'But if he truly wanted my Immortal Heart, why wouldn't I have given it to him?'
'But he said nothing. Instead, he chose to deceive and betray me, betraying the trust I had placed in him.'
The woman sighed softly. At the time, that was indeed what she had thought.
Many years ago, on that night at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he had promised her that once their cultivation session was over, they would sneak out together. They would go to that secret place only they knew and catch the glowing fireflies in the clear night.
So, having finished her cultivation early, she had snuck out of the Prime Minister's Mansion alone to shake off that annoying "little tail" who always followed them. She waited for him at their meeting spot.
