A dim candle stood on the table, its Dim Yellow Lamplight illuminating every corner of the room.
Xie Jinhuan had taken off his damaged outer robe and stood by the wall, looking around. Though the house looked ordinary from outside, its interior was quite refined. Dozens of famous paintings hung on the walls, all masterpieces by renowned artists from successive dynasties. In terms of value, they could probably rival Li Gongpu's study.
Besides these, the room displayed brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, and other scholarly collectibles, as well as unique surviving copies of books. Any scholar who saw them would surely be rooted to the spot, but Xie Jinhuan was a vulgar fellow. After looking around, only one thought surfaced in his mind:
What on earth had this spendthrift sister spent all her savings on...
And she still managed to enter the Fifth Realm. Who knew how much effort old man Ye had secretly put into propping her up...
As he pondered this, the door opened.
Creak~
Ye Yunchi came in carrying a blue-green robe and closed the door. "There aren't any men in the household. This belongs to a school tutor. Make do with it for now, and I'll go into town and buy you a new one later."
Xie Jinhuan turned to take the robe, smiling. "No need to go to all that trouble. It's not as though I'm going out to meet a prospective bride. Honestly, I could go without."
"What sort of behavior would that be, going without clothes..."
Though Ye Yunchi said this, a brief glance at Xie Jinhuan's flawless chest and abdominal muscles inevitably brought the purpose of this trip back to mind.
Her unexpected meeting with the birth father she had never seen before had shaken her deeply, but his explanation had, at least,