Chương 279: Eternity of Companionship

"What are you doing here?" Xiang Ling asked as she walked out into the open courtyard and made her way toward Zhe Yuan. She had long dismissed him from his punishment of kneeling when she sent Fu Xiao to deliver him dinner. Little did she expect to see him at the same place even this late at night.

"I'm just wondering why the sky is so sad tonight." He replied while he kept his gaze fixed on the sky.

Xiang Ling also turned her gaze at the sky and found just how similar it appeared to her current mood. "Maybe it's not feeling too good tonight?" She provided while trying to search for any trace of a star in the vast sky, but there was none.

Zhe Yuan finally pulled his attention away from the sky and turned his face to look at her. "Are you talking about the sky or yourself?"