The car drove out of Jiang Family Manor, soon merging onto the highway and speeding toward the imperial capital.
Li Wei leaned against the seatback. The oppressive gloom that had clogged her chest earlier seemed to disperse quite a bit as the car moved.
She rested against the window, feeling the faint bumps along the road. Her mind involuntarily replayed scenes from her memories in the Inverted Domain.
On the Ninth Layer... she really had passed out.
If Gu Jinzhi had not gotten her out of that ghastly place, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
She might truly have capsized in the gutter.
Faced with the person who had saved her life, she could not keep wearing such a sour face, could she?
As a person, she still had to repay kindness.
Li Wei silently admonished herself.
Before returning to the Gu Family, she had to break the ice.
The Gu Family still had spies from the Jiang Family...
How could she know that Liang Qiushi's "plan" had already shattered all over the ground, the kind that could not be pieced back together?
As for the Jiang Family... they were beset by trouble now. How could they have the spare time to pay attention to the love-hate entanglement between Gu Jinzhi and "Jiang Xue"?
Having made up her mind, Li Wei took a deep breath and slightly sorted out her somewhat chaotic thoughts before turning her head, preparing to speak.
Unexpectedly, the moment she turned, she happened to crash into Gu Jinzhi's pair of clear, cold, fathomless eyes.
He seemed to have looked over at the same time, his lips slightly parted as though he was about to say something.
Their eyes met, and both of them froze for a moment. The words they had prepared became stuck in