It was neither too late nor too early; that very night, Xue Wanrou could not wait to go to Si Tianque’s courtyard.
"Zheng'er, how has your health been lately? Ever since you moved here, Mother has been too busy to come and visit you, but I have truly been thinking of you!"
Inside the room, by the dim candlelight, Xue Wanrou sat before Si Tianque, her eyes curved in a smile as she looked at him. Her tone was exceedingly gentle. Yet, in the flickering, sickly light, Si Tianque felt a chilling dread, as if a ghost were smiling at him from the shadows of the night.
Chapter 87