Return to Sunset Forest

Zhu Zhuqing halted and slowly turned her head.

Zhu Zhuyun was leaning against a corridor pillar not far away, her arms crossed as she watched Zhu Zhuqing with leisurely composure.

A dazzling smile covered Zhu Zhuyun's face, brimming with delight and undisguised schadenfreude.

Watching Zhu Zhuqing's expression turn cold in an instant, Zhu Zhuyun's pleasure nearly overflowed. She had never expected it, never in a million years—Dai Mubai had actually run away!

It was like a pie falling from the sky and knocking her senseless.

"When I first heard the news, I thought I'd misheard."

Zhu Zhuyun approached with elegant steps. Her voice was not loud, yet it carried clearly to Zhu Zhuqing's ears, laced with the chill of a snake flicking its tongue.

"Dai Mubai, the third prince of our Star Luo Empire, one of its hopes for the future, actually just ran away? He fled Star Luo City overnight like a frightened rabbit? Ha ha, hahahaha..."

At last, she could no longer hold it in and let out a soft laugh. It rang like silver bells, yet was icy to the bone.

"My dear little sister, how do you feel now? Especially disappointed? Especially desperate?"

Zhu Zhuyun stopped before Zhu Zhuqing, bent slightly, and leaned close to her ear, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"Your only hope is gone. He's now a complete and utter coward, a deserter! And you, his fiancée, have become the laughingstock of all Star Luo City!"

Zhu Zhuqing's hand at her side curled slightly, her nails digging into her palm and bringing a faint sting.

Yet her face remained expressionless. She merely raised her eyes and looked coldly at Zhu Zhuyun, who stood so close.

That gaze was too calm, as still as a pool of dead