The Dragon Palace was vast, but without a beauty, it lost a measure of its color.
Jiang Wang had already slipped away; once Ye Qingyu left as well, the space beside Huang Sheli seemed even emptier.
A flourishing age of romance... always scattered by wind and rain!
She was thoroughly displeased. She shot Zhongshan Weisun a fierce glare and gave an order with her chin.
Even while away from home, Zhongshan Weisun was a man who cared about his face. Smiling, he said to those beside him, "Huang Sheli insists that I sit over there. Whenever a great battle is at hand, she needs me to clear up her confusion... Please forgive the spectacle."
Then he slunk over dejectedly, adding some human warmth to fill the vacant spot.
Xu Xiangan and Zhao Wuyan sat in the seats nearby, but neither had spoken for some time.
More precisely, Xu Xiangan, who had been chattering nonstop, had fallen silent the moment Bai Yuxia entered the hall.
Zhao Wuyan glanced at him and softly asked, "You and Jiang Wang are close friends too. Why didn't you go have a look?"
"I didn't understand before..." Xu Xiangan lowered his head, which had always been held high. "So this was the gift Jiang Wang had prepared! He even thought of a senior sister he wasn't familiar with, yet it never occurred to me. Ha, I'm truly stupid!"
Seeing him like this, Zhao Wuyan unconsciously softened her voice. "I'm sorry. I deliberately stopped you and didn't let you fulfill your duty as a friend."
In the past, whenever they were together, no matter what happened or whose fault it was, Xu Xiangan had always been the one to apologize first and seek reconciliation. After all this time, this was the first time Zhao Wuyan had said