Fang Yuan leaned back slightly, looking toward the sky again.
"I remember telling you to trust me once. I said, 'I'll jump down first. When I call for you, jump.'"
He turned his gaze back to her, voice softening.
"And you nodded. Obedient at least," he teased.
"So I jumped, grabbed a hanging vine, and swung into a small cave I used as shelter. When I was about to call you to jump…"
He chuckled and shook his head. "You'd already jumped."
Zhaoyue gasped softly, one hand over her mouth.
"You just leapt," Fang Yuan said, amusement and awe blending in his tone.
"Didn't wait for my signal.. I remember seeing you fall past me like a streak of light, and my mind went blank. I thought, 'Is this kid crazy!?' before I also instinctively just jumped after you."
He paused, his smile softening into something quieter, gentler. "That was the first time I realized how reckless you were… and the day I labelled you as crazy."
