[Yes, just one chapter again. I'm sorry, but starting tomorrow, things will be back to normal.]
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"An elder said you wanted to see me…" Ma Mingzhu said, standing at the doorway, her eyes fixed somewhere around his collar, unable to meet Qingyi's gaze.
"Yes." Qingyi nodded and held out his hand to her.
Mingzhu hesitated for a second, then took it.
Her fingers, pale and delicate, rested on his. Qingyi's skin was also fair, but a slightly darker shade, with a firm palm and defined knuckles—clearly the hand of a man accustomed to wielding a sword.
She let him guide her into the room, and the place almost made her forget they were inside the Celestial Spear, a spaceship.
It looked more like a miniature paradise than a bedroom.
Birds sang somewhere among the trees, a lake reflected the soft light from the ceiling, and a cool breeze ruffled her hair—all simulated so perfectly that she could even smell the damp earth and grass.
