Ch.19 A Deep Bond

Xiyu realised her emotions were taking over her and remembered to keep up her pretence of the icy-cold witch.

“You… healed me,” she repeated coldly. “How did you do it, Young Master Zhan?”

She did not mention the ancient magic or how bad she felt for him. She didn’t want him to know how weak and emotional she could be. This was something she had learned well, to hide her emotions. She couldn’t risk another Hanshan entering and leaving her life.

But… what was that feeling in her heart now?

She had lost a substantial amount of blood, but she had felt wonderful. All of a sudden, she felt a particular affinity with him that she had not seemed existent before. Albeit her attraction to him, she had always ensured to put some distance between them. Before today, she would never allow him to have her heart. But now, why was she feeling that they were close?