In the courtyard, it wasn’t as noisy as inside, and the night was quiet and tranquil. Lan Jinyao walked to a big tree in the courtyard and sat down at the bench underneath it. Jiang Cheng followed her closely and sat down right next to her.

Now that there were no outsiders, Lan Jinyao skipped the superfluous words and bluntly asked, “Jiang Cheng, what do you honestly want to achieve by doing this?”

Jiang Cheng laughed and replied, “What I want to achieve? Don’t you know ...