Is It Over?

"Heh, what is defeat; what is victory?" Lai Mingjie only responded before folding his arms in front and burrowing his head in there. He couldn't stop himself from being worried and torn into pieces. The execution was bound to happen before sundown, and that time was now.

It was as if he felt the exact moment that Xu Rouguang vanished for good.

Lai Julong looked down at his son again, and he knew he couldn't pull him out of it. Lai Mingjie only had shown a few moods in this lifetime, and the majority of them were reserved for Xu Rouguang. One could say he was close to his parents, but he also remained distant. His father only reached out to pet his head.

Just like that, the workday ended. Lai Mingjie went home without even waiting for Liu Qiu to come back from collecting folders. He went home without anyone noticing him.