Fei Chuan arrived at the guest house and paused at the entrance. He stood there, waiting.
Last time at the Royal Banquet, he feigned being drugged yet she still walked away from him and left the place abruptly. Fortunately, he had maintained a tenuous connection with her, thanks to the 'thank you' gift.
The 'thank you dinner' and the exchange of gifts had been strategic moves—good ones, even—but they weren't enough to bridge the emotional distance between them.
Bei Sangyun still kept her walls firmly in place, ones he couldn't breach easily. Whenever he made an effort to approach her, she would retreat, maintaining a frustratingly safe distance.
As much as he wanted to invite her to another dinner or arrange another meeting, Fei Chuan restrained himself. He did not want to startle the enemy and made her put up defenses again.
But now, with an unexpected opportunity to see her again and speak to her face-to-face, he wasn't going to let it slip away.
