As his voice faded, a dead silence settled in.
Xin Huohuo finally understood what it felt like to be struck by lightning.
'So that's what this was all about!'
'This was his true motive for getting close to me!'
'After all, what was so great about me that I could attract a man like him? When something doesn't make sense, there must be a hidden motive. This must be what they mean when they say anything out of the ordinary is a bad omen.'
She had no right to complain. In fact, the question that had always puzzled her finally had an answer. 'But why does my heart ache so much? It's as if I'd never had a beautiful dream before, only for one to suddenly appear and then inevitably shatter. I kept telling myself not to take it seriously, but I fell for it anyway. In the end, I'm the fool. I'm the stupid one. I'm the one who got greedy. But… was everything that demon lord did completely justified?!'
