As Jin Mo was about to leave, Hua Yan called out uneasily, “Master, the Jin family master already knows I was sent by you to be near the young master.” She remembered Jin Yu’s words at the Three Lives Stone and hoped the master would return quickly to resolve the matter.
Jin Mo was taken aback for a moment. So she knew? In the past two years, he sensed his sister was not as simple as before. What had happened after he left Ten Li Town? Everything seemed different upon his return. “Hua Yan, from now on, you’ll stay by his side and take care of him. I’m no longer your master; he is.”
“Master?” Hua Yan was surprised.
“That’s how it will be.” Jin Mo knew Hua Yan had Xu Yi’s best interests at heart. Completely entrusting Hua Yan to Xu Yi, he felt the young master would benefit from having such a caring servant.
Jin Mo wasn’t sure if her decision to give up the Jin family mastership and wander outside was youthful pride or impulsiveness. She had hoped her loved ones would be safe and wanted to travel the world with her lover, but now nothing had been realized.
Her only relative was poisoned, and her lover’s heart could only contain someone else, far from her.
Looking at Xu Yi’s chamber, Jin Mo knew that even after reclaiming the Jin family mastership, she might never win Xu Yi’s heart. Nonetheless, she wanted to do one last thing for him, hoping he could be happy and not suffer. She couldn’t completely entrust him to her elder sister yet and hoped he wouldn’t blame her.
It was time to investigate her elder sister’s matters.
After Jin Mo left, Xu Yi remained uneasy until Jin Yu appeared. Joyfully, he grabbed her clothing and nestled into her embrace, whispering softly, “I missed you so much…”
Jin Yu stroked his back, feeling the soft bone structure beneath her hand. “If I asked you now, would you still be willing to marry me?” If Xu Yi still wanted to marry her, she would. If he hesitated, she would let him go and support his relationship with Jin Mo.
