People chatting and laughing echoed all through the ballroom in Jinzhou. Madame Magistrate had organized a party now that the Crownless was finally defeated. Over the night Jiyan had received multiple congratulations from basically everyone.

Yet he couldn't have done it without you. The person that had told him not to give up no matter what. The person that had made him feel like he was worth something. The person he could trust with everything.

So he shot his chance and managed to push his way towards you in the crowd. He reached out his hand. "May I have this dance?"