"A Dark Female?" Jiang Xinli looked at Bai Yao suspiciously. "Bai Yao, how do you know that?"
She hadn't known Bai Yao for long, but her doubts about him were piling up.
First, there was what Jiang Wanwan had said about him returning to the Dark Star from Eternal Night Star.
Then there were all these times he had appeared just in the nick of time, whenever her life was in danger...
Once was fine. Twice was also fine.
But three times, four times... it was all starting to feel a little too coincidental.
She was grateful to him, of course, but...
"Little Li, the truth is, I..." Bai Yao's gaze flickered.
Jiang Xinli took a deep breath, tilted her head back, and looked him straight in the eye. "Bai Yao, do you... like me?"
"I—" The word caught in Bai Yao's throat and his ears turned red. Just as he was about to speak, a strange, low roar echoed across the sky, coming from high above the dense forest.
