For a moment, Su Jiu could not tell whether her heart held more sorrow or gratitude.
When their time was up, some of them finally left the Secret Realm.
Apart from Su Jiu and Chu Luohen, Jin Chen earnestly thanked each of them in turn, though his gaze grew somewhat complicated when it fell on Wei Xin.
Although Wei Xin, like Wei Qian, had initially helped him with an ulterior motive, she had ultimately chosen to help him anyway.
He had felt guilty toward Wei Xin, then angry at being used, but once he had obtained what he needed, he still offered her a sincere word of thanks.
Yet that thanks hurt Wei Xin far too much.
She understood Jin Chen. The closer someone was to him, the less he used such polite words. Only with friends who were not quite so close did he observe every courtesy.
He had not thanked Su Jiu or Chu Luohen. That alone said everything.
Wei Xin nodded at Jin Chen and forced a smile. "Consider this my compensation to you both on my brother's behalf. You and Mian Mian must take good care of each other. As for your wedding... there's no need to tell me."
Wei Qian had died in the end, paying the price for his greed.
To her, however, perhaps this was for the best. In death, he could escape that woman's control and no longer be driven by her commands.
What she regretted was that, before Wei Qian entered that door, she had not firmly stopped him. Instead, she had let her brother do as he pleased.
Otherwise, that sword would never have devoured her brother's soul completely.
Even at the very end, the sword had intended to use her brother's body to slaughter them.
She had once met