As the sun dipped, the horizons dyed in a strange orange color. One that aroused nostalgic feelings, especially in men older than five centuries.
Han Li's gaze was… calm if anything. Yet, even his own birth mother hadn't seen him so conflicted ever before in her life. Yue Li looked at him with a sigh.
Sitting on the river bank, he had one of those rare, painful gazes plastered into his eyes, and he felt much more irritable than his usual self. Li Yao and Liyue were not here, but Hua Yu was behind him, looking at him with a pensive glance.
Sitting in Yue Li's lap was Little Ruo, her countenance much less paler, but at the same time, her eyes fidgety. She had been sleeping for a long time, nearly more than a day and night combined, and had just woken up some time ago.
Other than in Yue Li's comforting embrace, she would become immensely nervous and would curl up into herself.