"Isn't there anything you want to tell us?"
Chen Xi spoke softly, but her words thundered in Gu Yu's heart.
"I..." Gu Yu opened her mouth, then hesitated.
Should she tell them the truth, or lie?
The blue-haired girl's mind raced, but she just couldn't decide.
As their friend, she definitely wanted to tell them the truth and share what she was really thinking.
After all, based on the past month they'd spent together and what she knew of them, Chen Xi would surely just tease her a little before letting the matter drop, while Lin Yue wouldn't care either way.
But as a candidate Saintess, she just couldn't bring herself to tell them the truth.
Since noblemen having multiple wives was common, Gu Yu had around a dozen siblings.
With so many children, their father's love was divided among them. By the time she was born, she was already his eleventh child.
Gu Yu knew very well that her father had chosen her as a candidate Saintess solely because of the special Legend known as the Eye of the Galaxy.
There was love, of course, but self-interest mattered more.
By now, her family had probably already spent enormous resources and gone out of their way to put forward another candidate Saintess.
So she absolutely couldn't afford to lose the two girls' help.
Gu Yu fell silent, and the room grew still.
Time passed. In the end, the blue-haired girl made her choice.
"Actually, I..."
She had barely begun when Chen Xi cut her off. "Actually, we already knew."
"We'd only known each other for a few days back then. It was normal for you to be wary."
Chen Xi spoke gently. "Besides, it's your own ability. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't."
At her words,