Time passed quickly.
As the evening glow fell across their shadows, they reflected one another as they leaned close together.
On the mountaintop.
Su Li lay sprawled in the grass with a foxtail blade between his lips. Beside him sat the golden-haired girl, her arms wrapped around her knees.
She stared blankly at the setting sun, as though this were the life she had longed for in her dreams.
Qian Renxue was very happy.
In all these years, she had never felt anything quite like this.
Her mother had never loved her, and her father had died early.
At nine, she had left the hometown where she had grown up and come here as an undercover agent, remaining so for more than a decade.
She had long since grown tired.
She had never properly enjoyed her childhood, and her family had been absent from her life for so many years.
Every night when she went to sleep.
She often cried herself to sleep as well.
She wondered what it would have been like if her parents had loved each other.
She wondered what it would have been like if her mother had loved her.
But every time she woke up.
She still faced the cold Crown Prince's Residence.
She had to survive in this place filled with scheming and struggles for power.
No matter how strong she appeared on the outside.
The defenses in her heart were nothing but a castle in the air, shattering at the slightest touch.
Su Li's appearance was like a bonfire in the darkness. He made her understand that no matter how difficult things became, good days would eventually come.
With him around, there was hope for everything.
Qian Renxue lay back contentedly. Looking at the gloomy-faced boy beside her, she could not help moving