*Boom!* A white light flashed through the sky, lighting up the black night until it was as bright as day.
"Eh? Why is lightning striking out of the blue!" Qiao Mu looked up at the sky in bafflement.
Crown Prince Mo also looked up at the pitch-black sky before lowering his eyes. He then squeezed Qiao Mu's petite hand without making a sound.
"Qiaoqiao."
"Hm?"
"I will always be with you." Mo Lian patted her head.
"Okay." Qiao Mu nodded before encircling his arm and nestling against him. She squinted her eyes as she gazed at the twinkling stars far away.
"My life will not be subject to another person's control in this lifetime," Qiao Mu muttered as she hugged his arm, treating it as her pillow. As the royal carriage proceeded slowly, she turned drowsy.
When Mo Lian turned to look at her, he just pulled her into his arms and adjusted her sleeping posture to make her comfortable.
