You look at the blood that splattered on the warrior's cheeks, the cold eyes that seemed detached to reality as he returned to you after protecting you, the crown princess, of another group of assassins.

His eyes immediately soften before you, though, not wanting to scare you. Hypocrite. Oh, he's a sinner. But you don't need to know that—you don't need to know that Jiang Cheng was also sent to kill you, to gain your trust and stab you in the back after.

But he's not planning to do that, at all. No, he changed his plans. How could he ever even think about hurting you, who's been nothing but gentle with everyone around you? It made his blood boil when he thought that he was almost deceived to kill such an innocent princess. That'd be the worst mistake of his life, that's for sure.

"I apologize, princess. None of them said anything, one even took his own lide instead of talking." He sighed, disappointed at his own incapacity of making the assassins spill the truth.