He Juan could feel his mind turning blank, but Ye Qiu did not even give him a chance to react as she repeated, "I'm leaving. Me and the children, all of us. I am here to bid you farewell, XIU. I'm not certain if you want to meet them, so I told them to stay in the car just in case."
She blurted out all those words in a single breath as though fearing that He Juan would cut her off. Alas, when she was done, only a tense silence enveloped the room, mingling with the distant crash of waves.
He Juan was at an utter loss of words. There were so many things to address that he did not know where to start. So, Ye Qiu was not here for Marius? She had taken everyone along with her because… she wanted to leave? He did not even have the time to feel bitter for her cautious demeanor of keeping the others away from him because all of his jumbled thoughts eventually narrowed into two questions.
"Where are you going and… why?"
