Seeing Lin Yue agree so readily, Shen He was secretly delighted, but the uneasy feeling in his heart did not completely fade.
What pleased him was that, in his eyes, her agreeing so easily meant that the bond they had shared had not been completely severed.
But that bond probably went no further than this—let alone Lin Yue, even he himself no longer felt much of what he had back when they were in Spark. Lei Song and Zhang Shinian were already gone. Only he and Lin Yue remained. Shen He could not let it go, and Lin Yue was likely the same.
So he did not bring up anything else. He could hardly rely on his former status as leader to ask her to hand District Six over for him to manage, could he? Just thinking about it, he knew it was unrealistic... Besides, he was already on another track. The Forgotten were his new foundation.
"Then let's leave it at that for now?"
After roughly going over the details of the plan with Lin Yue, he rose to take his leave. "I'm grateful that you're still willing to stand with me. As for everything else... once this is over, we can talk slowly?"
"...Sure."
Lin Yue forced a smile and had someone see him out. She herself sat blankly in the chair Xu Shi had used that day.
Only when she came back to herself did she remember that there were many things she had not asked Shen He—what had he gone through these past days? How had he returned after leaving? Even some of the details concerning the Forgotten...
Had she overlooked them? Or was it...
When she examined her own heart, she realized that at some point, matters concerning Shen He had seemingly become insignificant to