Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
Over that year, Ye Lin accompanied Du Shuangshuang to many places. They had practically traveled through this entire small world.
Along the way, the two of them saw many interesting events, interesting people, and interesting sights.
It also broadened Du Shuangshuang's knowledge and opened her eyes to a wider world.
If not for Ye Lin, she would never have known, even until death, that this world held so many fascinating things.
She had been like a bird in a cage, and like a frog at the bottom of a well.
All her life, she had lived only within a small patch of heaven and earth that belonged to her.
All her life, she had known only what she herself had seen and heard.
She had never been able to encounter anything new.
Never been able to experience anything fresh.
"Do you know? I knew I was about to die, and I also knew all the effort Father had put in for me."
"They couldn't hide it from me. I'm not stupid—I knew everything they did."
"Even though I knew, I never said anything. I kept all those feelings buried in my heart."
Atop a cliff, Du Shuangshuang leaned against Ye Lin and spoke softly.
Meanwhile, Ye Lin gazed silently at the setting sun in the distance, listening to her.
"They hate me. I know that too. I know I shouldn't exist, and that I shouldn't be alive."
"But even knowing that, I still lived, because I didn't want Father to be sad. I didn't want all his efforts to go to waste."
"He didn't know what I was thinking, and I didn't know what was in his heart."
"From beginning to end, my arrival seemed to