Time passed slowly.
As the sunlight outside slanted west, bathing the office in a pale golden glow, the last of Liu Ruyan's anticipation turned to irritation.
Fine!
That heartless little bastard really has no intention of making it up to me!
In that case...
I won't speak to him for the next seven days!
No.
Seven days might be a little too long...
Liu Ruyan frowned and thought it over.
Three days, then.
For the next three days, no matter what Jiang Che sends me, I absolutely won't reply right away!
I'll leave him waiting at least a few hours. That bastard needs to learn I'm not so easy to push around!
Once she had made up her mind, the restless frustration inside her finally eased a little.
She glanced at the documents she had finished processing and began gathering her things to return to the Liu Family estate.
Just then,
the phone beside her desk vibrated.
Liu Ruyan's eyes brightened.
She picked it up faster than usual.
But when she saw what was on the screen, the hope that had just risen in her eyes gave way to utter disbelief.
It still wasn't a message from Jiang Che.
It was a trending video recommended by Yin Yue.
[Shocking! White Bone Adept Rekindles an Old Flame! This Time, It's His Own Founding Patriarch!]
The moment she read the title,
Liu Ruyan's fingers froze around her phone.
White Bone Adept?
Wasn't that the nickname netizens gave Chu Xuan?
Had that rogue Taoist stirred up more trouble after leaving the Liu Family estate?
Puzzled, Liu Ruyan opened the video.
It began
with an ancient mausoleum deep in a forested mountain.
Bright morning sunlight filtered through the dense canopy and fell upon an Ancient Bluestone Tomb that had been dug open.
Fresh soil