"...The starving girl, so hungry she was close to dying, opened her crystal-clear eyes and asked me, 'Big Sister, why do people die?' I wanted to say I didn't know, but this was what I answered: 'Then why do people live?' Pure terror appeared in her eyes as she looked at the corpse in front of me. 'Because... because we're afraid to die.'
...He lifted his handsome head and straightened his back, smiling coldly. 'Compromise is always filthy.' She raised her vacant eyes. 'But my whole life has been one compromise after another.'
...Nangong Wei stood atop the empire's highest tower, the Phoenix Terrace. The words of the man who had left still rang in her ears: 'It's not that I don't love you. I just can't love you. You're too wonderful. Really, it's enough for you to have your own beauty...'
...When they first met, one played the flute on the mountain peak while the other gazed up at her. It was an encounter between kindred spirits. The friendship between women was like rain: lonely and unhurried, falling year after year.
This article is still very good, and every character is very vivid. Everyone has their own dreams and things they want to protect. I recommend everyone to watch it, you won't be disappointed.