Inside the palace, Fang Rong was continuously pacing around since it was already night, and while Jian Shen had come back, her spy was nowhere to be found.
Finally, Fang Rong couldn't take it anymore, as she called for another one of her spies to go and find the first one.
Unfortunately, her second spy was unable to find any trace of the first one at all, due to which she frowned and gave him the responsibility of spying on Jian Shen.
...
For the next few days, Jian Shen visited the Han Calm every day early in the morning, where a shed full of naked women would be waiting for him.
He'd then have sex with the women he hadn't don't it already, while Wei Yun would be peeking at him from a hole through the shed with a heavy breath, as her hands held the unconscious spy who was sent by Fang Rong.
Like this, while Jian Shen was increasing his Yang by the day, Fang Rong felt like she was living in hell.
Every day she'd send a new spy to keep an eye on Jian Shen, but at the end of the day, not a single one of them managed to come back and report anything to her.
Even when she spent two of her spies at the same time, Fang Rong only managed to lose two spies, instead of any obtaining information from them.
....
This day was not a normal one, but a special one since Jian Shen didn't go to the Han Clan like he always did in the past few days.
Instead, he went towards the Heavenly Resource Pavillion, to meet Wuying and take her on the date he promised/was forced into.
Until now Jian Shen still had no idea regarding how he felt about Wuying, but he wasn't going to bail on the date she wanted him to take her on, after she helped him out so much.
Therefore he decided to try and figure out his feelings about Wuying, through their date.
The very moment Jian Shen entered the Heavenly Resource Pavillion, he found that the shop had been closed for the day to everyone other than him, and that the shop manager was waiting for him upstairs.
Going to the top floor, Jian Shen stopped in front of the room where he first had sex with Wuying.
Not hesitating for long, since he was afraid of being drowned in complicated emotions, Jian Shen opened the door and found a completely prepared Wuying waiting for him on the inside.
Wuying was dressed in white robes just like him, and the black hair which was flowing down her back flee a little with the air and covered a part of her face.
Using her hands to run it through her hair and put it behind her ears, Wuying's eyes sparkled from seeing who was the one that opened the door.
"You came!"
Shouting from happiness and surprise, Wuying pounced on Jian Shen and hugged his arm and pulled him outside to start their date.
...
Jian Shen spent the whole day with Wuying as they travelled the city, enjoyed a meal together, visited the forest of flowers, and enjoyed tea together while viewing the beautiful setting sun.
Throughout the day, Wuying only talked about herself or asked about Jian Shen's past, his likes, dislikes, and so on. But never once mentioned anything about loving him, or if he loved her.
Having enjoyed the time they spent together, Jian Shen was escorting Wuying back to the Heavenly Resource Pavillion, since that was where she lived at.
On the way, Wuying who was hugging onto Jian Shen's arms asked, "Why did you change your hair colour?"
Though she wanted to ask Jian Shen about it when he visited the Heavenly Resource Pavillion for the first time, she was unable to find the right time for it.
Smiling at how Wuying was the first one who seemed to have noticed it, and ask him about it, Jian Shen understood that she was probably the only one who cared about him the most currently.
Looking around Jian Shen saw the various jealous looks from all men who saw Wuying hugging his arm, but he didn't care about them.
Because, if there was something he learned through his years growing at the palace, it was that he should only care about himself, and those who cared about him. As for the rest, he shouldn't spare them a single thought, after all, if he cared about what others thought of him, he probably wouldn't even be alive now.
As that thought crossed his mind he looked at Wuying who was happily walking while resting her head on his shoulders, while not even bothered by the fact that he didn't answer her question. At that moment he realized that she truly loved him.
By now he had sex with various women, and most of them wanted to be with him since he was handsome, because he was good at sex, they would grow stronger when they had sex with him, or even worse like the First Queen who wanted to possess him and make him hers.
However, Wuying was different from the rest. He could feel that she genuinely loved him, and cared about him.
And if there was one other thing he learned through the years, it was that there were very few people who truly cared about him, and he should treasure those few who do.
Therefore he no longer hesitated. Stopping in front of the Heavenly Resource Pavillion, right in front of everyone on the street, Jian Shen turned towards Wuying, and said, "I love you."
"I love you Wuying."
Repeating himself one more time since Wuying looked a little spaced out, Jian Shen also added a kiss on her forehead.
Breaking out of the shock she received from Jian Shen's confession, Wuying could only say, "What?"
Noticing that Jian Shen was looking at her weirdly, Wuying shook her head and said, "That's not what I meant. What I wanted to say was.… you know what, never mind. I love you, you love me, and that's all it matters."
Chuckling at how even Wuying who looked adult and mature could get flustered, Jian Shen hugged her tighter and said, "You're cute."
Thinking that Jian Shen was making fun of her, Wuying pouted from being called cute, since she was an adult, and was older than him.
To which in return he pushed his fingers against her puffed up cheeks saying, "You look even cuter when you pout."
"Really?"
As Jian Shen nodded his head, Wuying dug deeper into his embrace.
"Thank you! "
She who had always been called or considered as beautiful, seductive, bewitching, hot, sexy, and so on, for the first time ever was called cute by someone. And she knew that he really meant it.
While the two of them were so immersed in themselves and not cared about everyone on the street who were staring at them, there was someone in the crowd who was looking at Wuying with killing intent.