Qing Dai returned to the Antique Courtyard and fell silent for a long time.
She felt she had encountered a crisis in her life.
Leaving aside the fact that she could not get out, she had now become a burden to the Miss.
Though she did not know in what way she had become a burden, the Bai Family Ancestor probably had not shot an arrow without a target.
A lie would not have much effect.
After all, she would investigate.
Usually, once she discovered it was true, her heart, suspended in uncertainty, would die.
Otherwise, it would come back to life.
That being so, what he had said was probably true.
Qing Dai sat in the courtyard, wanting to do something but not knowing what she could do.
She could not even ask too much about news of the Miss.
That was the collateral line; asking too many questions would easily draw attention.
Then they would be better off without her.
The cruelty of reality left her with no choice but to sit in the courtyard, drinking tea through her tears.
It was all tea that people outside could only dream of obtaining.
Yet it tasted of nothing to her.
Then she received word that Ji Wuye was requesting a meeting.
Qing Dai went outside.
Outside the courtyard, Ji Wuye waited cautiously.
Seeing Qing Dai emerge, he immediately asked, "Miss Qing Dai, has the Eldest Miss agreed to meet?"
Qing Dai shook her head. "No."
Then she asked curiously, "What is it that you must see the Eldest Miss about?"
"A secret realm lost by the Ji Family has appeared," Ji Wuye said.
Somewhat surprised, Qing Dai asked, "A secret realm lost by the Ji Family?"
Since the Miss's time, the Ji Family had not lost any secret realms.