"Tong Tong, why are you crying?"
Ge Shu had still worn a trace of smug delight over her own suggestion, but when she saw how despondent and heartbroken Si Kongtong looked upon returning, her heart instantly clenched.
"I'll kill him!"
Ge Shu came to her senses on her own, eyes reddening as she rushed toward the door.
"Stop." Ge Rong stepped forward to block her. Having been through it herself, she understood Si Kongtong's feelings at this moment very well. Rashly intervening would only make the bitterness in her heart all the more humiliating.
Ge Rong sighed half-jokingly. "It's better that he refused. Aunt Rong gets to live a few more years too."
Hearing this, the tears in Si Kongtong's eyes froze. She understood that the rescue Ge Rong had spoken of earlier had been premised upon sacrificing her own lifespan. The pain in her heart could no longer be held back, and she threw herself into Ge Rong's embrace, weeping until she was drenched in tears.
After a long while.
Once Si Kongtong's emotions had settled somewhat.
Ge Rong asked, "Do you still plan to go to the Snow Region?"
Si Kongtong hesitated for a moment, but ultimately nodded, her gaze falling gently upon her lower abdomen.
Clearly, this trip was no longer for her own sake, but for the child in her womb.
Neigh—
"He ran away?!"
Ge Shu suddenly heard a horse's neigh. Through her perception, she discovered that Lu Feng had actually ridden the Jade Dragon Steed out of the sect.
After instinctively blurting out, "He ran away,"
Ge Shu abruptly came back to herself. "Strange, why did I say he ran?"
Her gaze shifted toward Si Kongtong beside her.
She saw the latter staring dazedly and complexly at the receding white figure.
"Yes, why did