Shi Xi did not know what Ryan had told Bonita.
Anyway, Ryan had taken the necklace out, and Bonita had sent someone to send it back the next day.
She even donated it to a charity banquet.
Shi Xi did not understand the little interest between the two of them. She behaved herself and did her own thing.
*
She was busy until midnight. Xie Yunzhou pushed open the door of the study and brought Shi Xi supper.
"Ah, why are you here?" Shi Xi looked at the dining cart that Xie Yunzhou had pushed over and asked, "Were you transferred to the kitchen?"
Xie Yunzhou: "..."
"I was transferred here to protect you. Did something happen this afternoon?" asked Xie Yunzhou.
"Just a small matter." Shi Xi briefly recounted what had happened in the afternoon.
"Hua Ruoling? Is she in the palace?"
Shi Xi nodded. "Her case in China hasn't been closed yet. She's probably here to avoid trouble."
Xie Yunzhou's eyes darkened.
