Xie Jinbai's Adam's apple bobbed violently.
All these coincidences made him almost certain that something was off about the girl inside.
'Is it her?'
'If it's really her…'
'Then why, after being reborn, did she not come looking for him?'
'Why... is she so determined to become Shen Tingyu's... concubine?'
Inside the room, Cui Lingyao lay back on the bed, closing her eyes and trying to drift off to sleep.
Through the window, the sound of her tossing and turning reached Xie Jinbai's ears.
'...What is it that's keeping her awake?'
'Is it her unrequited love for Shen Tingyu that has her tossing and turning, unable to sleep?'
'Or is it because she saw me today?'
'Is her refusal to acknowledge me because she has fallen in love with Shen Tingyu?'
'She'd rather be a concubine than…'
An unspeakable, piercing pain spread from his heart through every fiber of his being.
Xie Jinbai tilted his head back and closed his eyes, fighting the urge to storm in and demand answers.
