Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Alright.”

Nan Changfeng smiled gently as he followed the Ninth Emperor. He turned and glanced at Di Ming.

There was a strange coldness in his gaze.

Di Ming stood in the courtyard and did not leave. A meaningful smile appeared upon his handsome face as he stared in the direction the Ninth Emperor went just now.

The day was getting late.

The Ninth Emperor sat inside the room, staring at the door. “Di Ming is gone?”

“Mhm…”

Nan Changfeng smiled and sat down in front of the Ninth Emperor.

“Who is he…?”

“Sort of a childhood friend?” The Ninth Emperor shrugged. “But that was many years ago. When my mother disappeared, I left to look for her.”

Nan Changfeng lowered his gaze. He had always felt that this matter was not that simple.

Di Ming's relations.h.i.+p with the Ninth Emperor was unordinary.

“Ninth Emperor, no matter what, I will always stay by your side.” Nan Changfeng reached out and held the Ninth Emperor's hand.

Her hand was cold, making his heart ache a little.

“From the moment I followed you home back then, you are bound to be my home.”

The Ninth Emperor was stunned. She frowned, and abruptly, she laughed out loud. “You want to know the relations.h.i.+p between Di Ming and me?”

“I'm willing to listen if you want to talk about it,” Nan Changfeng said smilingly.

Looking at the young man's smile, the Ninth Emperor could not help but smile warmly. She turned to the dark sky, and her eyes slightly sunken.

“Back then, after my mother's disappearance, it was somehow close to Di Ming. At that time, I was young and naive… So now, I do not want to get too close to him. I'm worried that if I am too close to him, it might be painful when I know the truth?”

Back then, she was too young. Even though they grew up as childhood friends, there were no deep feelings that she could not let go of.

Unless she found out that her mother's disappearance was related to Di Ming…

Nan Changfeng did not speak. He stayed by the Ninth Emperor, listening.

His gaze was fixed upon her.

Even the Ninth Emperor did not know that this young man's eyes were only on her from the beginning.

She did not realize that their relations.h.i.+p had reached an inseparable point.

“When my mother disappeared, I was only twelve, and Di Ming was eighteen.” The Ninth Emperor smiled. “We grew up together as childhood friends, but… If he is involved in this matter, I definitely will not let him go. ”

Nan Changfeng saw that the Ninth Emperor was smiling, but he knew she was very sad.

He also could not help but hold her hand tightly; his voice was firm.

There was no room for doubt.

“Ninth Emperor, I will help you.”

‘No one can hurt you…

‘And no one… Can hurt your family.'

The Ninth Emperor felt a headache and rubbed her temples. “Changfeng, do you think that my mother could still be alive? If she is alive, then why has she not come to me? If she is dead, where is her body?”

Nan Changfeng caressed the Ninth Emperor's head gently.

“Ninth Emperor, if you believe she is still alive, then she is alive.”

“Why?” The Ninth Emperor raised her head and looked at Nan Changfeng blankly.

Nan Changfeng smiled. “Because what the Ninth Emperor believes is bound to be true.”

The Ninth Emperor raised her head and stared at Nan Changfeng.