Chapter 145: Unhappiness Can Be Contagious

Yu Jiaolong had no idea that the new friend she had just recognized had, in such a short amount of time, completed such repeated shifts in allegiance. Finding out that it was Wu Xin supervising her, she too breathed a sigh of relief.

She had worried Lin Yun would make some excessive requests of her and had even prepared for the worst. She hadn't expected to be let off so easily.

"We have other matters to attend to, so we must take our leave."

Lin Yun, holding Dongfang Hongyue's hand, inevitably led to speculation about what these "other matters" might be.

Zhen Li's heart ached again, her nose tingling with the onset of sorrows as she watched Lin Yun and another woman together, blissful and intimate. For the first time, she understood the agony of yearning for what one cannot have.