C26 Chapter 26

Gu Lijue and Bai Nuochu descended the stairs at an unhurried pace, their faces showing none of the pent-up frustration Gu Zongyue had expected. Lijue looked as effortlessly commanding as ever. Even the woman beside him—the kind he normally wouldn’t spare a glance—caught his eye for a split second, her clear, airy presence throwing him off.

She wasn’t the flashy, loose woman he’d imagined