Song Lianhe was completely baffled now. She looked at him in confusion. "You... What do you mean by 'Chosen One'? Does Prince Ling know what could happen if someone with ulterior motives were to hear you say that...?"
"I know what I'm saying!"
Zhou Junlin stared at her, his gaze so sharp it made one instinctively want to look away.
Song Lianhe felt a little uneasy, hoping he didn't mean what she suspected.
But the thought grew stronger and stronger. 'If Song Xilan, the female lead, has already 'awakened,' then it's not impossible for Zhou Junlin, the male lead, to have done the same.'
She lowered her gaze, her eyes hardening. 'If that's really the case, what should I do?'
'Come clean with him?'
Zhou Junlin stared at her and suddenly added, "To be honest, I was also very surprised that Imperial Uncle entrusted you to me. After all, between the two of us, I'm afraid one is destined for a bad end..." He smiled. "That is our fate, is it not?"
Song Lianhe's head snapped up—
