Now apprehensive that she might be annoying Shao Wenbo, Wang Jingyuan did not go visit him again in the next few days. She did not know this, but Shao Wenbo would not have been able to spend time with her anyway—he was busy in meetings with the crown prince, other officials, and reporting to the imperial court. Wang Jingyuan waited for him to send word that he was free, but the letter never came and he never came to find her.
"Do you think he's mad at me?" Wang Jingyuan asked Du Jiahui.
"I don't think so. That would be very narrow-minded of Shao Wenbo. Besides, it wasn't even your fault."
"Am I being too clingy?"
"No. Not at all. You only go over to see him every couple days. It's not like you two are spending every waking minute together," Du Jiahui said confidently. "Trust me. You are already doing so much better than some of the couples we see at school."
