In the silence, Yu Sui saw a figure emerge from the curtain of rain. Mei Chengyu walked with steady steps, his face gradually coming into focus in the night.
He took off his bloodstained white outer robe and draped it over his arm. He seemed to be thinking about something, his expression somewhat absentminded. When he saw Yu Sui, light gathered in his dark eyes.
Yu Sui's fingertip skimmed across the ruler's surface, and she ended the transmission.
"Why are you waiting outside?" Mei Chengyu asked when he came closer.
"I'm not waiting for you," Yu Sui said.
Mei Chengyu wondered to himself if she was still angry.
"Next time something like this happens, I promise I'll tell you first." Mei Chengyu paused, then added, "You might not worry about me, but I really would be afraid of making you worry."
"Why wouldn't I worry?" Yu Sui stared at him. "Can't I worry about you as your junior martial sister?"
"Is that so?" Mei Chengyu countered. "Were you worried tonight as my junior martial sister?"
He stared into those beautiful almond eyes before him. When she lied, there wasn't the slightest crack in her composure.
Yu Sui didn't avert her gaze. "Is that not allowed?"
Mei Chengyu answered firmly. "There's no need."
Yu Sui pressed her lips together. "If you don't even need the bond between senior and junior martial siblings between us, then what?"
Mei Chengyu understood what she meant.
Maybe Yu Sui would never like him in this lifetime, never develop romantic feelings for him beyond the affection between fellow disciples. If he couldn't have things his way, did he not even want the bond they shared as senior and junior martial siblings?
Mei Chengyu looked serious. Without hesitation, he answered, "I don't."
Yu Sui watched him quietly