Nothing. No one. Just the oppressive silence of a house that felt more like a mausoleum than a home.
"Where is he?"
"Where could he be!" The guards were quiet and kept their distance.
Upstairs, lights suddenly flickered on in response to the commotion. Footsteps hurried down the hallway above, quick and worried.
Li Meili appeared first at the top of the grand staircase, clutching a silk robe around herself, her usually immaculate hair loose and tousled, her face soft with sleep but immediately sharpening with concern when she saw who was calling out.
"Yuxi?" Her gentle voice called her over, surprised that she was back, looking for Mu Yunchen after that fight.
Yuxi's gentle voice cut through the early morning stillness, surprised to find her friend returning after such a bitter argument. Behind her, Su Feng appeared at the top of the stairs, equally disheveled from sleep.
