Huo Yunjiao withdrew his hand from Qin Ruan's head, his gaze lowered to the girl before him who refused to lift her head. A faint smile danced in his eyes.
He could sense her anxiety and confusion.
The notion made him doubt himself: was he really that terrifying, that he would incite such resistance from a girl?
Qin Ruan wasn't usually such a timid person.
Huo Yirong, the second master of the Huo family, is rumoured to be ruthless, deep-thinking, cold, and cruel. He was indeed a difficult person to deal with.
On learning his identity, Qin Ruan experienced only utter surprise, devoid of a shred of fear.
Yet when she faced Huo Yunjiao, she felt trepidation from the depths of her heart.
Theirs was not a separation of yin and yang from their past lives, but a real-life face-to-face encounter, with all the accompanying sensations being genuine.
This type of anxiety, suffocation, the feeling of being unable to catch a breath, was alien to Qin Ruan.
