Finally. He Juan shut his eyes and took a quiet inhale to steady his nerves. The question he had been dreading to hear throughout the whole week was finally here.
He swallowed past his dry throat. These past few days, he had been thinking long and hard and in the end, he could only come to a conclusion: he had to tell He Xie the truth. Difficult as it might be to accept, He Xie was his brother after all. Surely, he would be able to grasp the complexities of the situation once He Juan explained it thoroughly. Surely, the bond and connection they shared would be strong enough to withstand the truth. Right?
That had been He Juan's intention, but when he opened his mouth, what came out was,
"I… haven't located XIU's whereabouts yet."
