Gu Xunyi walked down the elegant, winding stairs of the villa with a slow, completely unhurried grace, the soft fabric of her newly donned qipao rustling gently with every step she took.
She was humming happily, feeling great to have finally been embraced by Shen Haoran after so many years.
Moving through the main hallway, she soon arrived at the sunlit kitchen, where four of the girls—Huo Yue, Zhu Ziyan, Xu Xiansu, and Qian Yunxi—were already gathered around the massive wooden island.
Each of them was holding a hot, steaming cup of premium coffee, the rich, bitter aroma filling the morning air and creating a surprisingly domestic atmosphere.
The exact moment her silhouette appeared in the doorway, Huo Yue's head snapped up.
She immediately grinned like a predator that had just spotted its prey, a look of pure, unadulterated glee spreading across her face as she rested her elbows heavily on the kitchen counter.
