Su Xinran broke down as she spoke, sobbing so hard she could no longer form words. "Do you know how difficult and painful my days here have been?"
"I asked you to come back and keep me company, but you refused. I asked you to bring me to the research institute so I could undergo treatment with you, but you refused that too. What was I supposed to do?"
"I was in a completely unfamiliar place, with no one to turn to. I was suffering, and I didn't even have a place or anyone to vent to. Do you think I wasn't in pain? Do you think I had it easy?"
Li Huaiyu sighed. "I'm sorry. It was my fault."
But things had already come this far. No amount of talking would change anything.
Su Xinran shrugged and wiped away her tears. "Besides, you were the one who discovered Aqua Blue Star in the first place. I only wanted to help you take back what already belonged to you. What was wrong with that?"
Looking at Su Xinran, who seemed to have lost her mind, Li Huaiyu frowned deeply. "The Interstellar Law states that the person who first discovers an undeveloped planet has the first right of ownership over it. That doesn't apply when the planet's native inhabitants have already developed it and established a certain level of civilization."
"So the right of ownership doesn't actually exist at all, unless we invade by force. But Su Qiao and Reno aren't people to be trifled with. That path is basically closed."
Li Huaiyu no longer wanted to provoke someone as mysterious as Su Qiao. He was afraid that because of him, Saint Ya Empire would suffer a devastating blow.
He simply hadn't expected that, in the end, he still wouldn't be