In the kitchen, Su Zijin stood in front of the stove, her ears perked up as she eavesdropped on the conversation between Mu Jinyu and Wen Rou, while carefully stirring the food in the pan with a spatula.
Then, in an incautious movement, she knocked over a porcelain plate resting on the table. As she clumsily tried to catch it, it was beyond her grasp and she could only watch helplessly as the glossy plate fell onto the tiled floor, shattering into pieces!
"Bang!"
Su Zijin grimaced, hurriedly covering her ears as if trying to deceive herself, not daring to listen.
She gazed at the countless fragments of the smashed plate on the ground, feeling as if her heart had been shattered just as thoroughly.
Her eyes held a vacant expression, convinced that she was bound to be mercilessly driven away by Mu Jinyu any moment now.
Quite a while.
Finally, Su Zijin came back to her senses, slowly releasing her hands from her ears, cautiously eavesdropping on the sounds outside once again.
