Outside the window, the sky gradually darkened as black clouds covered the heavens.
The snow-white curtains danced in the howling gale, their tassels striking the wall with a clattering sound that inexplicably irritated him.
Lin Qiye sat by the bed, staring at the sleeping Jialan. His right hand gently held hers, and whether from grief or something else, a faint redness tinged his eyes.
Grief, pain, resentment, and fury churned within him. Without realizing it, he had sat there for two hours.
Click—!
The door opened, and Jinian walked in. Her eyes swept over Lin Qiye's reddened gaze, and her pupils contracted slightly.
Her brows immediately furrowed.
After a moment of silence, she slowly spoke. "What are you doing here?"
"Watching over her." Lin Qiye's eyes never left Jialan as he answered calmly.
"She has immortality protecting her. She doesn't need you watching over her."
"Immortality isn't absolute."
"But there are no enemies here, and no one can break her immortality. She's safe."
Lin Qiye did not answer again. He simply sat there in silence.
Seeing this, Jinian sneered. "You're not here to protect her. You're blaming yourself, using this to punish yourself."
"So what if I am?" Lin Qiye asked. After a pause, he continued, "I wronged her..."
"You wronged her, and then what? Are you planning to do nothing and just stay by her side until the end of time? What do you think you are, the male lead of some melodramatic romance?"
Jinian narrowed her eyes, strode quickly up to Lin Qiye, and suddenly grabbed him by the collar, yanking him straight up from the bed!
The redness in Lin Qiye's eyes was now laced with anger as he looked at Jinian before him.
"Lin Qiye! Wake the hell up!" An overwhelming pressure erupted from Jinian, and