Elder Wu was in closed-door seclusion. This caught me completely off guard. Standing outside his courtyard, the lingering rays of the setting sun stretched my shadow long and cast a gloom over my heart. Could it be that I truly had to face all of this alone?
Returning to my quarters, an unprecedented wave of exhaustion washed over me. I collapsed weakly onto the edge of the bed, Wu Mengli's image echoing endlessly in my mind. How I wanted to go to her right now, to tell her that I would not give up, but reason told me it was not yet time. Elder Li's shadow still loomed over me; I had to find a countermeasure first.
Yet fate always seemed fond of playing cruel tricks. Before I could even clear my thoughts, a dark undercurrent was already quietly surging within the Wu Family.
Chapter 24