Zai Jiu Xunge told Qihua again and again not to listen to Youwo.
But the two of them knew perfectly well as their eyes met that those words might not have come from Youwo, but from Qihua herself.
Over the years, Qihua had thought about these questions again and again. She had used Question My Heart over and over, until, upon stepping onto the Bridge of Sighs, she had once again found herself questioning herself through Youwo. Yet after all that questioning, she still could not give an answer.
But someone had given her an answer.
Youwo told her to shine because of her suffering, but Zai Jiu Xunge said her suffering was simply suffering. There was no sparkle to it.
No answer could have comforted Qihua more.
There could have been no better answer.
Just as Yu Xunge and Qihua stood outside Lighthouse Sigh, looking at each other, someone with pink-and-white hair slowly glided past them.
Yudun put one foot on the ground to stop the toy skateboard beneath her feet. With her hands in her pockets, she stood beside them, looked Qihua up and down several times, then shook her head, pushed off, and glided away again.
Qihua and Yu Xunge: "..." She had not said a word, but somehow it felt as though she might as well have said something.
Brilliance Sigh lay right beneath her feet, but Yudun was as relaxed and at ease as if she were coming home. As she passed several Huo Cais blocking her way, she even leaned slightly to glide smoothly around them. When Mountains Yudun blocked her, she simply planted a palm on the other woman's face and pushed her away.
She even left behind a cool, detached assessment: "Idiot."
Sorry, the coldhearted Yudun had no weak spot.
Yu Xunge