Yu Zhen watched as the carriage disappeared into the distance. His lips twitched when he saw her hair blowing out of the carriage, her face a second from peeking out, but she was evidently dragged back inside.
It was amusing to him. He wondered if she knew, that even if he returned to the Palace, that a duel would happen regardless of the circumstances. She was too foolish to think anything could prevent the inevitable from occurring between him and Wen Jinkai. But perhaps, it was this ignorance that made her adorable. He could not tell.
"Let's get the duel over with," Yu Zhen said the second the carriage was fully gone from his line of sight. He didn't wait for Wen Jinkai to respond before unsheathing his sword.
