Between them spanned more than a thousand days and nights, from being separated by life and death to a reunion in the mortal world.
There was nothing more absurd than this.
Li Qiao stood before him, her dark eyes red but devoid of tears.
Her gaze slowly fell to the red hat medal on his chest and lingered long before she suddenly smiled, "So it turns out... you are Duke Charlman, does that mean I can no longer call you Huizai..."
Duke Charlman, ancestrally from Xiao's, used to be known as Xiao Yehui.
He had left the Border Three years past using the pretense of death and returned to the Ducal Family.
"Xiao Qi..."
Xiao Yehui had imagined countless scenarios for their encounter, yet this moment of the actual reunion belonged to none of them.
In this world, only two people would call her Xiao Qi, one was Xiao Yehui, another was Bo Tingxiao.
Xiao Yehui looked at her, suppressing his emotions, and said with a warm smile, "Xiao Qi, aren't you happy to see me alive?"
