In the end, the Murong Squad departed. Before they left, they bid farewell to the other members of the Advance Team, clinging to Hu Daoke as Wu Tairan and Xuzhong Qi wept. The awkwardness they felt upon first meeting was gone.
All the members of the Advance Team, except Luo'er, came to see them off, including Cheng Ziang, who ordinarily didn't get along with them. The disappointment for Murong was that Luo'er was under confinement and couldn't say goodbye.
Shangguan Jiu walked out of the villa wiping her tears. Murong knew where she had been. He looked sympathetically at Wu Tairan, who was crying alongside Hu Daoke. It turned his heart to see Shangguan Jiu so heartbroken.
As he recalled, Wu Tairan had always been interested in Shangguan Jiu, often publicly declaring himself as her strongest supporter. However, it seemed he had gone from being her shield to a lapdog, a fact he might not have realized yet.