Qi Nian, who had slipped away, bolted the door as soon as she returned to her room and then leaned against it to calm her pounding heart.
Later, she guiltily remembered that to her uncle, Yuran was a stranger, and yet she'd left him in the care of her ill-tempered uncle. Was that not too heartless?
But her uncle was so scary, she didn't dare...
Qi Nian paced anxiously around her room, despising herself and gathering her courage.
After biting her lip, she thought, "If I die, so be it. I can't betray loyalty like this. Yuran helped me so much; how could I be so shameless?"
Mentally preparing herself, she slowly cracked the door open.
She peeked her head out to find the hallway empty, which immediately threw her into panic. She dashed out to ask her uncle where he'd taken Yuran, only to see the study door tightly closed. Just as she approached, someone opened the door.
Seeing who emerged, Qi Nian froze in place, awkwardly smiling, "Little, little uncle..."
