"No, Xixia, if you're going to plan something, plan it for Xingyan. I don't even know what this society is really like, or what kind of work I'm capable of doing. So I need to venture out, to experience what the real world is like, to see this world for myself. That way, one day, when my time comes to leave this world, I can tell myself: I truly lived. I wasn't perfectly sheltered, but faced the wind and rain of this world head-on, felt the changes in myself, and ultimately watched myself grow stronger."
Yu Tingting's voice had become surprisingly calm by now. She was never the kind to meekly accept whatever came her way; even this was her way of sharpening herself.
"Exactly, Xixia, I think the same way. A little hardship sometimes isn't necessarily a bad thing!" Zhou Xingyan quickly chimed in.
Her cherry-red lips curved into a soft, gentle smile as she held Xixia's fair, delicate hand, offering her comfort in a tender voice.
