Song Qingshu froze. His attention had been entirely on Li Wan just now, so he had not noticed anyone outside. Looking toward the voice, he saw a dignified middle-aged man standing at the door. Who else could it be but Jia Sidao?
"How could it be you?" Jia Sidao's face showed surprise when he recognized Li Wan. Clearly, he had not expected to see her.
His gaze swiftly swept around the room. Seeing no other women there, Jia Sidao reacted quickly and immediately regained his stern expression. With a cold snort, he asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I..." Li Wan stammered, unable to speak. As a widow, she was in another young man's bedroom in the middle of the night, drenched in sweat. If she claimed she had merely come to ask about her sister's whereabouts, who would believe her?
Jia Sidao's eyes swept over her. Noticing his daughter-in-law's disheveled hair and utterly rumpled clothes, along with the flush now covering a face that usually lacked color, his expression immediately darkened like charcoal.
Unable to bear seeing Li Wan so embarrassed, Song Qingshu smiled and broke the awkward silence. "Prime Minister Jia, what brings you to see me so late at night?"
Jia Sidao slowly walked in and said to Li Wan, "You come in too. Close the door."
Li Wan had always been somewhat afraid of this father-in-law of hers, and with her guilty conscience now, she naturally did not dare object. She obediently shut the door again and stood to one side, her fingers hidden in her sleeves constantly twisting the sash of her skirt as her heart pounded with unease.
Only then did Jia Sidao look at Song Qingshu. "I received Prince with the courtesy due an honored guest, yet Prince bullied my daughter-in-law. Is that