Chapter 65: Stifling

The bustling crowd gradually dispersed. Inside the ancestral Buddhist hall, heavy sandalwood incense permeated the air, and the lamplight cast eerie, flickering shadows. Zuo Li, dressed in plain white mourning attire, knelt upon a woven rush mat.

"Your Highness, please do not overthink this. The Crown Prince is simply overwhelmed with affairs of the court."

Yulan knelt beside Zuo Li, cautiously observing her expression. The room was deathly quiet, serene and solemn, while the jade Guanyin statue stood sternly upon the high altar.

Dim light poured down through the window, casting a pure and sacred white radiance upon the Guanyin statue above. However, Winnie was now entirely preoccupied with eating her candies, leaving her no time whatsoever to pester David.

Gu Qiao was certainly no great philanthropist. Before immigrating, Lin Wu had been a wandering street urchin who traveled from place to place in search of various ingredients, completely devoted to the culinary arts yet possessing zero wealth. The money for his immigration had been bought on credit, and when combined with the capital required to open the restaurant, all of these expenses had to be factored into the investment. Consequently, eighty percent of the shares in Lin Wu's "Otherworld Pavilion" belonged to Gu Qiao.

Apart from Choi Sulli herself, not a single person could muster a smile. Because she had grown far too accustomed to acting on sheer whim over the past two years, and during a previous incident when she lost her wallet, she had escalated the situation to such extremes that even her entertainment agency's managers could no longer control her. Who knew if she might suddenly lose her mind and pull off something completely unexpected?

"Little Piggy, will you keep me company and drink with me... Today, I... I got my heart broken." As I drank, amid the hazy blur, I seemed to catch sight once more of Lele, who had stayed by my side and comforted me two years ago.

Taking a deep breath, Baby was not wrong, because everything Baby said was the absolute truth. As for any awkwardness, there was a slight hint of it, but fortunately David and Melissa had already established their relationship, meaning David—having been unwittingly set up by Baby—was not overly flustered.

"Your way of thinking is far too morbid." Lee Yoo-jung shook her head continuously. She felt that Daisy Pessoa had suffered such a devastating blow that her brain had snapped, and she truly needed to undergo an evaluation in the psychiatric department.

This was precisely David's style, and this was the exact type of match David favored nowadays; he was performing exceptionally well.

Before long, they arrived outside Han Xuewei's doorstep. Tang Ning dropped her off and drove away by himself. Yet though he had departed, Han Xuewei's home instantly erupted into a lively commotion.

Returning to the Helsing Manor, the atmosphere bore no resemblance whatsoever to one overshadowed by the dark clouds of war. When she found Seras, the latter was fast asleep—a rare occurrence for her to fall asleep during the night, considering vampires were supposed to sleep during the day, or so they claimed.

The two of them strolled around for quite a while longer. By the time Gao Haotian called, they were standing before a massive pile of items, looking entirely at a loss.

The fact that these people could gather so much detailed information about them while stationed here spoke volumes about the underlying issues.

The number of times she had traveled to the capital during her early childhood could be counted on one hand. Much like her perception of Si Hanyu, Lin Xiao remained completely a stranger in her eyes.

Judging by this intention, they were clearly seeking to wash away their humiliation, and were prepared to dispatch even stronger and more formidable experts across to the Tianxuan Continent once again.

"Heh, don't touch me today," Luosang said, pretending to glare at him in mock anger as she slipped into her slippers and walked toward the beach.

"Thank you. Then we shall see each other when the time comes. I'll be leaving for now," Nian Xi concluded that nearly everything was settled, and turned to speak with Uncle Han.

Every single line of this outfit was exquisitely tailored, and the intricate details were so breathtakingly refined that they left one in awe. Under the dappled, fragmented sunlight filtering from above, this round-collared long robe paired with a mamian skirt appeared all the more noble, possessing an aura that seemed to compel all surrounding creations to step closer just to vie for beauty.

"First of all, since you work in the corporate world, many things are beyond your control, but I do not wish to see emotional entanglements arise between the two of you in the future due to a third party." Shu Wan'an gazed fixedly at Ye Minghan without blinking.

"How do you know?" Before her words fully faded, she instantly realized that Ye Minghan must have been contacting her grandfather behind her back every single day. She could not help but raise her gaze and shoot Ye Minghan a fierce glare.

Thus, she failed to notice a solitary dark figure sitting quietly beside her, letting out a heavy sigh and murmuring a single sentence.

Even as she spoke, she tapped to open that profile photograph, caressing the screen with an addictive fondness that looked... slightly aberrant.