Over the next month, Su Jiu spent almost all her time either on Ice Veil Peak or at Su Mianmian's place.
Nine times out of ten, whenever Su Jiu went to see Su Mianmian, Jin Chen would be there.
Sometimes, she even arrived just in time to have their lovey-dovey antics forcibly shoved down her throat.
It was clear that, although neither of them had pierced that thin paper screen between them and spoken openly, they were probably not far from it.
Su Jiu felt reassured, yet a little melancholy too.
That night, Su Mianmian insisted on keeping Su Jiu on Blazing Flame Peak.
Seeing that Su Mianmian's expression seemed off, as though something weighed on her mind, Su Jiu went along with her.
Nor was Su Mianmian as casual as usual, simply finding somewhere to sit and talk. Instead, she pulled Su Jiu straight up to Blazing Flame Terrace, the highest point on Blazing Flame Peak.
Stars glittered in the night sky, with streams of starlight crisscrossing overhead, lending a little radiance even to the pitch-black night.
Su Jiu watched Su Mianmian reach one hand toward the sky and heard her say, "When I was little, I always thought I could touch the sky if I climbed up to Blazing Flame Terrace. Only later did I realize that, even up here, I still couldn't touch the stars."
Su Mianmian paused, then turned to look at her. An irrepressible sorrow seeped into her voice, though she deliberately kept her tone light. "A Jiu, do you know? To me, you're like those stars now. I once chased after you with everything I had. Only when you formed your core did I suddenly realize that we'd long since stopped belonging to the same world.
"My master once told me that, with my