Young Master Huo, you still don't recognize me...?
Huo Zhixing frowned, sensing that there was more to those words than met the eye.
...
Nightfall shrouded the majestic Grand Palace in mystery. Even at night, the palace remained brightly lit, appearing from afar like a luminous pearl nestled among the palm trees.
He Jin returned to his palace, only to find He Ya sitting there as soon as he entered.
He paused for a moment, then smiled without changing his expression, "Sister, is there something you need so late?"
Heya looked up at him, her eyes seemingly covered with frost, cold and sinister.
"I heard from your attendants that you drove Jiang Can home in a sports car?"
“Oh,” He Jin chuckled, “I just bought that car. Anyway, I wanted to go out and test drive it tonight, so I might as well take her home!”
"Are you really that worried about entrusting her to me?"
“Sister,” He Jin said in a low voice after a moment of silence, “Do I really have to be so blunt?”
"Then tell me!"
Heya jumped up and knocked over the porcelain plate of fruit on the table, making a mess of the floor with a crash.
The servants were terrified. They wanted to go forward and clean up the mess but didn't dare. They could only watch the two of them with trepidation.
He Jin gave a cold laugh, dismissed everyone else, and looked at his sister with icy eyes.
"Sister," he said, emphasizing each word, "can you swear that when you had those two guards escort Jiang Can back today, you really didn't intend to harm her?"
Herya's expression suddenly changed.
He Jin grew up with her and knew her temperament very well.
She was arrogant and domineering, and thought herself the only one who mattered. Anyone who dared to go against her would be punished by her.
She might not kill Jiang Can tonight.
However, the route from the palace to the Yin family manor includes mountain roads, seaside areas, and cliffs.
Jiang Can might "accidentally" fall into the sea and get soaked, or she might "accidentally" slip on a mountain road and suffer a minor injury.
“Sister,” He Jin said, a smirk playing on his lips, as he approached her step by step, “do you dare to swear?”
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