Chapter 623 Can We Talk Inside.

At that time, Josiah was entirely committed to Lysander’s well–being, treating her with such careful attention as though she were something precious and fragile. He wouldn’t dream of causing her any upset.

Michelle’s features softened slightly as she responded, “All right, then I’ll go back and check on her.”

“No need, I’ll go. You should head back to sleep. If your sister sees you up this late, she’ll surely worry. I’ll go check on her.” Josiah’s offer came from a place of deep consideration for both sisters‘ well–being.

He was indeed aware of the unusual behavior exhibited by Lysander lately, yet found himself unable to tell Michelle the truth.

Michelle, placing a significant amount of trust in him, nodded and began to retreat. However, she couldn’t help but glance back every few steps, her movements betraying her lingering unease.

Lysander’s tent was directly across from Josiah’s. He approached quietly, crouching at first, hesitating as he listened intently by the side of her tent. Confirming that the soft sounds of crying were still audible, he tentatively tapped on the fabric of the tent

The noise inside stopped abruptly.

A moment later. Lysander queried tentatively, “Who’s there?”

Josiah replied with a gentle exhale, “It’s me.”

“Is there something you need?”

Josiah explained his presence, “Your sister heard you crying and got a bit worried about you, so she sent me to check on you.”

Lysander seemed surprised. “Michelle heard me?”

“Yeah.

“Then did she…”

talk through the tent, and others might overhear

though they were separated by only the thin fabric of the tent, Lysander struggled to hear Josiah’s words

the inside, poking her head out to ask, “You’ve been busy all day, aren’t

glanced inside, his eyes briefly catching sight of a crumpled piece of white paper on the ground next to a small plastic bag that was filled to

to summon even a forced smile, simply lowered her gaze and responded, “I’m perfectly fine,

a brave front. His voice was low as he responded, “We’re now people

look, Lysander took a deep breath

could see she looked even more distressed than before. Glancing around, he noticed the light coming from the nearby cozy tent and suggested in a subdued tone, “Michelle hasn’t gone to sleep yet. I’m afraid she might

tent were admittedly tight. When two people entered, the proximity was unavoidable, yet

back to make room at the entrance of the tent. Josiah, showing respect for her space, stooped to

small, aren’t

all, this is probably the only time we’ll do this. We won’t have many

worked hard today,”

need for formalities at

then inquired about her sister, “Where is Michelle?”

instinctively glanced outside the tent, concerned that her younger sister

only heard you crying and is just worried that I might

felt was

seem like she’s slept at

outside, suspecting Michelle was likely still awake and possibly distracted by her

bad idea. With a light on, at least we’d know where your sister is. We wouldn’t have to worry about her coming over unexpectedly because she’s concerned about you.”

gave a slight nod, her attention still fixed on the flickering light

her eyes and asked, “I remember when you saw the Milky Way, you seemed to have calmed down, but then you suddenly started

significant reason. The drastic change in her

Josiah’s mind, causing him a sharp pang

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