Xia Lei left the banquet before it ended. He headed to the room marked on the key he was given and entered it.

It wasn’t the presidential suite like Xia Lei had expected. Instead, it was a standard room equipped with a bed, a desk, a television, and a bathroom. In the room, there was a slender figure standing near to the windows exuding a sense of loneliness. It was Shentu Tianyin.

Upon hearing the sound of the door closing, Shentu Tianyin turned around to face Xia Lei. A pendant was glittering brightly around her fine neck. It was her wedding gift from Xia Lei. It was the ‘sacred heart’ owned by the last princess from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Sibylla.

She was not wearing the pendant when she came to the banquet, but she was wearing it now.

The pendant brought back memories of Xia Lei.

They were standing there and watching each other, quietly.

The silence was deafening.

Xia Lei shrugged his shoulder and broke off the awkward silence. “Why aren’t you saying anything after asking me to meet?”

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