What Was Found!

It had been so long. Even the last time he had secretly run off, he had not been gone this long. Honestly, why had he not come back yet?

Dan Miao sat there, staring ahead, but her mind was elsewhere. She had no idea what her eyes were looking at; she was only thinking about how long Ren Jie had been gone. Usually, when she was busy refining potions, she did not notice it. But today, after suddenly stopping and chatting with Sister Wen for a few words, she learned that a year and a half had already passed. Before she knew it, she had fallen into another daze.

"All right, I'm done over here. I just received news from Xiaobao. He'll be here soon..." Wen Shiyu raised her head after dealing with a pile of matters and began speaking to Dan Miao, only to discover that Dan Miao had already wandered beyond the clouds. She rested her chin on her hand and looked this way, yet no one knew what she was thinking about.

Wen Shiyu rose and walked over. Standing before her, she smiled and waved a hand in front of Dan Miao's eyes, only to find that Dan Miao did not even blink. She gave no response whatsoever.

Seeing the sweet smile that occasionally surfaced at the corners of her lips, along with her occasional soft sighs, Wen Shiyu could not help but feel the same. Was she any different? When she was busy, it was somewhat better. But the moment she stopped, she would always think of Ren Jie—think of everything they had experienced together, every little detail, every movement he made.

So Wen Shiyu could only fill her time with work, leaving herself no time to think about such things. She knew that Dan Miao,