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Chapters 571-580

Chapter 571: Trying too hard, doing too much

In the end, Long Feiye pulled Han Yunxi over and hugged her tight, calming much of the waves of the strongest desire he'd ever felt in his life. She, on the other hand, had suddenly grown cowardly and allowed him to hold her as he liked. But despite her trembling heart, she still liked the attention and was even looking forward to more. Of course, she wasn't crazy enough to forget that they were still in a carriage.

It was a long time before she felt Long Feiye calm down and stole a peek at him, only to see that he'd been staring at her the entire time. She'd long pushed any other questions about Celestial Mountain to the back of her head. Seeing his cold pupils and silent face, she went back to burying her face against his chest.

We should have finished walking our 100 steps by now, right? Even if I'm not sure who had to walk the longer way.

There was a saying that there existed a road of no return. Once you started walking on it, the step behind you would disappear. There was no room to retreat, much less backtrack. Perhaps the 100 steps between us are like that too. Once we're done, we're done. No turning back, no re-tracing our steps.

For her at least, this was an absolute.

After a long, drawn-out silence, Han Yunxi finally muttered, "Long Feiye."

"Mm," he replied instantly despite his icy face.

"Have you heard about the '100 steps?'" she asked.

"What 100 steps?" he would never have heard about these topics before meeting Han Yunxi. Even if he did, it probably flew right out of his head.

"In truth, every man and woman in the world has a distance of 100 steps between them. But if one of them starts taking a step towards the other, then that's the start of developing feelings between them. Some people finish the 100 steps very fast, while others won't make it even if they tried their entire lives. Others simply back away and increase the distance instead," Han Yunxi explained.

Long Feiye listened without expressing his opinion, causing Han Yunxi to knit her brows. "What do you think of that?"

Long Feiye mused a bit before declaring, "There should be another type."

Han Yunxi didn't understand. She only wanted to ask what he thought of the saying, but Long Feiye replied to say, "There should be people who walk to the very end and then walk right past the other, right?"

Han Yunxi gave a slight start. Zhao mama was the one who told her about the 100 steps, but she never considered this possibility. It had to be said that Long Feiye's description was the most tragic one of all. She muttered to herself, "They'd only walk past the other if they were trying too hard, right?"

Long Feiye was very smart, but he had no idea where to start when it came to foreign topics like this one. Of course, he didn't like the saying to begin with. As long as he fancied someone, 100 steps—no, even 1,000 steps—wouldn't be too far for him. He'd walk both to the very end.

"What nonsense are you thinking of now?" he asked with creased brows.

Han Yunxi didn't say, but she couldn't help but turn over Long Feiye's words in her head. "Some people will go over the 100 steps and brush right past their person, is it?"

She felt sadder the more she thought, so she furiously shook her head to clear her mind. Soon enough, they arrived at the Carefree Restaurant. The first person Han Yunxi saw after getting off the carriage was Duanmu Baiye, which left her extremely disappointed. "It looks like he can't be deposed just yet!"

"He's the crown prince of an entire nation. Would a few poorly spoken words be enough to depose him?" Long Feiye murmured back.

"You..." Han Yunxi was startled You mean you weren't provoking Duanmu Baiye just so he could lose his position?