Chapter 121: Only the Magistrate is getting beaten up

Zhao Changhe felt that this young lady was becoming increasingly tsundere.

He wasn't the inexperienced newcomer he was when he first arrived in this opulent place; he could somewhat understand Yue Hongling's inner turmoil at the moment.

The current atmosphere clearly indicated a pursuit of a romantic relationship with her, even if she verbally called it "just a stepping stone." But having just expressed the hope to someday brandish swords together and traverse the world, they were now rehearsing arm in arm, racing towards that relationship; she probably hadn't been prepared for this.

But... the way she tilted her head and lowered her gaze was truly captivating.

No longer the deeply ingrained heroic and valiant image in his mind, that fleeting blush on her cheeks and her dodging eyes were like the moon reflected in the water, which, until now, had hung high in the sky and was suddenly rippling with tender light.