Ellie was stunned; she had never thought of any of this.
"To hold the emperor hostage and command the princes"—that's a great achievement! Yun Zhe lay on the bed, seemingly muttering to himself, but to Ellie, it sounded like a devil's temptation.
Ellie walked to the door. "Aren't you going to take revenge?" Yun Zhe asked, watching Ellie's retreating figure.
Ellie shook her head. "That matter isn't urgent."
"People will die. If someone dies, what's the point of seeking revenge?" Yun Zhe coaxed patiently.
“There are some things you don’t know, so you’ll never understand.” Ellie grasped the doorknob. “Thank you.”
Yun Zhe's mind raced, torn between calling out to her and letting her go, and he still hadn't made up his mind by the time Ellie closed the door.
Yun Zhe flung open the door and yelled at the figure in the hallway, "Hey, buy my stuff first, no matter what!"
Ellie stopped in her tracks, momentarily unable to discern whether the words were an attempt to persuade her to stay or a simple reminder.
"Don't rush into a decision. There's still plenty of time. The Earl certainly won't leave so openly during the day," Yun Zhe added, suppressing the ruthless thought in his mind.
Ellie nodded and slowly walked down the stairs.
Yun Zhe returned to his room, his feelings a complex mix. This wasn't giving Ellie time to think; it was clearly giving himself time to think. Realizing this, Yun Zhe felt a pang of unease. He knew nothing about, nor did he want to know, the forbidden love between vampires. But to develop feelings for this girl in such a short time was something Yun Zhe couldn't comprehend.
What should he do? Yun Zhe lay on the bed, tossing and turning, and finally pulled out his trump card: the school motto of Avery.
Whenever he felt uneasy or confused, silently reciting the school motto would always bring him unexpected benefits.
Yun Zhe silently recited the school motto more than a dozen times, and gradually calmed down.
"How can one find a way to have it all, to be true to both Buddha and love?" Yun Zhe murmured this line of poetry, which was very popular in his world, and gradually a thought began to form.
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