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“I was just saying that people my age are weird,” Sushang says, taking out her phone and opening it to whatever social media app she was scrolling on earlier. “Here I am, doing my duty as a member of the Cloud Knights by evacuating and guiding civilians during this ongoing crisis, and all the rest of my peers are speculating as to whether the Stellaron Hunter has history with General Jing Yuan! I mean, the Stellaron Hunter is a wanted criminal who broke out of prison, for Lan’s sake!”
A small smile spreads across Luocha’s face. “Oh, you know how people are. They’re often fascinated by the forbidden, and criminals in particular are popular.”
The look Luocha gives Dan Heng is a bit too knowing. “And those on the run tend to be especially sought after. Wouldn’t you agree, Dan Heng?”
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Dan Heng develops the wrong idea about Blade's relationship with Jing Yuan.
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On the frost-covered ridges of Xianzhou Luofu's outer peaks, Dan Heng stumbles upon a man half-buried in the snow. He is Ren — a fugitive living under different names, his body cursed to survive what should kill him, hunted across mountain passes by enemies he will not name.
Dan Heng is an orphan determined to hold onto the one thing his parents left behind: the house beneath the ridge, and his right to live in it alone, on his own terms.
When a greedy uncle arrives at the door threatening to seize the property, Dan Heng does the only thing that will end it. He takes the stranger's shoulder and calls him husband.
The stranger, without missing a beat, takes his hand and calls it home.
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Blade looked up at him, one eyebrow slightly raised.
“…Husband?”
He didn’t sound entirely displeased. After all, the lie had bought him more time.