Will You Come Again?

"Things are so lively outside, yet you were nowhere to be seen. I guessed you must have hidden in here again."

A woman slowly approached from the doorway. Her features were delicate and beautiful, her manner graceful and dignified. She was learned and sensible, carrying the air of a well-bred young lady.

Lu Feng peered through a gap in the curtain and could not help but stare in shock.

That woman was none other than Chu Youwei, with whom he had once shared an intimate, tender encounter.

"Could it really be such a coincidence?!" Lu Feng recalled what he had seen on the stone bridge yesterday. Thinking of those words, "I'm sorry for your brother," a sudden speculation surfaced in his mind, and an inexplicable sense of guilt welled up in his heart.

Lin Xiaojin had already returned to the main hall. Though the tears at the corners of her eyes had stopped, the redness in her eyes could not conceal the fact that she had been crying.

Chu Youwei naturally noticed. The smile on her face instantly froze as she hurried over and took Lin Xiaojin's hand, asking with concern, "Xiaojin, what happened? Did Gongsun Che and his lot come here to make trouble again?"

Her words carried unmistakable indignation and disgust.

"Youwei, I'm fine." Lin Xiaojin forced a bitter smile and casually explained, "I just miss Brother Li Yun a little."

Chu Youwei then noticed the table beside them. Seeing the cups and dishes arranged upon it as though for an offering, she could not help feeling sorrowful. She consoled her, "Brother Li Yun is only missing. Perhaps..."

Lin Xiaojin shook her head. "It has been three years. If he were still alive, he should have returned long ago. I won't wait anymore. I won't wait anymore."

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