Wen Yi looked at his face for quite a while before she leaned in and wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her chin on his shoulder, her voice warm, soft, and languid, "Then I'll just have to trust you for now."
"Mm," he wrapped his arms around her waist and chuckled softly, "Can we go back to sleep now?"
Her face was buried in the crook of his shoulder, hidden from the man's view.
"Let's go back."
Mo Shichen carried her as he stood up, leaving the study and returning to the bedroom.
...
Time passed uneventfully and smoothly.
The first to respond to Wen Yi's call was Mo Shiqian, a man living at the pinnacle of power, who gave her an answer by the evening of the second day after she sought him out.
Song Shu called her three days after Mo Shiqian, during her rest time after lunch, and they spoke for about twenty to thirty minutes.
Wen Hanyi was the last to reply to her, a week later.