Bai Jinglie twirled his teacup, watching the pedestrians below. "Prefect Xiao will have a hard time recovering from this. Lu Ping was right to escape."
He recalled that the concubine-born daughter, Xiao Wanyu, had even tried to seduce him, though he simply hadn't given her the time of day.
A restless woman like her would be a disaster for anyone who ended up with her.
"Cousin, are you really planning to stay here and focus on your studies?" Shan Ke'an asked hesitantly, noticing Bai Jinglie's furrowed brow.
Bai Jinglie replied, "I've come all this way, so how could I be faking it? It's great here—neither too cold nor too hot, and it's just as bustling as Shangjing. Don't you want to stay?"
"It's not about wanting to or not," Shan Ke'an said, anxious for him. "You've only just received your title, and you haven't even established your connections in Shangjing yet. If that wicked woman tries to pull any more tricks in the future, you won't even have anyone to speak up for you."
