Not Alone

Wei Ai, Wu Bao and Cheng Lan squinted their eyes as they watched them leave.

"Look how well-adjusted she is.. For someone who had just arrived after failing the exam before." Wei Ai said dryly.

"Before–it was Shi Jin that they used to hang around with.. Now that he has left, it seems like Song Jia has replaced him." Wu Bao clucked her tongue.

"Mnn.." Cheng Lan nodded. 'Did Young Master Shi Jin meet her before? Were they acquainted with each other?'

She felt her heart squeeze.

An image of Shi Jin sitting across Song Jia as she poured him tea flashed in her mind.

Her eyes squinted and her hands were clenched into fists. She couldn't stomach the thought.

She had hoped to see Shi Jin again and perhaps get closer to him.

But when she remembered that on the day that she met Shi Jin at the restaurant, he was accompanied by a maidservant of the Song clan.