Instead of being able to do nothing but weep in secret and pity herself as she did now.
Han Yue's lips twitched bitterly. Then she forced herself to pull herself together, wiped away her tears, and revealed a strained smile.
"Fine. It's too late to say any of this now. I always knew that you never liked me."
"I just couldn't bear to give up."
Han Yue murmured, her beautiful eyes shimmering with tears.
She naturally knew that Lu Yunxiao had no feelings for her.
But she was different from Xiao Yu. Deep down, she still held onto hope.
She had fantasized that one day, she could stay by that man's side and share moonlit nights and flower-filled days with him.
But fantasies were ultimately just fantasies. They were not real.
Nor was that man someone she could ever hold onto.
"It seems Xiao Yu made the right choice. She's better than me, and better than Hu Jia too."
"At least she can remain at Cloud Gate and see you whenever she wants, while we don't even have the chance to see you once."
"Xiao Yu doesn't fight or ask for anything, yet she seems happier than all of us."
Han Yue laughed at herself and slowly gazed toward the distant south.
"Ling Qingzhu. Ying Huanhuan."
"Women who could still squeeze into your heart even when you had closed off your feelings... they really do make one curious."
There was curiosity in Han Yue's eyes, along with unconcealed envy and a faint, barely perceptible unwillingness to concede.
What she, Xiao Yu, and the others had sought in vain was something others could obtain with ease.
If she did not see them for herself, she would never be at peace.
She sincerely accepted Medusa, Gu Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the