Gu Xijiu did not know how to respond.
"Can't you take the bracelet off yourself?" Hesitantly, Gu Xijiu asked.
"Have you no knowledge about your previous possession?" Shen Nianmo questioned.
Gu Xijiu coughed. "This… This was not always mine. I was acting under orders to find its true master."
"Were you following me under orders? Whose orders?"
"I have nothing to tell."
She could not simply tell him about the heavenly laws; otherwise, the act would be considered as a breach.
Shen Nianmo looked at her with apathy. "How did you know I was its true master?"
