The rear section was spacious, lined with bamboo corridors.
Xiao Yan followed Little Doctor Fairy through the hall, appreciating the graceful curve of her figure.
The faint herbal scent emanating from her made him smile softly.
"If you wish to think so, then I could be that person," he said, almost agreeing with her assumption.
Little Doctor Fairy stiffened slightly at his words. Only after entering the hall did she vaguely guess at Xiao Yan's true identity.
His reputation had spread far and wide. Not only had it reached the upper echelons of the Empire, but even the common people had heard of him.
Standing before someone younger than herself yet already legendary, Little Doctor Fairy let out a helpless, wry smile.
"Suddenly seeing someone from legend… it's hard to get used to," she admitted.
For someone who had grown up in a small town like Qingshan, Xiao Yan was like a figure from myth.
Having a super-prodigy appear so abruptly was akin to the Emperor himself visiting in disguise.
"It's alright. You'll get used to it," Xiao Yan said gently, his eyes soft with a tenderness that made Little Doctor Fairy's heart flutter uneasily.
"Don't… look at me like that."
She smiled wryly, shaking her head. "I don't know why a playboy like you is focused on me, but I advise you to give up.
I'm not the type to swoon over a genius's reputation."
"Besides, from what I've heard, you're only thirteen. At that age, it's better to focus on your training."
Xiao Yan's mouth twitched slightly. His youthful appearance, once an advantage, now seemed to create a small obstacle.
"Is that so? Then what kind of man would be suitable for you?" he asked casually, adjusting his mood.
"Suitable for me?"
Little Doctor Fairy tilted her head, finally shaking it.
"I don't know. The man I like doesn't need to be outstanding, nor famous. For me, those things are irrelevant.
The one I like… is someone I would follow to life or death."
Even in her calm voice, a trace of anticipation appeared on her lips.
"Someone you'd follow to life or death?"
Xiao Yan felt a moment of daze.
In your previous life… weren't you already someone I would follow to life or death?
He realized she had never changed.
His gaze softened, and Little Doctor Fairy's cheeks flushed slightly.
"I don't understand… how can a boy your age have a gaze so sharp and knowing, sharper than any mercenary?"
She stuck out her tongue playfully, sensing no ill intent from him, and grew bolder in speech.
"Besides… didn't you have a childhood engagement with that Empire prodigy girl? I heard she's not only talented but also beautiful, the pride of the Nalan family.
Could a simple village girl like me really be more attractive than her?"
A playful smile appeared on her face—every girl had a touch of curiosity and gossip in them.
"Why not?"
Xiao Yan's rare serious gaze met hers.
"You are uniquely beautiful in this world.
There's no need to compare yourself to anyone else."
Little Doctor Fairy shivered at Xiao Yan's flirty words. Just as she was about to reply, she heard him speak again.
"As for Nalan Yanran, I'll find an appropriate opportunity to annul that engagement in a dignified manner."
Little Doctor Fairy's mouth opened slightly in surprise.
"Wait… you're serious? You'd give up such a good fiancée for me?"
She couldn't understand Xiao Yan's actions. At this moment, she even glanced around herself, wondering what remarkable charm she had suddenly gained to make this legendary prodigy so infatuated.
"Heh, don't worry. My breaking off the engagement with Nalan Yanran doesn't really have much to do with you,"
Xiao Yan said with a faint smile, amused by her astonished expression.
"The main reason… is that I simply don't want to be with her."
Regarding Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan's feelings were complex.
Though in his previous life the humiliation of that annulled engagement had long faded and even after he became emperor he had become friends with her, both knew deep down they could never be together.
The annulment left a deep scar in his heart...a wound that, even if faint now, had forever severed any romantic possibilities with her.
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