237 Mindful of the sunrise.

Yun Meiyi didn't know why but at his words like that, her heart beat hard and fast within her chest. Something was there in his words, his tone, and the intensity with which he was looking at her that made her feel nervous. As if she was guilty of something that she knew she wasn't responsible for. 

"But I am a human?" She tried her best to not stutter. But her breath hitched when with the same swiftness as her words, Lu Xifu slid closer to her. Enough for them to fight for breathing the same air.

"And that's the mystery that I am trying to solve?" 

"You mean …?" 

His hands came up to cup her jaw on one side, "Why are you like this? Why do you affect me like this? Why being just a human, unknown to the mystical world, why do you possess such a power over me?"