Chapitre 447: Entangled in Ruo Xi's Treacherous Web

[Author's Notes: This chapter is dedicated to Nosliw, a great and kind person who helped me remember the deets of this book and has led me to finish this book with the help of her suggestions. Thank you so much for reading my outlines and for giving feedback! ^^ You're indeed a blessing to a writer like me who experienced an intense writer's block. :') I'm really happy to know you and brainstorm with you~!]

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Amidst the dimly lit ambiance of a local bar, Jiao Long, bearing the weight of betrayal and heartache, sat with an air of desolation, drowning his sorrows in a pool of alcohol. His call to his close friends, Pan An and Wang Lei, beckoned them to his side, a call that drew the two to the bar to console their friend.