35 Chapter 35: Goodbye, Again (1/2)

The ball at night is the grand ball. You can even call the one yesterday an opening if you see this one. We all wore our best dresses. Xing had designed a really beautiful 'night sky' dress. It has star decor, and a purple, blue, black, chiffon, silk, velvet. The amount of jewelry is also absurd. I doubt I can escape from bandits with this type of outfit. I allow it, since there are guards anyways. The ballroom looks even more lavish than yesterday and even has a sweet aroma in the air. I walk around the ball and dance with quite a lot of people this time, even knights and everyone. I let myself drift. Suddenly, I realize that I'm dancing with XiaoLong this turn! Uh - oh, this is what I get for not paying attention! I try to see what emotion has fallen on his face, but a shadow looms over his eyes instead.

”C-can I talk to you privately, Princess YingYue?”

I follow him into the salon, and we sit on the couch.

”You're QiLing right?”

I hesitate, ”No,” but he ignores me.

”QiLing, do you know how long I've been searching for you,” he grabs my hand and pulls me in.

”I missed you! Everything around me was so dull until I met you, everyone would always…”

I sit like a stone as his arms wrap around me.

”I'm not this QiLing you're talking about,” my voice says, but it comes out shaky. He pushes me on the couch. His eyes redden and gloss over.

”Stop lying! I know it's you!”

”...”

I look away.

”Please, come back with me. Don't blame yourself. I don't blame you.”