Chapter 246 Long–lost Tenderness

Inside Eight Fingers Mountain. Standing before a lake, Xuanji was watching the reflection on the surface of the water. Bored, he picked up a pebble and flung it into the water. The small rock fell into the lake, making the water ripple. Weirdly, on the surface of the lake, Hua Qiyue's figure seemed to appear. Xuanji's brow wrinkled as he thought about her. After meeting with Hua Qiyue several times, he had deemed her as someone extraordinary, but that was all. During the past year, though, they had been having meals together and living under the same roof. Though without any intimate interactions, Xuanji developed a strange feeling toward Hua Qiyue. Xuanji couldn't tell what the feeling was, exactly. He was only beginning to accept the idea of his father's order, which he had planned to disobey. His father's words echoed in his ears. "Xuanji, Hua Qiyue will become an extraordinary woman. You have to send the green jade gourd to her and protect her. After fiv