Chapter 62 (2/2)

Huan Yuan was still wearing his hat and robes, standing alone in the west chaure appeared a little forlorn, the lantern he held shi+ning a faint twilight glow on half of his handso the other half in cold shadow

His expression ritten over with so more – too lost in the dark for Chu Yu to see

Chu Yu walked up to his side and noted his lack of response, as if staring into space She chuckled and reached out to tap hiently tapped him, but did not foresee his violent reaction In a heartbeat, Huan Yuan lurched back fro backwards, he realized he was looking at Chu Yu and his expression soon turned to regret

Chu Yu pretended nothing rong as she shook her s but she controlled her countenance, choosing to smile at Huan Yuan instead ”It's already late so why aren't you sleeping?” The tiht owls, but way past the bedtime hours of htly activities

She meant it as a casual question, but did not expect Huan Yuan'spause, he looked ahileto work all day and decided to take a stroll I didn't expect to run into your highness here Why is the princess back so late as well?”

Chu Yu s hi a new friend, but refraining fro on foot back to the palace, Chu Yu could feel the exhaustion seeping through her bones She yawned and patted Huan Yuan's aro rest up too, staying up late won't be good for the body” Being much taller than her made it hard for Chu Yu to reach Huan Yuan's shoulder, so she settled for patting his arhts weren't cold and wouldn't drive a person sick; even still, standing around would lurewo Huan Yuan to stand un like flickers of light froh the darkness brought a tinge of cold

Huan Yuan remained rooted to the floor in a daze, then turned around for the west chae sensation in his heart Why had he stood there for so long?

Even with all of ence, the answer eluded hiave herself an off day She sent You Lan to tell Rong Zhi she had lost the fragrance sachet and bade hione and no one else to intrude on her, Chu Yu co to drift back to sleep

She didn't kno long she had slept, but the second tihtly outside It was around twelve noon when she finally got up and dressed herself for lunch

What caift placed in an exquisite brocade box and accompanied with a letter On it, in a script lively as an ethereal dance of dragons and phoenixes, were the words ”A small token of mine, for Brother Zichu's kind acceptance”

The sender had signed off as wang Yizhi

Curious, Chu Yu opened the box to find a pair of glea wooden sandals the color of deepYizhi where he had his sandals otten the little detail herself, yet he had remembered

Chu Yu immediately took off her shoes and placed her feet into the sandals They adhered to her feet perfectly, the sensation s to spread a warmth from within