Reentering the Heavenly Tomb

"Wouldn't it be stranger not to worry at a time like this?"

Xun Er glanced at her father and smiled sweetly.

"...But."

Before Gu Yuan could answer, Xun Er spoke up herself. "But Brother Xiao Yan is exceptionally gifted, and Yao Wan is with him. Naturally, nothing serious could happen."

"Putting Xiao Yan aside for now... you seem quite at ease about Yao Wan too."

Her father's words made the corners of Xun Er's lips twitch slightly, and a trace of bewilderment surfaced in her eyes.

"Didn't you always dislike her? Why are you so reassured about her?"

Gu Yuan could not help but ask with a faint smile, his tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"It seems Xun Er does not simply dislike her."

"Ahem... Father is overstating things. What dislike or not dislike... the die has been cast. What is there left to say?"

Xun Er forced herself to remain calm, coughing softly as she briefly sorted through her thoughts before speaking.

"But from what I see, you do not entirely seem like someone who had no choice but to accept it. I imagine you had prepared yourself for this long ago, hadn't you?"

Gu Yuan sighed. After all, these were his daughter's private feelings. Even as her father, it was not appropriate for him to say too much. That was also why he had not interfered much when the Heavenly Tomb had first opened.

Xun Er fell silent. After a moment, she sighed. "That is why I sometimes envy her."

"Envy?"

Gu Yuan gave a soft sound of surprise. As the Young Miss of the Gu Clan, Xun Er's resources, status, and identity were all superior to those of Yao Wan, who had once been the Young Miss of the Yao Clan. It would not have been