Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 219 Gu Yuena is jealous?

Zhang Lexuan continued to stare ahead, as if nothing had happened, but a charming blush quietly appeared on her fair and jade-like cheeks, and even her delicate earlobes became somewhat translucent.

Yin Chen smiled.

He didn't say anything, but instead took the slightly cold little hand in his own palm.
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Across the street not far away, inside a lavishly decorated jewelry store.

"Wow, this bracelet is so pretty, Gu Yue, look!"

"Susu, Luoluo, what do you think of these earrings?"

Ye Guyi, Gu Yuena, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo, four stunningly beautiful girls, each holding an ice cream cone, were enthusiastically selecting from a dazzling array of jewelry.

Suddenly, Ye Guyi glanced out the window and her eyes lit up.

"Huh? Isn't that Yin Chen? And next to him is... Senior Sister?"

Her voice was filled with surprise, and she subconsciously raised her voice.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena turned around and followed Ye Guyi's gaze, her eyes instantly locking onto the two figures walking side by side across the street.

Then, her gaze was fixed on those two...hands tightly clasped together.

"Snap—"

A crisp cracking sound rang out.

In Gu Yuena's fair and jade-like right hand, the cute bear-shaped ice cream cone shattered with a crack.

Cream and chocolate sauce mixed with bits of waffle cone, slipping through her fingers and dripping onto her pristine white sleeves, leaving a mess.

"Ah, Gu Yue, what's wrong?"

Hearing the sound, Ye Guyi quickly turned around and saw the terrible state of Gu Yuena's hands. She asked with concern.

"fine."

Gu Yuena slowly released her grip, letting the sticky fragments fall to the ground.

Her voice remained flat, devoid of any emotion, as if what had just happened was a trivial matter.

"My hand slipped."

"Oh? What a pity, this flavor is quite delicious. I'll go buy you another one."

Ye Guyi said with a regretful expression, completely unaware of the strange atmosphere.

When she subconsciously turned around again, wanting to see Yin Chen and Zhang Lexuan again, the two had already disappeared from the street.

The Lan sisters, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, exchanged a glance.

The two sisters simultaneously gave Gu Yuena a strange look as she slowly and deliberately wiped her fingers with a handkerchief, her face expressionless.

Then, he looked at Ye Guyi, who was still lamenting over an ice cream, with an expression as if she were an idiot.

This little angel...sometimes, she's actually kind of adorably silly.

Time is the best medicine for healing all wounds, and also the flowing water that washes everything away.

The controversy surrounding the second-grade promotion exam eventually subsided with the passage of time.

The trainees' lives returned to normal.

On the training ground in the early morning, the uniform shouts still echoed. In the Soul Master Battle Zone, the light and roar of colliding Soul Skills rose and fell. In the Simulation Training Ground, the students were sweating in various simulated environments.

Everything was as usual, filled with the unique, vibrant, and competitive atmosphere that belongs to Shrek Academy.

However, beneath this seemingly calm surface, Yin Chen keenly sensed an undercurrent of discord.

He discovered that Gu Yuena had changed.

Or rather, her attitude towards herself changed. She became... colder.

This coldness was different from her usual innate aloofness and detachment.

It was a deliberate indifference.

Yin Chen was initially confused.

He carefully reviewed the recent events and was certain that he had not offended the Silver Dragon Princess anywhere.

One afternoon, on the tree-lined path back to his dormitory, he was caught red-handed by Ye Guyi, who was in a great hurry.

"Silver Dust".

Ye Guyi stood with her hands on her hips, her bright eyes burning with the fire of gossip.

“I’m asking you, tell me the truth. A few days ago, I saw you and Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan from the Inner Court shopping in Shrek City. You...you were even holding hands.”

"Ok?"

Yin Chen was taken aback, then recalled the scene from that day.

"Stop 'uh-huh' and tell me, did you two...do that?"

Ye Guyi winked and gave a knowing look.

Yin Chen looked at her like that and was about to explain when a flash of lightning seemed to strike his mind, instantly connecting all the fragmented clues.

Gu Yuena's sudden change in attitude...

It turned out to be the case.

Yin Chen suddenly realized.

Gu Yuena... is she jealous?

This conclusion struck Yin Chen as absurd and perplexing.

He admitted that he did have a special interest in Gu Yuena, but in their daily interactions, he believed that he maintained a considerable distance in his words and actions, and at most, he only communicated with her a little more than he did with others, based on their friendship.

I didn't really flirt with this aloof Silver Dragon King, did I?
Isn't this favorability rating rising a little too fast?
It happened so fast that it caught him off guard.

Yin Chen was unaware that what he perceived as distance was, in Gu Yuena's world, the only true intimacy.

What he didn't know was that the source of the affection he couldn't understand wasn't any verbal flirting or behavioral gestures, but rather a deeper, more primal resonance at the level of the soul.

Who is Gu Yuena?
She is the benevolent half of the Dragon God, a god-king who once stood at the pinnacle of the universe, and now the soul beast ruler who has endured humiliation and taken human form.

In this Douluo Continent, she is alone.

This kind of loneliness is not the kind of solitude that ordinary people can understand.

It is a kind of absolute loneliness that comes from standing on a mountaintop, looking down at all living beings, only to find that there is no one like you.

She can easily control countless elements and overlook the birth, aging, sickness, and death of mortals, but she cannot integrate into them.

She was like a traveler wearing ill-fitting clothes, walking on a bustling street that felt completely out of place.

Every smile, every conversation, is like looking through a thick layer of glass—real, yet illusory.

Yin Chen was the only person who could make her feel that cracks were appearing on the glass.

He is a time traveler.

Even though he has a new identity, a new life, and companions and friends in this world, the sense of alienation deep in his soul from the world, and the detached look that occasionally slips out unintentionally, as if he is observing a drama, cannot be completely concealed.

This loneliness, rooted deep within the soul and not belonging to this world, can deceive anyone but Gu Yuena, who is the same.

In her eyes, Yin Chen's talent, strength, and even his mysterious time-based martial soul were not what attracted her the most.

(End of this chapter)