The brilliant golden ceremonial gown fit her perfectly, its dazzling fabric glittering with the light of more than a hundred gemstones. The purple-gold crown atop her head shone with countless rays, and at that moment, all the light gathered upon Bibi Dong.
Xu Ran stared, spellbound, unable to help being moved by Bibi Dong's bearing.
Countless gazes of admiration and reverence around them focused on Bibi Dong. Only now did Xu Ran begin to understand what her position as Pope truly represented. Although he had long known her identity, he also knew of her peerless beauty and her noble, sacred appearance.
Yet seeing it with his own eyes at this moment still left him somewhat awestruck.
Everyone, whether good or bad, or even harboring lust, had a measure of faith in their eyes. Faith was something impossible to explain or define, yet some people risked life and limb for this intangible, elusive thing.
"Bibi Dong is so beautiful. Simply exquisite," Xu Ran exclaimed. His eyes gleamed wickedly as he surveyed her figure. Others dared not disrespect Bibi Dong, but he cared nothing for that.
His undisguised gaze looked as though he wanted to devour Bibi Dong right there.
Dressed in her papal ceremonial gown, Bibi Dong possessed a unique beauty that was indeed rare, setting Xu Ran's heart racing.
The more lofty and unapproachable someone was, the more she could set Xu Ran's heart wandering.
Spending a night with the Pope, with her looking like this, would surely feel different.
He and Bibi Dong had shared intimate exchanges and held each other in their arms. Although they had not taken that final step, they had gone beyond an ordinary relationship between a man and a woman. But Bibi Dong had been far away in Heaven Dou City then, and her