Lin Yushen first saw Shen Mu at a banquet held inside the intelligence office of the Lanse Empire.
Outside, the night was soft and dreamy. Inside, the hall glowed with dazzling lights, and that person played a nocturne.
Across the crowd mingling over drinks, Lin Yushen's gaze was drawn to the cool, composed face. Beneath his chest, his heart began to pound uncontrollably.
In that moment, even the otherwise unremarkable banquet became much easier to endure.
So he sent someone to fetch flowers on the spur of the moment.
After an anxious wait, Lin Yushen held a bouquet of purple balloon flowers and slowly walked toward him...
Shen Mu had finished playing the nocturne and was now standing by the window with a glass of wine, seemingly admiring the boundless night. Yet his figure looked so lonely...
Quite a few people came up with flowers to strike up a conversation, men and women alike. They came and went.
Without exception, Shen Mu politely but distantly turned down their repeated advances.
Faced with this, Lin Yushen suddenly lost his confidence. If he went over, perhaps the outcome would be no different from everyone else's.
In the end, Lin Yushen stopped among the many people offering flowers. That elegant bouquet of purple balloon flowers never left his hands...
After that banquet, Lin Yushen was sent elsewhere on a mission. He thought that with time, the feelings he couldn't tell anyone about would gradually fade, eventually becoming a secret known to no one.
He never expected to see that person again during a mission...
It's really good, I'm looking forward to the next one