When Ling Qianyao was at his lowest, I pulled him out of the freezing water.
From the very start, I approached him with ulterior motives. I used him as a pawn, spied on him, and poisoned him.
But little by little, I fell for him.
Later, he drugged me too, crippled my martial arts, and refused to let me escape, making me his empress.
“Does that mean we’re even now?”
“We’ll never be even. Not in this lifetime.”