When the car returned to Gu Garden, it was already three in the afternoon.
Li Wei dashed upstairs, eager to show off the treasure she had just obtained to Gu Jinzhi.
She had already tried it in the car.
Although the four lotus seeds were not yet mature, they could already respond to her will and manifest outside her body.
Li Wei controlled the four small red, white, gold, and black orbs of light, making them circle above her head or behind her back.
One moment she was cosplaying the Sage of Six Paths, and the next she was cosplaying Kael'thas. She found it tremendously amusing.
However, after circling the upstairs floor, she still did not see any sign of Gu Jinzhi.
Only after asking the servants did she learn that he had not returned at all.
Did it really take that long to resign?
Her heart felt inexplicably empty, but she simply attributed it to her disappointment at being unable to show off her new toy and did not think any further.
With no one to amuse her, Li Wei found herself with nothing to do.
She opened her computer, intending to play a few rounds, but even with the mouse in her hand, she could not bring herself to click the familiar icon.
Instead, she watched some short videos, mechanically swiping across the screen. None of their content registered in her mind.
In the end, she wandered onto the terrace, rested her chin on her folded arms, and leaned against the railing in a daze.
An hour passed like that. It was already after four in the afternoon when her phone suddenly rang.
The caller ID read—Yun Xi.
Why is she calling me?
Li Wei was puzzled, but she still swiped to answer.
"What is it?"
"Come out