The next day.
Shi Nian didn't go to work. She just greeted Ye He, saying she needed to go for an interview.
After explaining, Shi Nian headed straight to Huangfu Huazhang's castle.
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Huazhang's castle was so quiet it seemed as though time stood still, and there was no hardship in the world. The servants quietly attended to their duties, and the hall was devoid of the crowd of ready-to-go subordinates she had imagined.
——He showed no urgency, unlike her, in rescuing Xiong Jie.
So she swallowed her original eagerness, slowed her steps, entered the castle, and gave a slight bow to the uniformly white-shirted and black-pants-clad servants: "Hello, is the gentleman available?"
