, why is it Ye?"
"Who said her surname was Seven? That's just a title she gave herself. Don't tell me your surname is Mu?"
"My surname might be Wang," Mu Bai said with a smug smile. "Mu Bai, king over all beneath heaven."
"All right. I'll wait for you." Ye Wan smiled. "Mother didn't want me keeping watch alone through the long night as she did, so she changed 'night' to 'leaf'-a leaf in daylight. Wan means to bind up dark tresses. Do you know these lines? 'Countless trees line the paths of Hua'an, but only the drooping willows bind parting.' Wan holds the deepest longing."
"Since you like longing so much, don't force me to stay. Why not let yourself have a good long yearn?" The subject of longing brought a pang to Mu Bai's heart. "Actually, there's already someone I like."
"You!" The Moon Pearl in his arms flared, and Ye Wan appeared, glaring angrily at Mu Bai. "Try saying that again!"
"There really is someone I like. We grew up together, and I used to treat her like a younger sister. But these years apart have