A Rare Beauty Among Mortals (Second Update)

It was only around seven in the evening. The lights were on inside, and shadows seemed to be moving about.

Just as Xia Chujian was about to lean closer to listen to the people inside, she saw someone walking toward the floor-to-ceiling windows.

She quickly retreated into a corner of the balcony, some distance from the half-open window.

The person who emerged from inside was a man who looked fairly refined, though his temples were gray and he was no longer young.

He was the older man from the photograph, so he was the father in that father-and-son pair? The man swiftly pulled up a Virtual Display Screen and began a Video Call.

Standing in that corner, Xia Chujian could clearly see the person displayed on his Virtual Display Screen.

For a moment, she was both shocked and bewildered.

Because she had never imagined it would be this person—her neighbor and teacher, Qiu Shenxing!

Xia Chujian's feelings were a tangled mess. She could not help recalling what irreconcilable grudge she had with Qiu Shenxing. It seemed to be that A Yuan had stolen his Heavenly Mist Lotus?

But there were still plenty of Heavenly Mist Lotus plants in the pond outside Qiu Shenxing's door. It was not some incredibly precious treasure...

Besides, Qiu Shenxing did not know that A Yuan from her family had stolen it, did he...? Xia Chujian instinctively felt that could not be it.

She pricked up her ears and listened to the Gray-Templed Man speak with Qiu Shenxing.

The man asked, "When do you plan to make your move?"

Qiu Shenxing said, "Have those people from the Lin Family passed the message along?"

The man answered with certainty, "They should have. That woman has been acting furtively these past few days, not daring to meet our