Watching Ji Shuang's forlorn retreating figure, Su Mo's heart grew heavy too.
A girl who had always been cherished had suddenly learned one day that she was not her parents' biological child, and that all the love her family had lavished on her had been for the sake of obtaining something she possessed.
How cruel that was to her.
Su Mo had grown up amid schemes. Although he had experienced far more than Ji Shuang, he had never experienced betrayal.
Even the Dean and the Emperors of the Nine Heavens had ultimately only schemed to send him into Entering the Dao.
They had placed all their burdens in his hands. Although they too had been plotting around Su Mo, their eyes had been gentle.
They had watched Su Mo, their hopes resting on him.
Their gazes weighed on Su Mo until he could barely breathe, yet they were also what drove him to keep going.
But Ji Shuang was different. The Ji Clan's schemes surrounding her had been nothing but exploitation.
Their expectations of Ji Shuang lay solely in the value she possessed, unlike his situation.
That was far crueler to Ji Shuang!
Su Mo let out a deep sigh. "I didn't know before. Now I do."
Ji Shuang turned back, her eyes misty, and gazed at Su Mo. "So now Shuang'er has no home to return to."
"Perhaps you could come back to Floating Life Pass with me," Su Mo said.
The Hairpin also flew before Ji Shuang, seemingly finding the idea a good one.
Ji Shuang looked deeply at Su Mo and gently shook her head. "Floating Life Pass isn't Shuang'er's home either. This is."
"Shuang'er has spent her whole life under other people's protection, yet she was being deceived all along."
"Shuang'er doesn't want anyone's protection anymore.