Gu Xijiu’s heart sank. She asked him in a soft tone before he disappeared, “Di Fuyi, you already know that I did not lose my memory, right?”
Di Fuyi stopped but did not look back. “Yes.”
“So, do you want to kill me, and then let Lan Jingke come back to life?” This was the sharpest thorn in her heart.
Di Fuyi slowly walked back and looked at her for a moment. He could not bear to hurt her anymore. He answered her gently, “Xijiu, I have never thought of killing you. Moreover, even though we are not fated to be together, please don’t take your marriage as a joke. You will be the only one who is hurt. You used to say that you care more about the process than the result. After all, we have been living happily for eight years. Let’s end it in a good way. I will not care about you anymore, and you don’t have to think of me again…”
Gu Xijiu’s finger turned pale as she had gripped tightly. She laughed at this response. “Alright!”
Di Fuyi paused for a second but finally turned and left. Gu Xijiu was still standing on the spot and had not moved for a long time. She felt that her heart was empty.
She knew that they would be like strangers to each other and would not have any interaction beyond this point. He would walk his own path, and she would have to build her own path too.
Gu Xijiu had to accept that this was the fate between them. They came to know each other because of fate, and they would leave each other because of it too.
Di Fuyi had forcibly came into her world and broke into her strong heart. He lived with her for eight years and she subconsciously treated him as her own backbone. She trusted him with her heart and thought that they could stay together forever. However, he had now left her for good.
He probably never knew that she had no interest in being immortal. She thought that it was good for people to be reincarnated so that they would not suffer from their past lives in every new cycle. Instead, it would be a new adventure to experience from the start to the end. The most beautiful part was the scenery along the way.
If someone was immortal, he or she would carry too many memories. It would be easy to get bored after seeing all the people you love die. It was only after she fell in love with him that she considered the possibility of being immortal. She wanted to be with him forever so that he would not be lonely anymore. She thought that both of them could rely on each other forever.
Now that she was finally able to live forever, it turns out that they were only meant to be together for eight years. She stared at her bare left wrist. It was once the place where she wore the Love Bracelet, and it was now empty.
The Firmament Stone did not have to be jealous anymore. Di Fuyi once told her that the only way to break the bracelet was if both parties agreed to cancel their engagement or if any one of them died.
It was only when he finally promised to cancel the engagement in her dreams did the bracelet begin to shatter and disappear. Before he agreed to it, all she wanted to do was force him back to call off the engagement. Now that he finally fulfilled her wish, she felt a sense of emptiness.
Perhaps deep in her heart, she never believed that he no longer cared for her. She wanted to force him to reveal his true feelings. Unfortunately, this was not what she had expected.
…
Gu Xijiu sat in the room for a day. No one knew what was going on in her mind or what she was doing.
Lan Yaoguang has been waiting for her. He had already seen Di Fuyi leaving the palace. He thought of going to see Gu Xijiu but her door was closed, and he did not dare to knock on it.