Having successfully lured away the eunuchs tasked with guarding Pei Shangling, Pei Yunxi sneaked into the Imperial Ancestral Temple with a food box in hand.
Seeing Pei Shangling struggling to stay on his knees, a flicker of joy crossed her heart. It was the right decision to wait until now; had she come the moment he arrived, her gesture would have seemed cheap.
"You finally came!" Pei Shangling focused his blurred vision, his pupils dilating in surprise. It wasn't Mu Yuanzhi, but his little sister... A self-deprecating smile tugged at his lips. Of course, only his little sister cared for him. How could that ingrate, Mu Yuanzhi, possibly still care about him? She would fuss over that pampered heir Gu Rongjin, or some random junior brother who had appeared out of thin air, but she would never spare a thought for him—the brother who had protected her for over a decade! He had been kneeling here for half a day, all because of her! The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew. Yet, the anger sharpened his senses; the dizziness faded and his vision cleared.
Chapter 65