"Brother Wang, are you really not worried?"
Seeing Brother Wang acting as though nothing had happened, the young man beside him could not help but speak up.
"Qingzhi has always been my younger sister. If she is happy and has found a home for herself, then I should fulfill her wishes."
"And this time, you came looking for me so openly and in such a rush. I seriously doubt what your original intention truly is."
The young man in white drained the tea in his cup in one gulp. As he looked at the young man before him, a trace of hostility flashed through his eyes.
"Brother Wang, wasn't I just worried about you...?"
The young man waved a hand and grinned.
"I hope so."
The young man in white gave him a deep look before finally closing his eyes again.
Elsewhere, Ye Lin followed Gu Qingzhi into a great hall.
The moment he stepped inside, Ye Lin caught a rich fragrance.
It was not overpowering at all. Rather, the more he smelled it, the more comfortable he felt, as though his entire body had been soothed.
The hall was spacious and empty, with no particularly notable structures around it.
If there was anything special, it was the jade bed at the front of the hall.
White gauze veiled the jade bed, and through it, one could vaguely make out a woman lying within.
"Mother, I'm back."
Gu Qingzhi shed her former coldness and skipped toward the jade bed ahead.
"You little girl, no matter what Mother told you before, it never did any good. Why have you suddenly come to your senses this time?"
A lazy voice drifted from within the jade bed, carrying a hint of fondness beneath its languor.
The next moment, the white gauze around the