This remark of Jiang Ming caught both Xi Yao and Linglong by surprise.
Xi Yao was a simple-minded person after all. She was fond of Jiang Ming. Even though she had been trying to cut off her feelings for him, she wasn't able to completely do so. She simply couldn't control herself from liking Jiang Ming.
Even though Xi Yao left Chuyang Peak, she was only wandering around Tianyuan Realm or Tianyuan Sea. Did this even count as leaving? Maybe it was the feeling of reluctance? Or maybe it was too hard for her to sever her feelings.
Even Jiang Ming himself found it difficult to say whether he had good feelings for Xi Yao. Looking back then, there might have been some ambiguity of feelings among the two.
