Chapter 23: It Would Be Better to Save Your Tears for Something That Matters

Yuan Peipei smiled with blissful, foolish delight, unaware of how alluring she looked to a man: tears clinging to her lashes and trembling faintly, while she smiled with utterly guileless abandon.

“Ah! That’s right!” Yuan Peipei finally remembered why she had come.

She tugged at Dugu Jin’s arm. “Your Majesty, I remember now. Sister said she wanted to borrow a painting from your study. She’ll return it after she’s finished looking at it.”

Dugu Jin’s eyes darkened slightly. “Oh? Which painting?”

Yuan—

By contrast, sunlight was a rare luxury. After all, rooms with good natural lighting came with rapidly rising prices.

“Is that so? If you want to compete with me, why not let this old man entertain you instead? How does that sound?” Before the Old Freak Yin could make another move, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended over the shop. The icy killing intent made no attempt to conceal itself, and even these spirit practitioners who constantly walked along the edge of life and death felt their hearts tremble.

Wei Er secretly found it laughable. Everyone guarded their secrets, and judging from the nature of the mages’ gathering, unless they came seeking mutual assistance—or simply assistance in general—there was probably no one with truly pure intentions who would attend it.

“To find the Ship of the Ocean, Great Priest, the only thing I can think of is the legendary Ship of the Ocean,” Captain Yero said.

Meanwhile, Li Kezhou had already entered the woods. His steps were steady as he walked uphill, one foot after another pressing into the slightly damp forest floor. A long-forgotten ferocity showed between his brows, while sharp light flickered in his eyes. Striding through the mountains, he resembled an upright bear.

Not only that, the other party had brazenly taken her to a place crowded with prying eyes, clearly showing that they had nothing to fear.

Everything happened exactly as Chu Yunmo had predicted. The servant left the palace, leaving him alone to blend the liquor in the wine cellar.

Seeing that Mula had actually been sent flying by a strange cat, Gongsun Wuqiong knitted his brows tightly.

Gong Shengying and Meng Tianfeng exchanged a glance and each nodded. The wariness between them diminished considerably.

“Sigh, her condition comes and goes. The doctor said she has mild depression. I even had Li Huaise invite quite a few ophthalmology experts to examine her. They all said that her eyes had not gone blind because of her head injury. It was very likely that she had suffered some sort of psychological trauma, and that was what caused her blindness.

“Master, Madam’s pregnancy is surely a blessing from Heaven. Your wish will certainly come true,” the steward consoled him.

“Why? Why, Ye Yi? Tell me why. Why have I lost to you time and time again? You loved Mu Le’ang, and I couldn’t take him from you, so I let him go. But why did you have to take Qiu Qier away as well?”

She wore several bracelets on each hand, and her fingernails were absurdly long. The jewels adorning her head must have weighed even more than her phoenix crown.

He had been too confident, thinking I would never kick him below the waist because he had warned me about it so many times. Later, I really did stop touching that particular place.

All this time, she had been caught up in it without realizing it. But now, looking back carefully on the days they had spent together, she understood that things had been far more complicated than they appeared.

Ye Qingcheng suddenly became flustered. She had suffered for so long and endured so much heartache. Only after finally making up her mind and persevering until the very last moment had that fellow simply left. How could he just walk away whenever he pleased?

“You should understand that it isn’t because I’m good at persuading people. It’s because Mother dotes on me—she can’t bear to see me suffer even the slightest injustice. People are different from one another; you can’t judge every situation in exactly the same way. All right, be more careful in the future. At least that way, you’ll cause less trouble.” Seeing her timid, frightened expression, Heya could not help feeling a little sympathy for her.

Perhaps parting was merely a long journey in this life, while the tenderness shared across three lifetimes was the devoted love I carried in this one—without regret and without resentment.

When the young man saw Lu Feng, disdain rose in his heart once more. With a contemptuous smile, he looked at Lu Feng and asked—