"By the way, I saw Xin Xia at Zhejiang Academy a while back. She seemed happy. How are things between you two?"
Hoping to lift Mo Xie's spirits, Ye Chang steered the conversation toward something lighter and asked with a smile.
Mo Xie understood what she was trying to do. Besides, he had more or less pulled himself together, so he answered.
"You don't have to worry about Xin Xia. I'm taking care of her, and things are good between us. Aunt Ye, don't you want to meet her properly?"
Ye Chang fell silent for a moment. A complicated look crossed her beautiful eyes before she shook her head with a helpless smile and sighed.
"Now isn't the time. To be honest, I've let Xin Xia down. I adopted her, but I truly treated her like my own daughter. With things the way they are for me, it wouldn't be good to keep her by my side."
Mo Xie suddenly remembered something Asharuiya had said. He looked at Ye Chang's breathtaking face and asked,
"Aunt Ye, you really have never been married? Don't you plan to find a man?"
The moment he finished speaking, Ye Chang reached out and pinched his cheek. Her gentle smile remained, but a chill seemed to spread around her, making him shiver.
"What, are you disappointed that your aunt has never even had a boyfriend?"
"N-no, of course not..."
"Hmph. So far, no man has caught my eye. I'm quite comfortable on my own. But..."
At that, Ye Chang lowered her gaze to Mo Xie. A captivating smile touched her lips as she rubbed his cheek and said meaningfully,
"When I find a man I like, I'll tell you."
"If you run into trouble, you can go to Meng'e. She mentioned the Parthenon Temple, didn't