Lin Fan didn't know exactly how he felt, but he knew that the feelings inside him were complicated.
After spending several minutes standing there in a daze, he suddenly looked up into the sky and gave a sigh.
But still there was a determined look in his eyes as he had sorted out his emotions.
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The next morning, all of Lin Fan's friends and family had gathered at his store.
Today was the day that Lin Fan was leaving Snow Wind City, he had contacted them all last night to tell them what had happened.
His parents had been confused at first by this sudden decision, but still they accepted it in the end since they knew that it was something he had to do.
But this morning before they left the house, Lin Ao had specially dug up his old dagger from his adventuring days and gave it to Lin Fan.
He had said, "Even though I know that you won't be able to use this, I hope that you'll keep it with you so you know that we are always with you."
Lin Fan took it and carefully put it at his waist, he wanted to make sure that it would always be with him.
As for his little sister, she was actually acting colder than usual, but Lin Fan still had a gift for her.
He had given her a special pet and the two Mortal Coil Shedding Pills that he had received in the beginning from the system.
The special pet he gave her was an ice fairy type pet that had a single mutation.
Back when he had bred this pet in the shop, his first thought was to give it to his little sister since she needed something to protect herself with. Moreover, fairies were something that girls quite liked.
As for the two Mortal Coil Shedding Pills, they were pills that could push one through a level in their current realm, but it was only for lower cultivation realms like the Iron or Bronze Realms.
Lin Yue had been slowly working hard at her cultivation and had broken through to the Iron 8 Realm. The moment she used these two pills, she broke through the hardest bottlenecks in the Iron Realm and reached the Bronze Realm in a single night.
Moreover, these pills had an effect on strengthening the body of the user like the name implied, breaking free of the mortal coil.
As for why Lin Fan never used them, he had reached the Silver Realm in a single cultivation session and his physique had already shed his mortal coil, so he never would have received anything from these pills.
Lin Yue transformed in a single night, as her talent was nourished by these pills and she went from a normal genius to a monstrous genius.
Then there was the fairy, it was from the Ice Queen bloodline, so it was quite the proud pet. That was one of the reasons why Lin Fan didn't want it for himself.
When he had tried to approach it, all that he received was a turn of the head and a cold snort.
But after just a single night with Lin Yue, the Ice Queen looked much closer to her, even riding on her shoulder.
For some reason that Lin Fan wasn't aware of, when the Ice Queen looked at Lin Fan, there was a strange look in her eyes. It was almost like a kind of obsession. But Lin Fan thought that there was no way that this could be true, so he just threw this thought away.
At the shop, Lin Fan gave Momonga some instructions, but since Momonga was usually the one who was left behind to watch the shop, he was aware of what he should do.
Then there were the rest of his friends, or rather the brothers that he had made over this period. Murong Quan, Boss Gao and his team, and Wang Da Dong were all here to send him off.
They all gave him various things that they thought would aid him on his journey, such as maps, snacks, and different artifacts which he all accepted with words of gratitude.
When it finally came to Luo Qing's turn, Lin Fan's expression suddenly became a bit awkward. When he was facing her, he couldn't help thinking about what had happened yesterday.
Luo Qing acted like nothing had happened and just gave Lin Fan a good luck charm that she had made. She didn't say a single word on the topic during this entire time.
However, Lin Fan had already made up his mind yesterday, so he knew that he had to finish this before leaving.
Lin Fan took Luo Qing by the hand and brought her to the same alley as before.
Before walking out, he made sure to glare at everyone to make sure that they didn't follow them like Luo Qing had done yesterday.
When he brought her to the alley, Luo Qing lowered her head as a blush came over it, but there was also a bit of nervousness in her heart since she knew that there was the chance that she would be rejected.
At first Lin Fan didn't say anything because now that he was in this situation, he was hesitating over the decision he made. But after calming himself down, he knew that his decision was correct.
Lin Fan didn't say anything, as he directly lowered his head and bowed down to Luo Qing. Only when he finished did he say, "I'm sorry, I can't accept your feelings."
Luo Qing was only stunned at first, even forgetting to react, but soon she couldn't stop the tears that swelled in her eyes. She just looked at him with those tear filled eyes as she asked, "Can I ask why at least?"
Lin Fan didn't raise his head as he said, "There's someone else that I like, that is why I can't accept your feelings."
He didn't know when these feelings had started to appear, maybe they were there from the beginning, from the first moment he saw her and he had just been trying to ignore them until now.
But after being incited by Luo Qing, he had no choice but to face these feelings. He had to admit that this was what he felt and there was no changing it.
In his heart, there was that figure with jet black hair and snow white skin, the one with six wings on her back.
Luo Qing couldn't say anything in response to this. She just nodded and walked away.
Lin Fan knew that he had broken her heart, but he couldn't deny what he felt in the end…
When the two of them came back to the shop, Luo Qing had finally stopped crying, but her eyes were red and puffy.
Lin Fan's mother and her father quickly came over, but she ignored her father and dove into Lin Fan's mother's embrace.
The two of them quickly moved off to the side.
Angela came over and lightly punched Lin Fan in the arm, but she didn't do anything beyond that.
While she would normally be dense, she was surprisingly sharp this time and had guessed most of what had happened, but she had also accepted it.
Just like with Lin Fan, being incited by Luo Qing had forced her to accept her feelings as well and now she knew just how she felt.
Just like with Lin Fan, she didn't know when this started, but she just enjoyed the feeling of being by his side.
Now that this matter had been taken care of, Lin Fan and Angela headed off on their adventure.
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In a corner of the store, Yue Qingrou was comforting Luo Qing.
When she learned about what had happened between the two of them, she couldn't help clicking her tongue.
Sure Angela was good, but Xiao Qing was also a good daughter in law.
As a mother, naturally she wanted the best for her son and if he could have both, that would have been for the best.
But her son was foolish enough to let such a good girl go, she really had to teach him a lesson.
Yue Qingrou patted Luo Qing's hand as she tried to comfort her, "It's alright, it's alright. Xiao Qing, that boy is just a bit dense. Just give him some time and he'll eventually learn. In the future, if he dares do anything like this again, I'll be sure to spank him!"
Luo Qing tried to smile at this, but she just couldn't bring herself to do so.
She knew that it was all over with this confession.
Lin Fan was not someone who was destined to stay in a small place like this, if she couldn't move his heart now, she would never be able to move his heart.
On the side, Murong Quan just watched silently as a complicated gaze filled his eyes. He knew that he had to grow up and he made a vow that he would.