"Yu'er, why haven't you come back yet..."
Qian Renxue leaned against the window, her eyes full of worry and longing.
A full month had passed since Li Yu left, yet she still had no idea when Li Yu would return.
Although she knew Li Yu had gone to find Dugu Bo to "cure his Poison."
Qian Renxue was still deeply worried.
She feared that something might have gone wrong.
Over the past month, she had even secretly gone to Sunset Forest more than once.
Yet just as before, she could not find the slightest trace of Dugu Bo.
While growing ever more curious about where Dugu Bo lived in seclusion, she also grew increasingly worried for and missed Li Yu.
To ease the pain of longing, she had even sought out Dugu Yan alone, hoping Dugu Yan would take her to find Dugu Bo.
Dugu Yan missed Li Yu as well.
She had originally felt somewhat resentful that Li Yu had not come to see her for so long.
But upon hearing Qian Renxue say that Li Yu had gone to cure her grandfather Dugu Bo's Poison, the resentment in her heart immediately vanished.
She also understood even more clearly how important curing the Poison was to her grandfather Dugu Bo, and that the process could not be disturbed.
Thus, she refused Qian Renxue's request.
Yet seeing the longing in Qian Renxue's eyes, despite the strong jealousy in her own heart, she still comforted Qian Renxue.
She explained the stakes to her and urged Qian Renxue not to worry.
Only then did Qian Renxue give up on approaching Dugu Yan and abandon the idea of searching for Li Yu, choosing to wait slowly instead.
But with that wait, another month passed.
"Ah..."
With a soft sigh, Qian Renxue turned her