The faint sound of the huqin blended with the tinkling of the water passing by them. The melody was slow, almost sorrowful. It wasn’t what Jing He had expected but after listening for a few moments, he couldn’t help but feel that it was fitting. In his long life, what hadn’t the dragon king seen? …
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Jing He felt guilty and ashamed and still thought that he should return to his palace to hide away. On the other hand, Qiu Ling did what he did best and pretended that everything was under control. In this case, that meant that apologizing was enough and he could simply drop the topic and move …
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Jing He saw his gaze and his heart leaped with an unknown feeling. It wasn’t fear or joy, neither was it apprehension. It seemed to be some kind of suspense as if he was expecting something to happen that put him in a state of excitement but also worry. He wasn’t sure what that something …
Qiu Ling saw his movement from the corner of his eye and turned back to him. “Jing He …” He hesitated but then leaned closer and gently grabbed his hand. “I don’t want to ask much of you. If you hate me kissing you, I won’t do it again. If you don’t want me touching …
Qiu Ling stopped after the capital city was long out of sight. They had passed some nice scenery that would have been suitable for an outing as well but he had something very special planned. The place where he finally stopped was the side of the river, not far from a small waterfall. Close to …
Qiu Ling felt apprehensive when he rushed to the Nine Heavens the next morning before it had even dawned. He knew that he had overstepped yesterday and while he had left before Jing He could refuse his next visit, he wasn’t sure if his beloved would have calmed down by now. Maybe by the time …
Unbeknown to the two of them, Qiang Yan was also still caught up on what had happened yesterday and what he had concluded from that. Thus, at this time, he sat in the study of a rather annoyed Heavenly Emperor, slowly sipping a cup of tea. Rong Su stared at him, trying to make him …
Qiu Ling looked at him and his own heartbeat picked up. He couldn’t help it. He could roughly guess where Jing He was looking and they were close, very close. Not to mention that right now, Jing He was sober and should be in a good state of mind. It was precisely the kind of …
Jing He didn’t know what to say or what to do with his hands. Even figuring out what he thought about this was hard enough. As a result, he could only continue to gaze at Qiu Ling in the mirror, wondering absentmindedly if all of this might just be a dream. It couldn’t be real, …
Qiu Ling received the news that Jing He had woken up when he was already halfway through his musings. He heaved a sigh of relief, told the messenger to give his thanks to the God of War, and then went on his merry way to plan the next outing he could suggest to Jing He. …
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