Yun Che gave Chi Wuyao the side-eye while she was making her speech. He didn’t look away for a very long time.

He had thought that Chi Wuyao would try to stop him. He was aware that his decision was abrupt, impulsive, unwise, and the complete opposite of her modus operandi, which was to act only after sufficient plotting.

It was why he had skipped discussing his decision with her and went straight to the announcement in the first place.

Reality turned out to be the ...