Apology, Part I
“W-wait!” Hou Jingshu called out.
Wu Meiying turned her head. “I’m sorry, but I can’t wait. The next guard on patrol will be coming by soon. I need to leave before he arrives.”
“J-just let me get my cloak! I’m coming with you!”
“Sounds good.”
When she saw the smile on the other girl’s face, Hou Jingshu could not help but feel like she had been played. However…
There’s no helping it. I can’t let this chance slip by.
No matter how angry she might have been at Wu Jian, she knew it wasn’t really his fault. He couldn’t help the way he felt. Her mother had once told her that love was not something that could be controlled, and she could tell from how Wu Jian and Wu Meiying acted around each other that they were very much in love. They might have included her in their daily life. However, she often felt like those two were locked inside their own personal bubble, a world in which no one but them existed.