Su Yao waited for a while. Seeing that he did not speak, she opened her mouth herself.
"I stayed in Luofeng City for so long. I did everything I should have done, helped with everything I should have helped with, and then I realized that to you, I seemed to be nothing more than someone who could get things done. Apart from that, I was nothing."
Her voice was not loud, and she spoke very slowly.
"You never asked me why I wanted to help you, and you never asked whether I was willing to help you. You thought it was only right that I help you, because I was in Luofeng City handling Qingyang Sect's business, because I owed you a favor."
"At first, that really was what I thought too. Qingyang Sect was cooperating with Luofeng City, and as the liaison, helping you was helping Qingyang Sect. Public and private were clear-cut, and there was nothing much to say."
Su Yao paused there, looking into the distance, at who knew what.
"Later, I realized I cared about how you saw me, cared about what you said to me, cared about when you left and when you came back, cared about how you got along with other people. I had never been like that before."
"I didn't want to be like that, so I left."
After Su Yao finished saying this, she leaned against the railing, her arms still crossed in front of her chest, but her fingers were gripping her sleeves, gripping them very tightly.
Lin Taichu stood opposite her, less than two steps between them.
"Su Yao, I know you helped me a lot, and I'm also clear on why you left." Lin Taichu spoke, his voice not loud.
"But there are some things I can't give