Confessing to the Villainous Empress Right at the Beginning!

Chapter 4: Affection Gone Awry! Confessing to the Villainous Empress!:

“Master Ling Tian!”

“Didn’t I make myself clear?”

“There’s no future for you and Ziyuan!”

“Are you still going to cling to this idea?”

Ye Qingluo’s tone turned cold and sharp.

Ling Tian took a deep breath, then shook his head and replied, “You made yourself very clear, Miss Qingluo.”

“I understand.”

Then he changed his tone, “But, perhaps there’s a misunderstanding?”

Ha!

Ye Qingluo let out a cold laugh, growing increasingly irritated and impatient.

If she were to follow her true nature, she’d have already struck Ling Tian down.

But now, she was Ye Qingluo…

So she couldn’t just act on a whim.

At least, until her plans were fully prepared, she had to keep up appearances.

Suppressing her killing intent, her icy blue eyes locked onto Ling Tian with a dangerous glint.

She spoke with a cold, piercing voice: “A misunderstanding?”

“Then tell me, what did I misunderstand?”

Sigh…

Ling Tian sighed, his clear eyes reflecting a light Ye Qingluo couldn’t quite comprehend.

He then spoke slowly, “Miss Qingluo, I’ve known Ziyuan since we were nine.”

“Ten years of friendship!”

“Heaven and earth can bear witness!”

Oh?

Ye Qingluo raised an eyebrow, her tone filled with sarcasm as she asked, “So, you’re saying you have no romantic feelings for Ziyuan?”

“Exactly!”

Ling Tian nodded without hesitation.

Humph!

Ye Qingluo snorted, visibly irritated, waving her hand dismissively.

“If that’s the case, then I may have been overthinking it.”

“You should leave, Master Ling Tian!”

“If you don’t go now, you’ll have only yourself to blame for what happens next!”

She issued her final warning.

She didn’t believe a word he said.

Ling Tian’s expression remained unchanged.

Instead, he took a bold step toward Ye Qingluo, meeting her icy gaze as he said,

“I want you to know…”

“While I may not have romantic feelings for Ziyuan, I do carry a guilty conscience!”

Guilty conscience?

What did he mean by that?

Ye Qingluo frowned, uncertain what he was getting at.

Seeing her reaction, Ling Tian knew this was his chance!

He took a deep, cool breath, closed his eyes, and spoke in a gentle tone, like a summer breeze: “Love springs unbidden, growing deeper and deeper!”

“Tell me, do you believe in love at first sight?”

“Have you ever loved someone you knew you shouldn’t… for 10 long years?”

Ye Qingluo’s beautiful brows knitted together.

Love at first sight? 10 years?

She didn’t understand a word he was saying.

She asked in a cold voice, “Ling Tian! If you have something to say, say it directly!”

Silence…

Ling Tian was quiet for a moment before opening his eyes and speaking in a low, calm tone, “I met Ziyuan when I was ten.”

“But, have you forgotten?”

“That was the year I also met you.”

“When we first crossed paths, when I first laid eyes on you…”

“I couldn’t look away.”

What!!!

Ye Qingluo’s cold, exquisite face showed a flash of shock, her pupils widening.

Was he… confessing to her?

Now, she understood!

She finally grasped what Ling Tian meant by his “guilty conscience!”

It turned out that the person he loved wasn’t Ye Ziyuan.

It was her—Ye Qingluo!

And he’d loved her for a whole decade!

Ling Tian was twenty, which meant…

He’d fallen for her at the age of ten?

Her mind buzzed with disbelief.

She had sensed something odd in the way he’d looked at her earlier, as if something had shifted in his gaze.

But she never would have guessed… that his filial affection had transformed into something more!

Leaning against the railing, she crossed her arms, her icy blue eyes fixed coldly on him.

Her lips, like rose petals, formed a frosty line as she scolded him, “…You… dare!”

“Ling Tian, how dare you!”

“Do you even know who I am?”

Under the bright moon, her breathtakingly beautiful, icy face was filled with cold fury.

Ling Tian was confessing to Ye Qingluo, and it was no mistake!

But, right now, she was Ye Qingluo!

Thousands of years ago, she’d ended the age of the gods, leading the demonic factions to suppress the divine path for millennia.

The Nine Forbidden Realms knelt before her, the Hundred Thousand Star Realms worshipped her as their ruler, and the gods and countless cultivators feared her!

And now, this frail young man dared… to harbor such thoughts about her!

Did he have a death wish?!

Ling Tian, watching Ye Qingluo’s reaction, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and spoke with a complex emotion in his voice, “Of course, I know who you are!!”

“You… are my friend’s mother!”