Unexpected Battle

Wen Ran's eyes met Fang Jinyao's, and in that instant, he saw everything written on her face—panic, confusion, the raw hurt tearing at her heart. But to him, her emotions meant nothing. The only thing that bothered him was the strange stirring deep within, a foreign resistance clawing at his consciousness. It was faint, yet persistent. The lingering will of this body's former owner, struggling against him when it came to this woman.

"Move. I have no time for you," Wen Ran said, his voice sharp as a blade, cutting through her like a sword to the soul. "If you think this is unjust, remember what these people owe me. Remember what I suffered."

His words sliced through her like a thousand wounds, and she had no defense. She knew what he had endured. She had seen it with her own eyes. If not for that fateful encounter—the moment she saw the kindness hidden beneath his cold exterior—she might have treated him like everyone else.