CH 85

Posted on April 12, 2022 by gooseberry

They stepped out of the party without alarming the other guests.

Duan Ning was still required to help his father play host and was soon summoned over, leaving Ming Luchuan and Xia Wennan to their own devices. They stood behind a flowerbed, a distance away from the masses, watching the dinner guests wining and dining under the dazzling lights.

As he stared straight ahead, Xia Wennan had a lot on his mind.

Ming Luchuan put his palm against his back. He never once left Xia Wennan’s side.

A few moments later, Xia Wennan turned to peer at Ming Luchuan. When he saw the man’s calm gaze as he looked ahead with an unfazed expression, he opened his mouth to ask, “What are you thinking about?”

“I’m thinking the same thing you’re thinking,” said Ming Luchuan.

“Tell me what I’m thinking right now then.”

Ming Luchuan lowered his head. “You’re thinking about how you really didn’t take those sleeping pills on your own that day.”

Xia Wennan sighed. “It probably wasn’t Yin Zejing’s doing,” he said.

Ming Luchuan remained silent. He simply looked up and looked around the garden once more.