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"": "The first circle clearly showed agreement with Luo Bin.
What followed expressed his own fear.
Still, Fourth Master Gray made no move to climb onto the ropeway.
If he had been determined to leave, Luo Bin would not have needed to do anything. Nor could he have stopped him or made him stay.
Luo Bin simply kept watching the ropeway.
Only after a long, long time did he sigh softly.
"Actually, I should have gone into Huang Ying's room to look around. Perhaps I would have found something."
"Squeak?" Fourth Master Gray tilted his head.
Luo Bin offered no further explanation.
He gazed at the outer village across the gap.
Fourth Master Gray raised one leg again and shook it vigorously.
For a moment, self-mockery replaced that sense of emptiness.
"I'm the problem," he murmured.
"Keeping her beside me would indeed let me protect her, but what could I give her?"
"I couldn't give her anything."
"She should have had another path long ago."
"She must have gone back to Floating Tortoise Mountain."
Huang Ying was fragile, yet strong.
She kept everything in her heart and said nothing, never making things difficult for anyone in any way.
She addressed him as "sir," a marked difference from how everyone else addressed him.
After half a year of peaceful living, she must have thought everything through.
"It's for the best."
Luo Bin let out a long breath and looked up at the sky.
Then he brushed the leaf fragments from his clothes, seeming to feel a little lighter.
"Let's head back, Fourth Master Gray."
Luo Bin called out.
Fourth Master Gray climbed onto his shoulder.
It had long since grown bright, and the sunlight was warm and soothing.
Every so often, Fourth Master Gray let out a