Xianwu returned to the chamber and found out Jia Li wasn't present there. "Where did she go?" he murmured and looked around. He entered the inner patio, which opened in the garden, and found her seated on the steps.
"Why did you come here?" Xianwu asked as he approached her. As he settled down beside her, Jia Li moved away from him, causing him to draw his brows closer in bewilderment.
He closed the distance between them by shifting toward her, but she again moved away. The two kept doing this until there was no further space left for Jia Li to keep a distance between them. She decided to stand up, but Xianwu held her hand.
"What happened to you?" Xianwu asked.
"Nothing," Jia Li replied.
"Are you sure?" Xianwu arched his eyebrows. "Look at me," he requested.
