By the time Ling Sheng and Jun Shiyan got home…
Xu Xi greeted them. "Third Master, Ms. Ling, Ms. Nangong has already left. She said she has something to take care of. She asked Ms. Sheng Sheng to go home early after dinner."
Ling Sheng felt a little strange. Hadn't she said she had something to tell them? Why did she leave? "Did my mom say what it was?"
Xu Xi said honestly, "No."
Jun Shiyan also found it a little strange. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case. His mother-in-law did things differently from his father-in-law. She definitely wouldn't do something like standing others up.
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Huo Ci took a nine-hour flight. When he reached the capital, it was four in the morning. When he reached the Gu residence's gate, it was five in the morning.
