"Mm. Even if you refuse, I'll ignore your wishes and return to the council hall these days. The foundation you laid will always need someone to help you guard it. After everything I've been through lately, I've grown indifferent to life and death, but I've always worried about you and the children. Still, if my departure is unavoidable, then once I'm gone, don't grieve too deeply. Just shoulder your duty and keep moving forward." Xue Qingcheng's pale fingers gently tidied the loose strands of my hair, a faint smile on her lips as she murmured in a whisper, as though arranging her affairs before death.
"If even you can't shoulder it, how am I supposed to shoulder my duty and keep moving forward...? In the future, you still have to keep living. Grow old with me. The blue sea and white clouds—we haven't seen enough of them yet. From the very beginning, we still haven't truly enjoyed peace in this world. Just wait for me properly. Don't think about anything else, and never believe again that you can't go on living. Even if I have to exhaust every last ounce of strength, I won't let the people who harmed you get their way." My eyes were unwavering. I hoped my resolve could flow into her heart.
In front of me, in the face of such a desperate situation, she could stop being that fearless Xue Qingcheng who always charged forward. But I had to possess a heart even stronger than hers if I was to hold her hand and walk this road with her.
After comforting her properly, I finally left the room and looked at the few faint white clouds in the sky. There wasn't the slightest unnecessary fluctuation of emotion on my face, because the two children were