Chapter 385 (2/2)
Ning Xuemo could not help but laugh out.
She would never have thought that Xijue, who rarely ever spoke, could speak so sharply and eloquently. It made her have a whole new level of respect for him.
The people around them also could not help but laugh. It made the girl want to find a hole to crawl in.
She also did not want to shed all pretense of cordiality so after stamping her foot, she ran out sobbing.
The little altercation seemed to pass just like that. The banquet once again became a merry party.
Ning Xuemo secretly sighed. She already understood most of what Xijue meant. She could already guess the motive behind him reinstating his identity and once again returning to her side.
It was nothing more than him being anxious to prove his identity and wanting to be on equal footing with her. It was also to save her some face
But the branding of Heavenly Calamitous Lonely Star that she had was not something she could easily remove.
After all, Xijue was merely a half-grown little child and a hot-blooded young man. Maybe he did not care, but that did not mean that his family felt the same.
This type of big family probably had more customs and traditions than the Imperial family, not to mention he was the heir. How could his family allow him to bring home a Heavenly Calamitous Lonely Star?
Glancing at the four unmoving and silent body guards behind him, she could see that the glances they gave her were guarded and full of distrust.
She predicted that after this banquet ended, Xijue would be infected by their thinking and would never be allowed to meet with her again.
She reckoned that she and he could not even be friends.
This meeting might be the last meeting.
Originally she had rejoiced in the fact that she finally had found a genuine, trustworthy, personal bodyguard