I Have Stories to Tell. Would You Like to Hear Them?

She remembered how her aunt had once secretly taken her hand and sighed, “Xian’er, you and the heir are ultimately of different stations. Don’t harbor feelings you shouldn’t.” Back then, she had thought it was just an elder worrying too much. She had never realized that this thin thread of blood and seniority had long since become an impassable chasm between them.

“Now that our fated bond is over, don’t seek me in the next life.” Clutching the letter, he burst into laughter, then broke down sobbing. “The next life? In the next life, I never want to meet you again…”

He gripped the chi-dragon jade pendant tightly, murmuring, “Xian’er, this time I’ll be the one to run. Don’t chase me again…”