Her questioning was forceful, and Wei Shuqian could only respond with a helpless smile, unable to hide the guilt in his eyes.
He sighed, speaking in a voice filled with shame, "Yes, it's not only today that you and I are from different worlds; it's just that all this time, I've been deceiving myself, keeping you by my side. But now..."
Wei Shuqian paused, his eyes fixed on Wen Jiao, emotions too complex to understand, he said, "But now, I've come to understand that I can't drag you to meet that version of me. Wen Jiao, I used to think, standing at the top, even if I was not clean or entirely honorable, I, at least, had the power to protect you. But recently, I've been thinking a lot."
Wen Jiao heard her own voice, stiff and dry, "What have you thought about?"
