Miss Truth

Xiao Xuanzhi hesitated for a moment. He had struggled internally for a long time before he chose this moment to express his feelings to her. The lives of Chun Lai’s entire family depended on her, and now adding him to the equation, wasn’t this weight enough to counter the person she wanted to protect?

Xiao Xuanzhi had never imagined that he would be rejected. It wasn’t because he thought his status was superior, but because of their years of deep affection, he firmly believed that Chun Lai would never betray him!

After a moment of stunned silence, Xiao Xuanzhi slowly let her go, telling himself that she was just a maid, just a maid after all. The Xiao Family was never short of maids!

In the early summer night, the sounds of insects were everywhere, and the moonlight was like water, bright as daylight. Xiao Xuanzhi walked aimlessly uphill, still holding the bedding and the items he had just brought over.

Behind a wall of the ancestral hall, a figure stepped out, hands behind his back, watching Xiao Xuanzhi’s desolate back, his brows tightly furrowed. It was none other than Xiao Song.

"Do you think he knew we were there just now?" Ran Yan soon followed out.

Ran Yan meant to ask whether Xiao Xuanzhi knew that they were being watched, hence he deliberately put on a show to absolve himself of suspicion. Ran Yan was reluctant to doubt others’ emotions, but given the situation, she had to be rational about everything.

After all, from the surface, his temperament was too similar to Lady Dongyang’s. Since Lady Dongyang could be a conspirator, he might also be concealing his true colors.

"I spent a long time in the clan as a child, I should understand his temperament. Xiao Di has always been somewhat aloof and reticent since childhood, but genuine in nature. I am more inclined to believe that he was simply letting his true feelings show just now," Xiao Song’s mellifluous voice was especially reassuring in the quiet of the night. He turned, extending his hand, and Ran Yan placed hers into his palm.