"Even the greatest show of respect is no match for heeding my words. All right, if there's nothing else, you may leave." I gave him a level look, then glanced toward Fairy Huangzhen.
"Yes!" Xue Xiao replied before turning to leave, his excitement plain as day. As the saying went, when one was pleased with oneself, even one's horse seemed to gallop faster. Naturally, he paid no attention to the faint melancholy already showing in Fairy Huangzhen's eyes.
What maiden doesn't dream of love? She just hadn't shown it.
Watching the man she loved finally leave, Fairy Huangzhen's heart was a tangled mess. I've known him for half a lifetime. Whether Senior did it intentionally or not, he ultimately chose power and influence, without the slightest reluctance to part... Perhaps this is simply how things were meant to end between us.
I floated in the sea. Only after Xue Xiao had vanished from sight did I ask, "You do like him, don't you? You'd rather choose an unknown future than fail to win for him the thing he dreamed of. What a pity that one side loved while the other remained unmoved."
Fairy Huangzhen was startled before she understood. When she looked at me, her eyes were visibly warm with unshed tears. "Senior, you could even see that?"
"If you want to go back, you can leave with him now. I can also give you a guaranteed opportunity. Otherwise, if you wait too long, you may not be able to catch up." I smiled gently.
Fairy Huangzhen gazed at the stream before her, now fallen still, and finally shook her head. "Senior, there's no going back. Even if I forced my way back to his side, with the heavenly abode Senior bestowed upon me and such astonishing cultivation, would he