"Since that's the case, then thank you." Li said this just before Duanmu Rong pushed him out of the room.
The moment Li stepped outside and turned around, he came face to face with Shi Lan's delicate little face.
Li could not help but sigh inwardly. This girl Shi Lan was truly exquisitely beautiful. No matter how long he looked at her, he would still find her lovely.
"What are you looking at?" Seemingly unaccustomed to being stared at by Li like this, Shi Lan could not help turning her face away.
Li snapped back to his senses and awkwardly looked away. "Did anything happen today?"
"Nothing. Chu Zhong handled the palace affairs very well. Even those spies have been assigned by Chu Zhong to do odd jobs in the outer hall, so they cannot get anywhere near the inner hall." Shi Lan quickly composed herself. "With him here, I have it much easier too."
Li pondered for a moment before saying, "In that case, next time I leave the palace, I should bring you along. You have nothing much to do staying in the palace anyway, and with you by my side, I'll feel more at ease."
Li said it naturally, seemingly unaware of the effect those words had on Shi Lan.
With me by your side... do you really feel at ease?
Watching Li's departing back, Shi Lan quietly asked herself. A faint blush gradually spread across her fair little face, making her breathtakingly beautiful. Sadly, no one witnessed that sight.
The reason Li was in such a hurry to return to his room, rather than continuing his discussion with Shi Lan about the upcoming trip to the Yin-Yang School, was because he had sensed an unusual fluctuation from the system within his body.
To be honest, he