Although she didn't mind and wouldn't overthink it, she couldn't guarantee that Jiang Lan wouldn't misunderstand or let his imagination run wild if he found out.
Moreover, she could sense that her younger brother, Chu Yun, had been in low spirits ever since he found out she had committed herself to Jiang Lan.
As his older sister, she felt it was necessary to correct this unhealthy attachment of his.
On their way from Zixia Temple, Chu Yun had already given the Jade Pendant to Chu Chan.
Chu Chan carefully put it away. She let out a small sigh of relief and smiled, eager to return to Anyang City and hand it to Jiang Lan herself.
Several more days passed in a flash.
「Anyang City.」
Inside a pavilion, Jiang Lan listened with his usual listlessness as Ying reported on the investigation into the Purple Mist True Monarch's inheritance.
Unlike before, however, a soft-featured middle-aged man now stood beside him—the very same Mr. Chu who had appeared outside Qingshui Village.
