Ruan Jianguo's face turned pale as he was rebuked, and his hand meekly withdrew, leaving him even more at a loss.
Shu Lang sighed and said, "It's actually my fault, I should have taken out this amulet earlier." When he knew he was coming, Shu Jiao had given him this amulet, earnestly instructing him to not lose it and to put it on Ruan Jiaojiao as soon as he saw her, but he had not taken it seriously.
"This has nothing to do with you," the Ruanlin Family's matriarch said, her voice betraying her distress despite her rationality.
But then, "This amulet, you said it was given to you by your sister?"
"Yes, she gave me strict instructions, and still, I ended up delaying it," Shu Lang nodded, his regret deepening especially after seeing Ruan Jiaojiao in a nightmare, unresponsive.
Upon hearing this, the Ruanlin Family's matriarch fell silent, her expression inscrutable.
Meanwhile, Ruan Jiaojiao looked up from her embrace, also gazing at Shu Lang with a questioning look.
