Chapter 998: Unseen (2/2)

Felder valued Donna's opinions and had often listened to her suggestions over the years. He also made sure to seek out her thoughts when he had any dilemmas. After all, it was due to him not taking her thoughts into account decades ago that a rift ended up forming between the Lavers family and Han Shuo, which ended up resulting in the Lavers family's exodus. They had almost ended up in a rut they couldn't recover from. That was a mistake he wouldn't make again.

Just as Donna was about to open the door, she heard gulps from within the room. Taking a breath to ready herself, she slammed the door open and yelled, ”Who goes there? Ahh...”

She breathed a sigh when she noticed who it was. Glaring at Han Shuo, she grit her teeth.

Han Shou smiled and looked at her as he downed the rest of his wine. ”What's wrong? Am I not welcomed here?”

Donna stomped her foot as she turned to close the door and deployed a few barriers outside. Then, she stepped in front of him. ”Why did you come?”

Holding her hand, he smiled. ”Should I not have?”

A look of joy bloomed on Donna's face as she stroked his face, muttering, ”I thought... You'd never come looking for me ever again... I was planning to come look for you after I finish dealing with affairs here... I didn't think you'd really come...”

He helped her take a seat beside him. ”Well, I did come for you in the end. How's life in Hushveil City?”

”Pretty good. My father is now a late-stage highgod. With the God of Darkness himself appointing my father as the city lord, the other families in the city don't dare to cause trouble. Even though Hushveil City isn't really comparable to other cities, we are sure to see quite a lot of development if things proceed as they have.” She smiled and locked her hands with his as she continued to tell him about the city.

Han Shuo smiled as he listened, interjecting from time to time with questions to get a better picture of the situation. All of a sudden, she stopped and looked at his hands, seemingly unhappy about something.

Han Shuo was surprised to see her dissatisfied glare. ”What's wrong? I thought you said nobody was giving you trouble here.”

”You left me alone here while you continued to mess around with the others in the Fringe,” she said with a pout, glancing back at their interlocked hands with slight contempt.

”Umm... Well, you know how busy I've been. The Fringe has been rather chaotic over the years and I was in most, if not all battles that took place there. I didn't have time to spare for the others either, you know. The path of cultivation is fraught with ups and downs. Usually, I either find myself standing against the Hegemons or spending the rest of my free time on making a mind state breakthrough. I'm busier than you are.”

”I don't care. You were with them the whole time and didn't even visit me!” She pulled her hand away from his in a small fiit. It was clear that she was angry, but it seemed a little too sudden. Even Han Shuo, well versed in the ways of the fairer gender, wasn't able to tell what she was thinking at the moment and merely shot her an odd glance.

Donna made some distance between the two of them, seemingly still angry and not even wanting to meet his gaze. He smiled in resignation and pulled her into his embrace. That was the ideal solution he had come to after years of experience whenever he didn't know what they were unhappy about.

As expected, she stopped struggling after a few attempts and leaned her head against his shoulders. ”Why are you such a gentleman all of a sudden? What happened to your sneaky little hands?”

It only just dawned on him that Donna was unhappy that he didn't cop a feel or two when he had a chance.