By the time he finished tutoring Yao Yue, it was already the latter half of the night. Ignoring Yao Yue's attempts to make him stay, Xiao Fan resolutely walked out of the room.
Just as Xiao Fan was hesitating over whether to return to his own room, he saw a slightly desolate figure standing alone in the corridor beneath the moonlight.
The wind lifted the ends of her hair. It was as though she had been waiting for a long time, yet also as though they had happened to meet by chance.
The bright moonlight spilled over that equally bewitching face, but those peach-blossom eyes, which should have been hazy and alluring, were filled with loneliness.
"Big Sister Ya Fei?"
Xiao Fan walked forward. Hearing his voice, Ya Fei turned back to look at him and forced out a smile. "Stinky little brother, why aren't you asleep so late?"
"That should be my line, Big Sister Ya Fei. Why aren't you resting this late?"
"You've even learned to talk back to your big sister now." Ya Fei's red lips parted lightly.
Only then did Xiao Fan notice that Ya Fei seemed to have put on makeup tonight. Even with only the faintest touch of powder, that flawlessly beautiful face was enough to captivate countless young men.
"Big Sister Ya Fei, is something on your mind?"
"What could possibly be on my mind? You, on the other hand, are going to leave again before long, aren't you?"
Xiao Fan was shocked by Ya Fei's meticulous powers of observation. He really was going to leave the Imperial Capital for the Black-Corner Region before long.
"Big Sister Ya Fei, you actually guessed it." Xiao Fan scratched his head awkwardly. Playing dumb once in a while was also a privilege of someone his age.