She suddenly couldn't bear to think about it any longer.
Situ Jiuyue, carrying a basket filled with flowers, entered the Alchemy Room. But instead of starting her alchemy, she set the basket down and walked to the edge of the courtyard, staring out at the snow-covered ground in a daze. She must have been thinking about General Jih's incident again; no matter how cold her tone or how calm her expression, her heart was not without its fluctuations.
The two girls stood in the courtyard, a vast expanse of white around them, each lost in her own thoughts, feeling the fickle nature of life, the changes of the world, and an indescribable sense of helplessness and bitterness.
Time passed, so long that the snow had stopped, so long that Xiao Hong in the cage woke up, opened its little black bean-like eyes, and flew to the eaves, tilting its head as it looked down at Jiang Li and the other.
