"Have they been looking for me?" He Zhilan asked, her voice wavering.
"At first they did. They used all their connections to find you, so the elders in the courtyard knew about your disappearance, but then..." Lin Chan looked at He Zhilan hesitantly, only continuing after seeing she was calm. "Later, they just..."
"Later they stopped, right? So, while I was still desperately waiting for them to find me, they had already abandoned me. They lost me, gained Gu En, maybe, they even thought Gu En was better than me, more obedient, more understanding, more clever, Gu En is their pride."
