"Are you planning to intervene?" was the question Xin Yan asked him when he was about to leave to witness the fight of Former Empress and the current Emperor.
"Nah." Noah looked over his shoulder and shook his head with a smirk. "After all, this is a family matter, which even the best friends have no right to intervene in. So, no matter the outcome, I will welcome it with open arms."
"Even if it breaks your heart?"
This time Noah had no response; he lowered his head and said the final words before disappearing.
"…even if I have to rip it out."
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"Oh, you are alive."
Just as Noah was about to check on two bodies lying on the ground before him. One of them suddenly coughed up a mouthful of dirt and blood.
Feng Niu raised herself through sheer effort, greeting through the pain of the burns. The flames were still gnawing at her flesh little by little.
She turned around and lay flat on her back before meeting Noah's gaze. She asked him coldly, "are you going to finish me off?"
