The Soldiers in the Battle

Time was the fairest thing. As the hired hands at the Fruit Formation Temple went home to celebrate the New Year, the people in White Town by the edge of the distant snowland also celebrated the New Year.

It was probably because the weather grew warmer, so more pilgrims came to White Town to pray this year. It appeared a bit crowded here.

Guo Dong sat on the doorsill, listening to the noises outside. With slightly furrowed eyebrows, she took out a cucumber and had two bites of it, feeling more relaxed.

That deep voice rang out behind her, "I have melons and fruits here all year long; why don't you eat them?"

"I was tired of eating the same stuff a long time ago," Guo Dong said.

In the last few years, she often came to White Town to see him, and had spent the New Year's day with him several times.

After a pause, the Broadsword King asked, "That year, you said everybody was anxious; did that also mean you?"