Jiang Li's eyes widened at what he just heard. He stilled. Since his steps paused, she also stopped. They were at the side-walk, thankfully, so at most the two of them only bumped with some other peasants walking the lane.
She gave him a meaningful smile, which appeared quite mysterious to him, leaving the guy lost in his thoughts, busy piecing out the clue.
'So she's the real Margarette?'
'Margarette Holon, the female lead, the one whose face resembled Selena?'
It was just a guess since they were in a fantasy world, it didn't seem a far-fetched possibility. Yet instead of regaining luster due to learning something good, his eyes had seemingly darkened. He leaned over to her ears and said in a whisper, "Milady... I hate being treated like a fool, so let's go to a place we can talk without holding anything back…"
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PS: Can't remember who or what is a Chen Wang Fei? Wahaha, go to the third arc. That should answer a lot of questions, XD