In the early morning, birds chirped on the branches as the red sun gradually rose from the eastern horizon.
In Shen Yuyan’s room...
Shen Yuyan slowly opened her sowhat dazed eyes, feeling her head slightly dizzy.
She raised her hand and gently massaged her forehead, which brought her consciousness gradually back to clarity.
The events of the previous night finally played back in her mind like a movie, with mories slowly surfacing in her brain.
Whoosh—
As soon as the mories returned to her brain, Shen Yuyan’s pretty face imdiately showed a slight change.
Without ti to think further, Shen Yuyan imdiately sat up from the "bed" and hastily checked her body. Upon finding that nothing was amiss, she finally let out a long sigh of relief, and a bitter smile couldn’t help but spread across her lips.
She rembered that she had spoken a lot while drinking with Zhu Fei the night before.
Those matters, those thoughts—she hadn’t even shared them with Zhao Jing, who was closest to her now.
Yet, last night, she had completely confided the most secret parts of her inner world to Zhu Fei.
This caused her to bitterly smile while at the sa ti regretting her actions. Alongside the regret was an inexplicable sense of tension.
Alas—
I really shouldn’t have drunk alcohol. What will Zhu Fei think of after hearing all that I said?
With these thoughts, Shen Yuyan had already straightened up. Just as she was preparing to head to the bathroom, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed a glass of water placed on her bedside table.
Whoosh—
Seeing that glass, Shen Yuyan’s hazy mories once again erged.
She suddenly rembered that it seed to be Zhu Fei who had helped her to her room last night. Initially, she didn’t seem to want to drink water.
When exactly did she want to drink water?
Shen Yuyan furrowed her beautiful brows, striving to recall the events of the previous night.
Gradually, her mories started to co together, bit by bit.
Finally, when her gaze unintentionally fell upon a towel in the bathroom, Shen Yuyan suddenly slapped her forehead, her face deepening with a richer bitter smile.
It turned out that after she got drunk last night, Zhu Fei had helped her into the house, covered her with a blanket, and then left.
It was probably around one or two in the morning when she suddenly felt nauseous and threw up in the bathroom without thinking.
It must have been Zhu Fei who heard her and ca into her room for the second ti.
In other words, because of her drunkenness last night, Zhu Fei had taken care of her for almost the entire night.
Recalling this, Shen Yuyan’s cheeks couldn’t help but subconsciously flush with warmth. Alongside the warmth was a deep sense of gratitude.
Thereupon, she patted her face and finally walked into the bathroom with a bitter smile.
"Whirr—"
The sound of shower water rang out in the bathroom.
About half an hour later, when Shen Yuyan had finished bathing and dressed herself to go downstairs, she was taken aback to see Zhu Fei already sitting at the dining table in the living room waiting for her.
Breakfast was laid out on the table.
"Hehe, Sister Shen, you’re awake. Aunt Wang just went out to buy groceries. Here, she’s already prepared breakfast, just waiting for you."
Zhu Fei greeted Shen Yuyan with a smile and his gaze toward her, clear and gentle as always, showed no abnormality.
However, for so reason, whether psychological or otherwise, when Shen Yuyan t Zhu Fei’s gaze, she still felt inexplicably tense.
That feeling couldn’t help but make Shen Yuyan despise herself a bit.
"Um, Zhu Fei, about last night, thank you."
Sitting opposite Zhu Fei, Shen Yuyan felt a bit guilty as she said this to him, her beautiful eyes also stealthily observing Zhu Fei’s reaction, as though she feared he might bla her.
"Oh, that, it’s just a small matter, you don’t need to worry about it."
Zhu Fei subconsciously thought that Shen Yuyan was feeling a bit embarrassed about getting drunk last night.
Thereupon, he didn’t think much about it and casually shook his head.
"Mm."
For so reason, when Shen Yuyan saw Zhu Fei’s nonchalant expression, her heart inexplicably felt a hint of disappointnt.
She forced herself to regain composure and finally took the initiative to change the subject, "Um, Zhu Fei, do you have any plans for today? If you don’t, I was thinking..."
"Mm, I have sothing to do in a while, I’ll probably need to leave soon."
Indeed, not long ago, Gu Youlan had called him, asking him to et her at the gate of Donglin University, saying she needed to talk to Zhu Fei about sothing.
Originally, Zhu Fei thought that Gu Youlan wanted to see him about the matter of crafting the Magic Artifact, but after so probing, he found that it might not be the case.
This made him feel vaguely puzzled, but no matter what, since Gu Youlan had taken the rare initiative to seek him out, he was definitely going to go and see what it was about.
"Oh, I see, where do you have to go later? Let drive you there."
Seeing that Zhu Fei hadn’t paid attention to what she was about to say just now, Shen Yuyan felt sowhat uneasy, and hearing that he was leaving soon, the feeling of disappointnt in her heart surfaced once again unexpectedly.
However, she didn’t let any of this show on her face, and after pretending to think it over, she then suggested to Zhu Fei.
"Mm, that’s fine, I have to go to the gate of Donglin University later, since we’re headed the sa way, I might as well catch a ride with you."
Zhu Fei agreed with a smile.
And so, the two of them ate while chatting, and about half an hour later, Shen Yuyan’s red BMW left the Blue Sea and Blue Sky District, heading towards the gate of Donglin University.
...
At the sa ti, the northeastern underground boss Bai Tianlong, who had just returned from abroad, was sitting opposite Master Pei, Pei Xiaotian.
In front of the two n, there was a teacup, from which aromatic steam wafted.
And by their side, there stood a woman in a cheongsam, with an exceptionally graceful figure, who was serving the n Spirit Fruits with her jade fingers, creating a relaxed and sensual atmosphere.
"Master Bai, over the years, we are grateful to you for handling the worldly affairs for our Zhenwu Sect. In a short while, it will be my father’s birthday, and he said that he’ll hold a birthday banquet at the Sect’s gate and had especially invite you."
Pei Xiaotian laughed as he pulled the woman in the cheongsam closer to him and gave her a firm pinch on her behind, eliciting a coquettish glance from her.
"Additionally, my father said that to reward you for your many years of contributions to the Zhenwu Sect, he might consider breaking the precedent and accepting your son into the Zhenwu Sect."
"By now, Master Bai, it’s about ti that you reveal your true identity to your son."
"Really... Master Pei, did the Sect Leader really say that?"
Bai Tianlong was suddenly sowhat excited.
He knew that, because of a grave mistake he made in the past, he was expelled from the Zhenwu Sect by the old Sect Leader and was forbidden from entering the Zhenwu Sect for life, with a strict order that also prohibited any disciples from recruiting his descendants into the Sect.
Later, after the old Sect Leader passed away and a new Sect Leader took office—Pei Xiaotian’s father—he reconnected with Bai Tianlong and tasked him with handling worldly matters for the Zhenwu Sect.
Years had gone by since then, and it seed the new Sect Leader had long ceased to heed the old Sect Leader’s commands, ready to break the rules set back then, not only allowing Bai Tianlong to set foot in the Zhenwu Sect again but also considering admitting his son, Bai Pojun, into the Sect as a disciple.
Under such circumstances, how could Bai Tianlong not be thrilled? Not excited?
"Buzz..."
Just as Bai Tianlong was excitedly about to say sothing more to Pei Xiaotian, the phone he carried with him suddenly rang at that mont.
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