Zu An’s heart skipped a beat.0

‘Firework’ sneered. “You listed many reasons, but they were all just chasing shadows. I was also reflecting on where I went wrong, and the only thing I could think of was on the rift valley’s chain bridge.”0

“Indeed.” Since things had already gotten to this point, Zu An decided to speak the truth. “I was moved when you took the first whip for me. Which man wouldn’t be when a beauty puts herself on the line for him?0

“But when I put my earlier suspicions together and considered the situation, a thought occurred to me. Could the chains have been targeting not me, but you? You took the first...0