When Shadow was killed by Su Wensheng, Chao Yan saw it.
Through the coast, she heard Shadow's cry, yet she couldn't break away from the intense battle. Until—Su Ming'an, who had already reset once, came and rescued her in time.
"It's... you..." she said.
In the instant their gazes met, Su Ming'an shifted his eyes, a gesture of social anxiety when confronted with a stranger too close. As if unable to respond to her gaze in proximity.
...Yes, strangers.
If not for Su Wensheng killing Shadow, Su Ming'an himself wouldn't even have come to the edge of the world. Yet, even facing a stranger, he still endured the burning pain to protect her.
Chao Yan bit into Su Ming'an's shoulder, knowing well that Su Ming'an's blood was useless; she just spitefully wanted to see—how he would react to the provocation of such a "stranger" as her.
"What are you doing!" Xiao Jingsan's roar arose.
