"Mm, okay."
Even so, he skipped dinner and locked himself in his room. For a long time afterward, he remained secluded, forgetting to eat or sleep.
But that's a story for another time.
At the dining table, Jiang Yunnuan looked listless, completely lacking in energy.
Seeing this, Fu Yuan reached out and forcefully pulled her onto his lap. He held her slender waist with one hand and cupped her soft cheek with the other.
"What's wrong? Unhappy that Si Xie has gone into secluded cultivation?"
She shook her head and took a bite of a strawberry. "That's not it," she said. "It just feels so quiet all of a sudden. I'm not used to it..."
Si Xie was talkative and restless, so full of life. He had more energy than the rest of them combined. Aside from the time he went missing, he was always by her side.
After he came back this time, he became even clingier, wanting to be with her 24/7. With him suddenly going into seclusion, she was afraid it would take some time to adjust.
