Xu Ke forced himself to suppress his body's instinct and refrained from snapping the hand reaching out to him. But Xu Ke's gaze uncontrollably followed Claude's hand, which eventually stopped at the corner of his eye.
"There's a bit of blood here." Claude noticed Xu Ke's tension and explained as he wiped the blood drop from Xu Ke's face.
"Thank you." Xu Ke couldn't help but touch the spot on his face that had just been touched when Claude's hand moved away, suppressing the discomfort and awkwardness in his heart as he spoke.
"You're welcome. You've also had a long day today and should go back to rest. I'll handle this matter myself." Claude put one hand behind his back, his expression returning to its previous aloofness, but the hand behind his back rubbed his fingers, as if feeling something.
Claude watched Xu Ke leave until Xu Ke's silhouette completely vanished in the sunset's afterglow before retracting his gaze.
