My parents had always favored me most.
But on the eve of the imperial capital’s fall, they fled with the entire family-and somehow forgot to wake me from my sleep.
When I woke up, the courtyard was deserted.
Yet the moment I turned my head, I realized I wasn’t the only one who had been left behind.
The illegitimate son my father had with his mistress was still here too.
He stared at me without blinking, the look on his face hovering somewhere between a smile and a sneer.
“Second Sister, how did you end up reduced to the same state as me?”
Father and Mother will definitely come back for me.
The words were about to burst from my mouth, but I paused.
Then I cleared my throat and put on a calm, unbothered expression.
“I was the one who refused to leave.”
