Watching the other party's retreating back, Liu Ruyan said nothing. She looked once more at the divorce letter, its bloody handprint still as glaring as ever.
No anger, no fury—Liu Ruyan's face was utterly calm, as though she had long anticipated all of this...
There was no notification that the engagement had been dissolved, nor any indignation at being repudiated. Liu Ruyan was exceptionally quiet at this moment, giving off an intensely contradictory feeling...
"Something's off. Not just off—twelve kinds of off..." Watching Liu Ruyan's calm expression, Mo Shang suddenly felt that he could not see through her at all.
She gently folded the divorce letter and tucked it into her robes. Then Liu Ruyan raised her head to look at Xiao Chen, the Xiao Family Patriarch, and said:
"Uncle Xiao, I apologize to you for what happened today. I heard that you carry an old injury from your younger years. Please accept this sixth-grade Spring Renewal Pill..."
With that, Liu Ruyan took out a jade box and gently placed it on the table beside her.
"Niece Ruyan..." Xiao Chen looked at Liu Ruyan with a complicated expression. His lips moved, but in the end, nothing came out.
"Now that this matter is settled, we shall take our leave..."
After leaving behind the pill, Liu Ruyan had no intention of lingering. She rose, bowed to Xiao Chen, and headed outside.
Seeing this, Mo Shang and Jiang Ruoxue also stood up and followed her out of the Xiao Family.
The three walked down the street, the clamorous cries around them ringing in their ears. Yet the atmosphere was somewhat heavy, so quiet it felt stifling.
"Do you think what I said just now was too much..." After a long while, Liu Ruyan spoke again and asked Mo Shang and Jiang Ruoxue.