"Brother~"
A familiar call came from not far away.
The taut string in Lu Feng's heart suddenly slackened, and the awkwardness on his face eased as well.
Lin Xiaowan's arrival naturally defused the embarrassment at hand.
Su Huaijin seemed unwilling to let others see her aggrieved, tear-streaked appearance. Without even offering a proper farewell, she headed off into the distance in another direction.
Lin Xiaowan walked over, her face full of suspicion. "Brother~ Why did Senior Sister Su leave in such a hurry? And how did you end up together with Senior Sister Su?"
Lu Feng answered casually, "I happened to run into her while coming to find Elder Gongxi."
"Just happened to?" Lin Xiaowan glanced at the departing Su Huaijin, a trace of deeper meaning in her eyes. Slowly, she said, "Brother~ You should keep a little distance from her in the future."
"Why?" Lu Feng asked, puzzled.
Lin Xiaowan hesitated for a moment before lowering her voice. "I used to quite like Senior Sister Su too, but I heard Senior Sister Xu mention by chance that, after that family banquet, Senior Sister Su had sent someone to secretly inquire about our Lin Family."
Lu Feng frowned slightly. "Why was she asking about that? To see whether I had really lost my memories?"
"I'm afraid it's more than that." Lin Xiaowan said displeasedly, "I suspect that after seeing you cause such a scene at the Qin Family Banquet and yet emerge unscathed afterward, she became curious about what you had to rely on. It's even possible that she's after the secret treasure guarded by our Lin Family."
Lu Feng fell silent. Thinking of Su Huaijin's pitifully aggrieved appearance from earlier, he could not bear to believe it. "Could you be overthinking this?"
Lin Xiaowan hooked her arm around Lu