As he listened to the patter of rain on the leaves,
Cheng Yu set down his chopsticks and looked at the girl resting her chin in her hands, watching him.
"I heard from Lingling that Mu Feng plans to send her to an affiliated world to study?"
At Cheng Yu's question, Shi Lian nodded gently.
"Yes."
Seeing that she did not want to say much about Snow Spirit, Cheng Yu sighed helplessly again.
"Lingling isn't very bright. I'll need you to look after her a little more at the Academy."
Shi Lian spoke softly, her face expressionless.
"Don't you think that's a little too much to ask of me, my lord?"
Without waiting for Cheng Yu to speak, Shi Lian continued.
"I'm in love with you, and so is she. Yet here you are, asking me to look after her. I'm no saint, and I can't talk myself into accepting it. Don't you think those words are a little cruel to me?"
Cheng Yu looked at Shi Lian earnestly.
"Lian'er, I've already made my position clear. You made your choice back when we first met, too. Why can't you let go?"
Shi Lian grew agitated again.
"**I don't understand! Why?! Why must you make me choose?! Why must you force me to choose between you and everything else?! You can't be compared to anything else! Must gaining one thing always come at the cost of sacrificing another?!
All I want is your warmth! Why must you force me to give up everything else?!**"
Watching Shi Lian lose control again, Cheng Yu sighed inwardly. He had hinted at the answer many times already. Honestly, he did not want to hurt someone who loved him, but Shi Lian's persistent feigned ignorance was wearing away his patience.
Normally, he might still have spared