The southern sky.
Hu Keke gazed at the peach blossoms on the branches, then shifted her eyes to the sky.
She had the strange feeling that a pair of eyes in the heavens was quietly watching her, and also watching Murong Wan'er beside her.
Murong Wan'er was looking forward to going out to play the next day, so she was in high spirits. Holding a cup of tea, she took small sips and hummed a childhood song.
Sa Tongtian took his two disciples to the lakeside to practice swordsmanship, leaving the two women undisturbed.
"Wan'er."
Hu Keke sighed wistfully and gave a bitter smile. "Why do I feel like life now is even worse than it was when we were in Moon City..."
"What do you mean?"
Murong Wan'er suddenly thought of Wang Xian, and remembered the things he had said to her in the secret realm all those years ago.
After thinking it over, she said, "We used to be rabbits, always afraid someone would eat us, so we fought desperately to stay alive... Now you've become an eagle who never has to worry about food or drink, yet you find yourself longing for the life of a rabbit."
Hu Keke listened and thought there was some truth to that.
She thought of those two years without Wang Xian, and of her time at Brightmoon Manor.
Though it had been hard, at least she'd had something to look forward to, hadn't she?
She had looked forward to the day the lotus flowers bloomed on Brightmoon Lake, to the vanished Wang Xian suddenly returning, and to Wang Xian helping her seize a Heaven-Dropped Lotus Seed.
In the end, all those wishes had come true, but Wang Xian had left.
Murong Wan'er could feel Hu Keke's mood. Thinking of what Sa