This time, Shen Mingji didn't make a show of visiting the Xue Family, nor did he rashly go looking for her at the academy.
There was already enough gossip going around. He needed to be more prudent and not cause Xue Xingyao any trouble.
Otherwise, she would find him annoying.
Despise him.
How would he ever get what he wanted then?
'I absolutely can't do something that stupid!'
He sent an attendant with a message for Xue Xingyao, saying he was waiting for her at a restaurant to discuss an urgent matter.
Worried about interrupting her work, Shen Mingji specifically instructed the attendant to relay that he was free all day and would be at the teahouse the entire time, so she could come whenever she was available.
Xue Xingyao wasn't oblivious to the rumors and gossip going around.
But she paid them no mind.
She had heard more than enough of the ugliest words back in the year of the Xue Family's downfall.
