The Sin...

There was guilt in his eyes, but later it replaced with a smile as if he won something precious. "Finally, you are mine. Just wait and soon I will marry you and then we can be happy together."

His words had no meaning for her, and they passed like she didn't hear him. Her eyes closed, which only had tears left in it, with her face having painful expressions. He got up and wore his clothes. Once he covered her with a quilt, he left after closing the door of the room. 

When Zhang Wei was going downstairs, Nanny Song, who just came to the kitchen from the servant's room to fetch water for herself, saw him. "What is he doing here this late?" 

The way his clothes and hair looked messy and the way he was walking, she understood he was drunk. There was no one in the home, so what was he doing upstairs? This question troubled Nanny Song and she went upstairs to check.