Seventh floor of the hotel, night had fallen deep.
The lantern festival in Star Luo City had just ended, and the entire city was gradually quieting down.
By the window facing the street, a frail young girl hugged her knees, her lonely gaze fixed on the distance.
That was the direction of home.
"Mom..."
Huo Yutong gazed at the city outside and murmured softly.
When she was little, she had foolishly clamored for a father. Her mother had secretly taken her away from the Duke's Mansion and brought her to Star Luo City once.
Back then, the mother and daughter had no money and slept on the streets, but she still remembered how bright the starry sky had been.
In truth, she and her mother could have left the Duke's Mansion, but her mother could not let go of that man. She endured the humiliation and stayed there, hoping he would remember her again someday.
Her mother had been a foolish woman. And that was precisely why she hated the man who had betrayed her mother so deeply.
Couldn't he have come back to take even one look?
"Miss, would you be interested in taking a nighttime ride with me?"
Suddenly, a smiling voice came from outside the window.
Huo Yutong abruptly looked up and saw a familiar figure sitting on the edge of the eaves outside her window, moonlight illuminating his handsome face.
"Third Brother!"
Huo Yutong cried in surprise.
Jiang Yi gave a light leap, dropping down from above and jumping into the room. He reached out and ruffled her head.
"I noticed you'd been distracted all day. Missing your mother?"
He had noticed from the moment they entered the city that the little girl had been unusually downcast.
Huo Yutong had always been strong—perhaps even a little