That was the night Xiang An was summoned.
"Sister-in-law, it's been so long. How did you spend these past two thousand years?"
Xiang An let out a long sigh as he looked at Hinako Akuta before him. Her appearance had become completely different from before; only her brows and eyes retained a faint resemblance.
He even found it difficult to connect the Hinako Akuta before him with his sister-in-law, Yu Meiren.
"I lived these two thousand years the same way I lived before that incident on the plateau."
Hinako Akuta calmly took a sip of tea and glanced at Xiang An.
In any case, she had more or less... broken down. She simply did not show it on her face.
Two thousand years had passed. She had changed, after all.
"The plateau..."
Xiang An leaned against the wooden wall, staring at the ceiling as he let out another long sigh.
Big Brother, why put yourself through this?
The person who awakened Yu Meiren's humanity on the plateau, who later joined with her—the tale of the Hegemon King bidding farewell to his consort was still sung throughout the Central Plains even now, two thousand years later.
But what kind of person his big brother was—how could Xiang An not know?
Hope, again and again. Disappointment, again and again. Though he still revered him, he...
It had to be said that Xiang Yu's decision back then might truly have benefited the entire Central Plains, but those he hurt most deeply were precisely those closest to him.
Xiao Si died at Dangshan, Xiang An returned to the Yellow River, and his beloved Yu Meiren—
Wandered the Central Plains for another two thousand years.
And now, when summoned by Yu Meiren, he had refused the summons and dragged his younger brother out to take