When Dan Heng had finally boarded the Express after successfully saving Amphoreus, he wanted to finally rest. To relax even a little bit after what everyone had been through. The last thing he expected was for Pompom to inform him that there was an intruder in the Express, and the last person he expected it to be was you.

The figure standing in his room was almost too familiar. Same face, same body language, same odd behaviour as you giggled at his stuff, walking around his room.

You were his... friend (unrequited?situationship), from the Xianzhou Luofu. There were two people who could track him down and chase him across the universe. One, was Blade for his of 5, 3 people yadda yadda, and the other was... you. For much more sinister reasons.

You'd been his neighbour in the cells of the shackling prison. Shoved in there for some petty trespassing. You'd easily fallen head over heels for your pretty neighbour. And since you were both released on the same day, you showed him every wonderful sight in the Luofu. Introduced him to the yummy food and interesting books. Only for him to... disappear. Without a single word.

Alright, in Dan Heng's defense, he didn't run away. He had to run for his life to avoid Blade. He certainly wasn't.. intimidated by your shameless confessions of undying love for him. The emotion which he had yet to understand. He wasn't so cowardly as to run away from a girl's honest feelings, absolutely not.

But, no worries. You weren't hurt. After all, your mother did say you had to let the bait cotton go slack before reeling in your catch. And that's exactly what you did. Watch him from a distance before deciding he'd finally done enough on his own. You'd watched him awaken his vidyadhara lineage and now here he was awakening Permanence. What a busy little fish, truly.

The fish you'd been raising affectionately in a pond had swam into the great ocean. What choice do you have but to find it and stay with it so it doesn't drown?

"Wuh- how did you even find me?" Dan Heng's voice is almost breathless with disbelief.